I'm Sorry, But I Love You

"But I can't do it."

"He's lying here unconsciously because of me. I shouldn't run away from this." Catherine Johnson stared blankly at a distance not far away.

"Little Cathy was a good kid," Robert Elliott emotionally said, "You've been smart and pretty since you were a kid. You're such a lovely child. That's why I thought you must have a lot of suitors when you grow up."

"But who would've thought that you didn't like any of your suitors but fell for Anderson Clark instead? You must've suffered a lot all these years, right?"

Catherine was speechless.

Robert sighed, "Fortunately, it's all in the past already. Now that you have Ethan James to back you up, Anderson wouldn't be able to do anything to you for a while."

"The sun finally came out today, but why are you talking about this, Grandpa?" Antonio Elliott changed the subject, "If you can worry about Catherine, you should also worry about your own leg. If you accidentally fall again next time, I'm not going to check up on you anymore."

So Robert stopped mentioning it.

Catherine walked two laps with him. However, she still couldn't see Owen Torres for Aubrey kept staying by his bed.

"Robert, I have to leave now. I still have a dinner party to attend tonight."

Robert waved goodbye, "Come hang out here at the Elliott villa some other time."

Catherine responded and said goodbye to Robert and Antonio.

Then, she turned and left. Antonio stopped pushing the wheelchair and deeply stared at her back.

Robert raised his head and stared at Antonio as he spoke in a serious and deep voice, "Keep those thoughts to yourself. She's not meant for you."

As he stared at Catherine, a trace of loneliness sparked in his eyes, "I know."

"Not a lot of people dared to go against Anderson here in City W. Ethan is an exception since he doesn't care about anything. You should know how cruel he is since you're friends with him." Anderson had done too many cruel things. Even Robert felt a little afraid whenever he mentioned him.

Antonio's lips slightly curled and he laughed at himself in mockery, "I know what I'm doing. I didn't even confess to her before she got married to Anderson, so I also wouldn't do it now."

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On the other hand, Catherine rested for a bit after she came home. It was already dark, so she retouched her makeup and changed her clothes.

She took Samuel Chester's umbrella and went out.

Then, she took a taxi and arrived at JN restaurant.

However, Catherine didn't expect to see Anderson, Bentley Johnson, and Madison Clark right away when she arrived at JN restaurant instead of Ray Riley and Samuel.

Beside Anderson stood an extremely elegant woman.

Their class and charisma really matched each other.

Catherine glanced at him and immediately looked away as the waiter guided her to the private room she reserved.

Anderson also saw Catherine.

She wore a black windbreaker and paired it with wavy long hair and red lips.

She looked like a domineering conqueror.

He unconsciously wanted to go and grab Catherine.

As soon as he moved, she left with the waiter without even turning back.

Just when Anderson wanted to follow them, the woman beside him pulled his arm, "Mr. Clark, what are you going to do?"

Madison looked at Anderson, "This is a family dinner. I don't want anything bad to happen. Your grandpa just got discharged from the hospital. You wouldn't want him to go back to the hospital, right?" Anderson stopped walking and watched Catherine disappear at the corner.

When Catherine arrived, Ray and Samuel were already there. Ray crossed his legs with a lollipop in his mouth while casually playing games.

Samuel sat with his back straight in front of him.

His every movement was gentleman-like and elegant.

"Mr. Chester, your umbrella."

Samuel took the umbrella, "It's not anything expensive. Ms. Johnson don't have to worry about it."

"Maybe it's not that important to you, but for me, it's extremely important."

Ray chewed the candy in his mouth and raised his eyebrow, "You were the eldest heiress of the Johnson family, so an umbrella shouldn't be that important to you, right?"

It sounded as if he was mocking her when he said that she was the eldest heiress of the Johnson family.

"Like you said, that was before."

Before something happened to the

Johnson family, she never knew

how hard it was to earn money. After she was released from prison, she drew comics by herself without the Johnson family's support, She only earned two hundred in the first month.

She couldn't even buy a dessert with that amount of money before.

Ray continued playing games with his head down. He spoke as he played, "So is Ethan not giving you money now? I have a lot of money. If you come with me, I can assure you that you'll eat the finest foods and live the finest life."

"With your wealth and appearance, it wouldn't be hard for you to find a sugar baby. Just go and find someone else," Catherine gave the menu to Samuel, "Order whatever you wanna eat."

After Ray's game ended, he raised his brow and fooled around, "I think you two can take a DNA test to see if you're actually blood-related."

"Catherine, do you know why I want to pursue you?" Ray smiled evilly.

"I'm not interested."

Although Catherine was cold to him, Ray didn't seem to be embarrassed nor disappointed at all, "You and Samuel really look alike. I could see different expression on the same face if I had you." Catherine felt awkward and speechless.

"Then you should just directly pursue Samuel."

Ray shook his head, "Never mind, that's too much for me. Julia Wood has already arrived. I'm going to pick her up."

Catherine didn't know that Ray also asked Julia to come, but she didn't stop him either. It would be more fun with more people than just the three of them.

She and Samuel were the only ones left in the private room.

It was very quiet.

Samuel gazed at her face.

After a long while, Catherine felt a little uncomfortable, "What are you looking at?"

"We do look very similar. If I had grown up in China, I would have really thought I had a younger sister."

Catherine chuckled with a hint of yearning in her eyes, "I really did have a twin brother, but he died not long after birth."

She didn't really remember her older brother.

There were photos at home that were taken when they were just born. Between the two babies, he was the older brother. However, he looked skinnier than her. Growing up, she already heard the household servants talk about them behind her parents' backs multiple times.

He died because she robbed her brother's nutrients in their mother's womb.

"Sorry, I didn't know you had such a past."

Catherine shook her head, "It's okay.

In fact, other than seeing his pictures after growing up, I don't remember anything about him. However, if he had grown up we would probably look very similar."

Ray and Julia immediately came back. Julia even brought two cups of milk tea. She gave one to Catherine, "I don't know what flavor you like, so I just chose one that's popular online." She handed the other cup to Ray, "I added more sugar already."

"Help me open it. I'm going to start a game."

Julia helped Ray open it and put it in his mouth.

Catherine became increasingly curious about their relationship.

Julia also noticed her gaze. It was as if she saw her confusion. She raised her head, gently smiled, and said, "I grew up in Ray's home, so we're already close with each other." Catherine suddenly remembered the rumor that Ray would never date his friends.

Just when she was thinking about it, a commotion happened outside the private room.

At first, Catherine didn't want to get involved, but she immediately got up after hearing a familiar voice.