---- Chapter 827 Hailey felt like a fool. In this rtionship , she was the only one who had been giving. She really wanted to ask him why-why did he do this to her? Hailey took out her phone and pulled up Jonah''s WhatsApp contact. She typed out a message to him. "Why did you disappear three years ago? What happened to the woman you married? Do you have a new girlfriend now? Is it Joanne? If you''re with her, why did you kiss me and do all that with me?" Countless other questions were swirling inside her at the moment.
Meanwhile, Jonah had returned to his own vi and was also standing in the bathroom, getting ready for a shower. He happened to be holding his phone and was about to send Hailey a message. It was then that he saw the indicator showing that Hailey was typing a message. Jonah''s heart tightened. Was she about to send hima message? He waited, wanting to see what she would say. ---- But after a long time, all he saw was the app showing that Hailey was typing a message, then stopping, then typing again. In the end, nothing came through. So, he decided to send a message himself.
"Looking for me?" Hailey was torn. She didn''t know if she should ask those questions or if she even had the right to ask them. She had so many questions typed out, but she didn''t send out any of them. Soon, her phone notification went off as a message came in from him. "Looking for me?" It was so typical of him to send such simple words, but at the same time, it felt so distant. Hailey curled her fingers and deleted the content, then quickly replied, "Thank you for today, Mr. Pilsner." Jonah read it. So, she was thanking him again.
He smiled faintly and replied, "Can''t you say something else?" Hailey didn''t understand what he meant. At this hour, was he with Joanne? Or Wace? ---- Three years ago, Wace considered her to be his best friend''s wife, but now he was addressing her as "Ms. Hailey". She replied, "Am I disturbing you? You must be busy. There''s no need to reply." Jonah could tell she wanted to end the conversation and let out a dryugh. "Getting ready to sleep?" he asked. "Yeah." He tapped out a reply on the phone, "But I''m not sleeping yet. He couldn''t sleep. Hailey didn''t know what to make of that.
He was probably with Joanne. There was no way they''d sleep this early. What could they be doing? Earlier, in the hotel bathroom, his body had been so responsive. She''d assumed he''d been single all these years without an active sex life. It would seem her assumptions were incorrect. Hailey quietly exited the app, turned off her phone, and didn''t reply again. Jonah stood in front of the bathroom mirror, still waiting. ---- When her reply didn''te, he finally set the phone down. He removed the ck cutout mask from his face, revealing the scarred and ruined features underneath.
"She wouldn''t like this face anymore, would she?" he thought to himself. She used to love his looks. Now that he was disfigured... He never cared what anyone else thought about his face, but she cared about what she thought. When she first saw his face, there was fear in her eyes. Jonah undressed and turned on the shower. The cold water cascaded over him, but it couldn''t quench the heat burning in his heart. His mind was filled with Hailey''s boldness and passion from earlier today. He couldn''t sleep. He missed her too much to be able to sleep.
For the past three years, he had missed her every single night. Jonah shut his eyes in frustration and reached down with his hand... "Hailey Young, do you still love me... or not?" he wondered .<style>
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