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"Tell you?" The tension among them was thick, heavy with unspoken words and buried grievances.
Herbert let out a frustrated sigh, his gaze fixed on Isabella, "When did you ever give me the chance? If you didn't even give me a chance to meet you, how can you expect me to tell you the truth?"
Isabella furrowed her brows not understanding what Herbert meant by, "Huh? Wh... what do you mean by I didn't give you a chance?"
"Exactly what I said," Herbert replied with bitterness in his voice holding back the years of pain, "You and your stubbornness, impulsive nature pushed all your chances away from knowing the truth, I tried a lot Bella, I reached out to you again and again after that day. I even came to the palace just to see you, but tell me, what did you do?"
A cold laugh
