Now that no one was rewarding her, there naturally was no need to act.
But George River hoped it was all just an act, a play designed to get back at him.
More than Hannah being with Arnold Simmons, what he couldn't accept was the fact that Hannah had fallen in love with Arnold.
Her love for someone else meant that their two years of affection had truly been forgotten by her, completely erased.
He had done so much, all to win back the person who originally belonged to him.
George River had thought that at this moment he should feel confident, yet inexplicably, his heart only felt a wave of panic.
"Hannah Winter, whatever Arnold gives you, I can give you more. The love you want, all you desire, I can provide it," he said.
George River's tightly clenched fist slowly relaxed, his usual coldness vanishing from his brow and eyes, replaced instead by a glimpse of devoted affection.
The man who once coldheartedly said, "I will never love you," eventually came to regret it.
