Still You Still Me Still Falling novel Chapter 144

"Or what else?" Sheila retorted. "I can't think of any other reason. Ever since we broke up, our lives haven't intersected at all—not in work, not in private. Edmond, why are you making such an unreasonable and completely bizarre demand?"

"Then please tell me, Ms. Jensen, besides doing this to repay me, what else could you possibly offer? What is it that you think I lack?"

"You're right, you don't lack anything," she said. "So why make things difficult for me, when it's only going to make you uncomfortable too?"

"How would I be uncomfortable?"

"Honestly, since we broke up three years ago, I thought we were doing fine not seeing each other. Don't you think our encounters now are just awful... or at least awkward? Neither of us is comfortable, right?"

"So I should thank you for being so considerate of my feelings?"

"No need for thanks," she replied. "Just pick a different condition."

"I'm not changing it." He was unyielding. "Bizarre or unreasonable, I don't care. Sheila, this is my only demand."

There was no way she could agree to this.

"What if I say no?"

"Do you even have the right to say no?"

"Edmond, don't force me into a corner."

"You're the one forcing things, Sheila. You reach out when you want something, use me when it suits you, and when I ask for one thing in return, you make a million excuses?"

"Fine, I shouldn't have reached out, and I shouldn't have used you. But at least what I asked you to do was something you could fix with the snap of your fingers. But what are you asking me to do? Do you honestly think this is appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? The truth speaks for itself. Who cares what other people say or misunderstand?"

"And how are you going to explain this to Tilly? And..."

And then there was Jewel Baker.

Bringing another woman home—even if they were in an open marriage doing their own things—surely Jewel wouldn't just accept that?

Before she could finish, he cut her off. "Tilly lives somewhere else."

She froze. "You..."

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify