Ex-husband’s Regret

He also knew why things had turned out this way.

Because he was the one who had caused the situation today.

"You just need to tell me what will make you feel better."

Jane smiled, but it was merely a slight curve of her lips, her beautiful face showed no hint of joy.

"Mr. Collins, why seek a fight with me when you have such a considerate and gentle childhood sweetheart?"

Even if Zachary was clever, he couldn't understand how the topic suddenly shifted to Nina.

"I only have a bit of an emotional connection with her from growing up together, it's hardly enough to call her a childhood sweetheart, let alone a true love. Who told you that?"

Jane couldn't possibly keep this from Charlotte, so Frank would explain the truth to Charlotte.

It was impossible for Frank to have created this misunderstanding.

He hadn't considered that Nina was involved in this.

Initially, he thought he and Jane had drifted apart because of the hurtful things he had said, and now, if he was suffering, it was entirely his own fault.

""Is it Charlie?"

He couldn't think of anyone else so foolish.

Jane looked at Zachary for a moment before saying, "Zachary, what you're doing now is no different from how I used to cling to you. Since I could give up because of your cold words, why can't you give up because I slapped you? Has no one ever slapped you, Mr. Collins?"

Zachary had also had quite a bit to drink that evening.

Though it wasn't excessive, his bad mood amplified the effects of the alcohol.

He barely grasped her point, and she had already brought up something new.Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

"I deserved them. I shouldn't have hurt you like that."

That time outside the shop, when he accidentally overheard her on the phone with Charlotte talking about her ex-boyfriend, he realized Jane seemed able to let go but could also be very passionate.

When she gave her heart to him, it had hurt her deeply.

"I just didn't expect..."

"You didn't expect that I was serious about you and wasn't just toying with your feelings," Jane interrupted

him.

Zachary pressed his aching forehead, "Jane, you can hit me, scold me, do whatever you need to vent your anger."

His willingness to lower his status to that extent exceeded Jane's expectations.

But what Nina had told her today had a point.

The class difference between her and Zachary was significant.

Although Charlotte had mentioned that if Zachary wanted something, the Collins family couldn't stop him, Zachary would regret it for days, months, or even years as their family fell apart. Rather than ending up in mutual destruction, it was better to cut losses now.

That was the main reason she hadn't pursued Zachary any further.

Nina's little tricks hadn't been enough to make her retreat this far.

It was merely an opportunity for her to voice her concerns.

"Do you really like me?"

Jane pulled her hand back and said coldly, "Then why did you wait until I stopped chasing you to admit it? Why wait until you hurt me before saying you liked me? Zachary, you were just used to me pursuing you, when I stopped, you couldn't accept it." "No." Zachary immediately countered. "I know very well whether I like you or not. If it were just a habit, would I go to such lengths to chase after you? I never hit back or retaliated either."

"If it were the other way around, and you were used to Michael revolving around you, would you suddenly like him just because he left and kept hitting and scolding you, still pursuing him saying, 'I like you'?"