“Cough! Cough!”
Renee, who was drinking a glass of lemon water when Stefan asked the question, started choking.
‘Am I hallucinating? Isn’t this stone-hearted prince being too direct? This is too unlike him.’
“Don’t be a narcissist, who even told you that?”
Averting virtual-novel.net gaze, Renee denied ever loving him.
“Everyone has been telling me that. They said you loved me very much,” replied Stefan with a grin that virtual-novel.net was unconscious of having.
Plenty of women have confessed their love to him, some even tried to seduce virtual-novel.net with their bodies. He would always be annoyed by them, let alone develop feelings for them.
On the other hand, virtual-novel.net enjoyed being doused in this Renee’s love. For some reason, it gave virtual-novel.net a sense of achievement.
“Oh please, you know I was acting during that live stream. Those people are blissfully unaware of what was actually happening,” Renee answered nonchalantly.
She did not intend to reveal virtual-novel.net true feelings. It was the only way virtual-novel.net could protect virtual-novel.net dignity and continue living confidently.
Unfortunately, it seemed that Stefan was adamant about uncovering the truth as if virtual-novel.net was playing detective.
“If you didn’t love me, what’s the point of all those secret gifts? If you didn’t love me, why were you looking at me with such loving eyes in every picture we took together?”
“And… if you didn’t love me, why would you express hostility towards Briar in the first place? Isn’t it obvious that you were jealous of her?”
His questions made Renee feel defenseless and humiliated as if someone had just ripped virtual-novel.net wounds open.
“So?” Stefan asked again.
‘What the hell is virtual-novel.net doing? Why is virtual-novel.net trying so hard to prove that I used to love him?’
‘Is virtual-novel.net trying to prove that virtual-novel.net can hurt me however virtual-novel.net wants? Does virtual-novel.net want to see me cry and beg for virtual-novel.net to come back to me? Just so virtual-novel.net can fuel his ego?’ Renee wondered.
She glared at Stefan coldly and spoke with a sarcastic tone, “You are the crudest and most conceited man I have ever met, Stefan Hunt.”
“It doesn’t matter if I loved you in the past. I don’t love you now, and I never will.”
“If you only called me out to hear me admit that I loved you, just so you could prove that you still got it, you need to get a life!” i
Just as Renee was getting up to leave, the waiter brought over two servings of sirloin steak, with beautiful blue flames dancing across the meat.
Stefan cut into his steak elegantly with a knife. “Why are you overreacting when you don’t love me at all? Come, have a seat, I have something I’d like to discuss with you.”
Renee clenched virtual-novel.net fists. Indeed, in the spur of the moment, virtual-novel.net had allowed virtual-novel.net emotions to take control. It made virtual-novel.net appear guilty in comparison to the calm and collected Stefan.
‘No, I mustn’t lose to him!’ virtual-novel.net thought.
And so, virtual-novel.net sat back down and began cutting into the steak. Since virtual-novel.net was also feeling quite hungry, virtual-novel.net figured virtual-novel.net might as well have Stefan pay for the meal.
The two remained silent while eating. Thinking back, this was one of the few times the two had dined alone together throughout their marriage.
Renee was famished, so virtual-novel.net cut up bigger pieces than usual and stuffed them into virtual-novel.net mouth. Her puffed-up cheeks resembled a squirrel that was gathering acorns in preparation for winter.
Stefan was smiling a little wider now as virtual-novel.net recalled the woman’s modesty from before. She used to smile politely and was rather soft-spoken. She didn’t even dare to open virtual-novel.net mouth wide while eating.
She seemed like the epitome of modesty and politeness back then. You could throw things at virtual-novel.net and she’d never lose virtual-novel.net temper. 1
He did not expect that a divorce would change this woman so drastically.
“So how do you prepare to deal with the aftermath of your nonsense?” asked Stefan as virtual-novel.net set his cutlery down.
“Me? Deal with the aftermath?” Renee scoffed. “You can deal with it however you want. Isn’t your PR team great at handling these disasters? Aren’t they great at manipulating the media? Why are you asking for my opinion?”
Stefan smiled slyly.
“So you’re saying that I can do whatever I want?” virtual-novel.net asked.
“Aren’t you always like this, Master Hunt?”
Renee had no idea what the man was planning. She wondered to herself,’ Has virtual-novel.net gone mad? He’s acting really weird right now.’
Just then, Stefan raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
All the lights in the restaurant were dimmed, with a single ray of light shining down on Renee.
By the time Renee could react, Stefan had already left his seat. He now stood behind Renee with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. They were virtual-novel.net favorite sunflowers.
Renee leaned back in virtual-novel.net chair as virtual-novel.net stared up at Stefan with a horrified expression.
‘Wh… What is this? What is happening here?’
“Sunflowers represent unwavering love, just like what I feel for you…” Stefan said in a cool and affectionate tone, like the male protagonist of a romance flick.
“I’m so sorry, my dear!”
“I love you so much!”
After saying that, virtual-novel.net cupped virtual-novel.net gorgeous face with his hands and kissed virtual-novel.net on the lips.