CEO Ex-Husband, Don't Bother Me-Chapter 134 - 126: Sean, How Could This Be?

When they were about finished eating, Sean put down his chopsticks and looked up at her, a bitter expression in his eyes. "Anna, do you know why I love you so much?"

The word "love" weighed heavily on Naomi Shaw. She felt she had wronged Sean. Before Julian Donovan reappeared, she had genuinely wanted to build a good life with him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have accepted his proposal. She just never imagined fate would play such a cruel joke on her. Not only did she run into Julian again, but he had supposedly fallen in love with her and was trying desperately to win her back.

She couldn’t bring herself to meet Sean’s gaze, so she lowered her eyes slightly. Then she heard his voice again. "Because you let me feel the warmth of a home. You let me experience the joy of having a family..."

"My parents passed away when I was very young. A family is something I’ve always longed for. Anna, you have no idea..."

As he spoke, Sean suddenly raised a hand to cover his eyes and began to choke up. Naomi watched him, at a loss for what to do. She had no idea what memory could make him break down and cry.

After a long moment, Sean finally lowered his hands, the corners of his eyes glistening with moisture. "I watched with my own eyes as my mom drove the car into the side of the road. She and my dad died on the spot. I didn’t die, but... my leg ended up like this."

"Sean, how could that have happened?"

Naomi only knew his parents had passed away when he was little, but she never imagined it had happened in such a horrific way. She couldn’t help but ask, her expression a mixture of shock and heartfelt pain for him.

Sean gave a bitter smile. "Because my mother hated my father. She hated that his heart was always with another woman, a woman he cared for so much he refused to even look at my mother. That day, their argument escalated, and... it ended like that."

An indescribable emotion flooded Naomi’s heart. She was a kind-hearted person at her core, a woman who believed in Buddhist principles. Her mind was filled with nothing but deep sympathy for Sean. The thought of such a young child losing his parents was painful enough, let alone having to witness their horrific deaths with his own eyes.

Sean had masterfully set a sorrowful mood. Seeing the pain in her eyes, he spoke softly, "That woman’s name was Jean Coleman!"

"What?"

Naomi’s eyes flew wide. If she remembered correctly, Jean Coleman was... Julian Donovan’s mother.

Sean continued, enunciating each word. "Grandfather despised that woman’s common background. So after my parents passed away, Grandfather gave everything to me—he sent me abroad to study, provided me with the best education, and let me take over the Donovan Group!"

Naomi’s mind was in a whirl. She didn’t understand what Sean was trying to say with all this. She could only stare at him blankly.

Sean leaned forward and took her hand. "Julian Donovan resents Grandfather for giving everything to me. He swore that one day he would take it all back. Anything that I or the Donovan Group possesses, he wants to seize! So, Anna, he doesn’t really love you. He’s only trying to win you back to get revenge on me!"

Sean’s final words shattered Naomi’s composure. Losing control, she snatched her hand back and shook her head frantically. "It’s not like that! It’s not what you’re saying!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

’It can’t be what Sean is saying!’ she told herself desperately, but the reassurance felt hollow and weak.

Sean reached out again, holding her steady as she began to spiral. He spoke earnestly, "Anna, you’ve tasted what it’s like to love and be loved. You should understand his motives better than I do. Take me, for example. I love you, but because you don’t love me, you’ll never fall for me no matter how hard I try. It’s the same with him and you. You loved him to death, but because he didn’t love you back, you couldn’t move his heart for all those years. Do you really think he would fall in love with you after just three years apart?"

It had to be said, Sean’s analogy was a brilliant one. In an instant, she lost all strength to argue on Julian’s behalf.

Tears began to stream down her face, against her will.

She had always been suspicious of everything Julian had done since they met again—his desperate attempts to win her back, his sweet talk. ’What could have changed the once-indifferent man I knew? Could it really be love, like he claimed?’ Now, finally, there was a logical explanation for it all.

’He pursued me relentlessly because he wanted to take what belongs to Sean, to get his revenge. He took advantage of the fact that I still love him, acting so brazenly. And I was foolish enough to be swayed, even thinking about breaking up with Sean. I foolishly let myself drown in the tenderness he showed me, foolishly wanted to return to his side and live a quiet, peaceful life with him.’