The Man I Couldn’t Escape Chapter 13
Lorelei stared at him in a daze. The unpleasant experiences of the past made her choose to avoid the situation. “I…”
“Take your time, there’s no rush. I’ll always wait for you.”
Terrance saw through her embarrassment and joked, “Yeah, Leila, don’t be in a hurry to say yes to this guy. My sister is so outstanding—how could we let him off without chasing you for eight or ten years?”
“The rain has stopped, let’s hurry down the mountain before we can’t get back.”
Sebastian smiled and patted her head. “Terry is right.”
The car pulled up in front of the University of California at Los Angeles.
As soon as Lorelei got out of the car and waved goodbye to them, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her. She slowly turned her head.
Rayden’s chin was covered in unshaven stubble.
The man who was always meticulous now looked unusually disheveled.
“Leila… I finally found you.”
A week earlier.
Logan really couldn’t stand seeing Rayden’s dejected appearance every day, so he turned a blind eye and had someone help him find Lorelei’s whereabouts, scolding him to go and apologize properly.
When Lorelei glanced at him and turned to leave, Rayden couldn’t care about anything else. He hurriedly caught up and grabbed her tightly.
Lorelei frowned and glanced at the hand on her wrist. “Let go!”
Rayden didn’t move, his hoarse voice tinged with urgency.
“Leila, I’ve taken care of everything. Don’t worry, nothing like that will ever happen again, I promise.”
Seeing that she didn’t speak, Rayden hurriedly took out his phone. “Look, all the trending topics have been removed, and I’ve publicly clarified the rumors about you. No one in San Francisco is talking about those things anymore…”
“Rayden.” Lorelei interrupted him coldly.
“You don’t need to tell me any of this. We’re already over.”
Rayden froze, his knuckles turning white from the force.
“Leila, don’t say things out of anger. Three years… We spent three years together, day and night. I don’t believe you can just let go of your feelings for me. I know I wronged you before, but from now on, whatever you say, whatever you want me to do, I’ll listen to you.”
“Let go!” There was no warmth in Lorelei’s eyes.
Rayden didn’t let go. He took another step forward, about to speak, but was suddenly thrown off by a force, stumbling backward.
He fixed his gaze on Sebastian, and his expression instantly darkened.
“And who are you?”
Sebastian shielded Lorelei behind him, his voice icy.
“Didn’t you hear Leila tell you to let go?”
Rayden tilted his face and sneered, “What happens between Leila and me is none of your business. Get lost!”
Sebastian sidestepped Rayden’s sudden punch, gently pushed Lorelei back, and the turbulence in his eyes vanished in an instant.
He kicked Rayden in the knee, then landed a punch. The usual gentle demeanor was nowhere to be seen.
“You’re Rayden?”
“So for the past three years, you’ve been bullying Leila?”
Rayden refused to back down, got up, and fought back through gritted teeth.
“I’ll give Leila an explanation!”
“This is between my wife and me. What does it have to do with you!”
“Splash!” A bucket of cold water was poured over Rayden’s head.
Lorelei reached out to help Sebastian up. After making sure he wasn’t hurt, she turned and looked coldly at Rayden.
“We’re already divorced.”
“This is Los Angeles, not your San Francisco. In San Francisco, you could control me for three years, but here, if you think you can tie the rest of my life to you, let me tell you—dream on.”
That bucket of cold water seemed to seep through his skin and into his heart.
That bucket of cold water seemed to seep through his skin and into his heart.
Rayden looked up in disbelief, staring fixedly at the way Lorelei protected Sebastian, his eyes gradually turning red.
“Leila… Is it because of him that you won’t come back with me?!”
Lorelei looked at him, suddenly smiled, and softened her voice.
“Rayden, don’t you think that sounds familiar?”
“Wasn’t this the trick you used when you set me up back then?”
“What? Want to use it again?”
Rayden suddenly froze.
He opened his mouth, but his throat felt stuffed with cotton.
Lorelei didn’t spare him another glance. She took Sebastian’s hand and led him to the infirmary. “Don’t be so impulsive next time…”
Sebastian cooperatively bent down to listen to her “scolding.”
The stabbing pain in his heart instantly spread through all his limbs.
Rayden stared at the two figures as if torturing himself.
His fists clenched tighter and tighter.