Chapter 78. Love, Apologies, and Farewell (2)

Hadley decided to just go. Continuing her visit to Kathleen might not be a good idea. She heads to the washroom first to at least fix her messed-up face due to crying. Once she was done, she immediately went to the elevator and hit the ground floor. As the door opened, she saw a face she wasn’t expecting to see.

“Jethro,” she breathed out again, tears about to fall in her eyes.

For a while, he looked at her face. Her eyes display apprehensions and fears. With his father being around, he seemed to be guessing why she looked like this.

“Hadley,” he knew to himself how much he missed her. In fact, he wanted to hug her now if only he didn’t choose to contain his emotions. “I- I’m sorry if I wasn’t keeping in touch with you lately. I don’t want to involve you in this mess, and I don’t want you to feel bad because of what happened,” he then said.

Hadley gave him a sad smile as she nodded. “I understand. Take your time and take care of her well. She needs you more n