Chapter 197. It Works

What kind of question was that? Maddie scoffed and then started to laugh, but there was not one hint of humor involved.

She looked at the man and pursed her lips for a few seconds before replying, “I know what you’re trying to do, and it’s not going to work. I’m not forgiving him, Dr. Shepherd.”

The man shrugged. “That’s your choice, Maddie. But usually, when we forgive, it’s more for ourselves than for the other person. Why carry around all that pain and darkness when you can just let it go and allow the Moon goddess to vindicate you?”

Maddie chewed on the man’s words for a few seconds before sighing and sitting down again in the chair. “Makes sense but I don’t know how to do that if I’m being honest. It’s all still fresh and I don’t even know if I will be able to look him in the eyes again. I don’t know if I would be able to look at him the same.”

“Well…that makes—“ He was saying and then was cut off mid-sentence by the ringing of an alarm coming from his phone.&n