Mending a Broken Love (Roxanne and Sebastian) novel Chapter 215

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As soon as Winona left, the remaining three advisors felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Nicholas glanced at Sebastian, whose expression looked terrible, and couldn't help but add fuel to the fire. "See? Now you realize how excessive your past behavior was, right? Outsiders can't even stand hearing about it, let alone Roxanne, who lived through it."

Nicholas looked at him with a sigh. "If you let go now, that would be the best possible ending between you and Roxanne. But if you refuse to let go, it's only going to get harder."

That path had already been sealed off by Sebastian's own actions.

Sebastian remained silent for a long, long time. He didn't understand. He really didn't understand anything. All he felt was confusion.

He finally spoke, his voice dry. "Was what I did really that unforgivable?"

The four others exchanged looks.

In the end, Richard spoke up. "Mr. Hayes, your problem is... you didn't do anything at all."

Jake felt hollow inside. He had originally been drawn to Valoria College because of Roxanne's beautiful face.

After seeing Roxanne's image shatter and now, unexpectedly becoming Sebastian's advisor, he seemed to realize that everything about Roxanne's situation was due to Sebastian's neglect.

"Mr. Hayes, did you know Ms. Sawyer had a terrible reputation at college? Did you know she wasn't respected anywhere she went? Did you know she was constantly slandered? Did you know that at college, so many opportunities that should've gone to her were lost because of all the false rumors?

"Mr. Hayes, as far as I know, even among Valoria's high society circle, when they mention Ms. Sawyer, it's always with scorn and mockery. Were you aware of that?