Howard Coleman found himself choking on the words he wanted to say, staring at Madeleine for a long time before he slowly repeated the second half of her sentence, word by word, "Don't take it to heart?"
When those words came out of her mouth, her heart was also pricked by countless needles, but it wasn't until she heard them from his lips that she realized the pain in her heart was even more intense.
Madeleine struggled to maintain a smile, looking at Howard and pretending with all her might that she truly didn't mind, and clearly said, "Besides, what happened last night wasn't entirely your fault, I was also to blame."
Last night, he might have been genuinely drunk, but she was sober, yet she didn't push him away; it was ultimately her own fault for being too greedy for his affection.
Madeleine's smile grew brighter. "Since it was a mistake, let's both forget about it, as if it never happened."
