CHAPTER 560: CHAPTER 560: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

Helen Hale’s expression froze, "Julian Hawthorne, what are you talking about? Do you really think I would poison you? I did not love you, and I would rather hurt myself than hurt you. You know my integrity, so why would you think this of me? Why hurt my feelings?"

She began to sob, as if heartbroken to the extreme.

Julian Hawthorne said, "Or do you want me to have it tested?"

Helen Hale’s expression became even stiffer, "Julian, don’t be like this, okay? I am suffering enough, why do you have to stab me in the heart? You’re the person I love the most. I’m already in such a state that I’d rather die..."

Julian Hawthorne, "But you seem fine to me."

Helen Hale said, "I’m not fine at all; I just hide my pain. I don’t want to show weakness in front of others, but it’s different with you, Julian. You’re the one I love the most. Even though I look pitiful like this, I’m not afraid of you making fun of me. In front of you, I can safely reveal my most vulnerable side..."

She said miserably, "You can’t possibly imagine what I’ve gone through these days. The Hale Family fell, and I suddenly turned from a sought-after lady into a joke. Those around me flattered me when I had money, but once I lost it, they immediately began to ridicule me. They raised others and trampled on me, using every means to humiliate me. If it weren’t for my strength, if it weren’t for me still thinking about a future with you, Julian, I couldn’t have endured..."

The more Helen Hale spoke, the more heartbroken she became. Right now, she was truly sad because she indeed experienced those things as the Hale Family collapsed.

Once she looked down on everyone from a height, and now? She had never been the object of such ridicule by everyone.

Those women mocked and ridiculed her, while those men, who once couldn’t have her, used despicable methods to force her into submission.

Her life was too hard; she needed a man to protect and comfort her.

And that man, she hoped, would be Julian Hawthorne.

As long as Julian Hawthorne could stay with her, she felt she would be content living this way for the rest of her life.

She could lose the whole world, but she couldn’t lose Julian Hawthorne.

"Julian, I know you don’t believe me, because I’m about to marry Harrison Sheridan, but Julian, I don’t love Harrison Sheridan. The reason I’m with him is partly to annoy you, and partly because Harrison loves me too much. I can’t hurt someone who loves me so deeply, but if you’re willing, Julian, even if I hurt the whole world, I wouldn’t regret it. Julian, why don’t we be together? I’m willing to let go of everything in the past as long as I can be with you, I’d be completely satisfied..."

She poured out her heart, wanting Julian Hawthorne to know how much she loved him.

How could any man refuse such a sincere plea from a woman?

"Julian, I’ve loved you to the brink of madness. I can’t live without you..."

However, Julian Hawthorne remained expressionless from beginning to end. Whether Helen Hale truly loved him or not, he had been thoroughly rejecting her from the start.

Thus, Helen Hale’s feelings were her own concern; he never felt he needed to be responsible for them.

Julian Hawthorne showed no sign of wavering, "What does this have to do with me? Why are you telling me this?"

Helen Hale’s expression tightened, never expecting that even after pouring her heart out this much, Julian Hawthorne could still be so heartless.

Could he really not have the slightest feeling for her?

Helen Hale didn’t want to believe this truth.

"Julian, we have so many years of feelings. Since I was young, I’ve wanted to marry you. I don’t expect my efforts to be repaid equally, but why do you have to be so heartless to me? I’m not asking for much..."

She cried, "What did I do wrong to make you so cruel to me now? Julian, tell me, and I will change. Whatever kind of woman you like, I will become that woman. Please, just look at me, okay?"

Julian Hawthorne frowned, "Helen Hale, are you misunderstanding my intentions?"

He looked at her, "I came here for Henry Hale, not to listen to this nonsense. If you’re not willing to tell me, I won’t force you."

With that, Julian Hawthorne violently pulled open the door.

Helen Hale desperately tried to shut the door, but it was all in vain.

She knelt down, clutching Julian Hawthorne’s leg, looking up at him with a tear-stained face.

"Julian! Have mercy on me, won’t you! Just one night! Just stay with me for one night, please? After this night, I promise not to bother you again. I’ll leave far away and won’t disturb your life. I’m begging you, Julian..."

Julian Hawthorne coldly said, "Let go."

Helen Hale shook her head, "I won’t let go. Once I do, you’ll go marry another woman. You’re mine, you’re supposed to be my husband, so why marry someone else, why?"

Julian Hawthorne forcefully shook off Helen Hale.

Helen Hale lay on the ground, finally breaking down, shouting with all her might, "Julian Hawthorne! Why! Why are you doing this to me!"

Julian Hawthorne, "Because I don’t love you."

"You don’t love me? Why not? I’m excellent, so why do you not love me and instead love Paige Sterling? How does she compare to me?"

Helen Hale said, "She’s so malicious. She made me disabled! She ruined the Hale Family, she harmed my brother! She’s a scourge, why can’t you see that? Why would you abandon me to love a scourge? Are you blind?"

She yelled, "It’s not fair! It’s not fair!"

Julian Hawthorne coldly replied, "Whether it’s your leg or the Hale Family, Paige Sterling has never actively provoked you. If that’s the case, then whatever happens in the end is what you deserve. What right do you have to cry about unfairness? Should others just stand and let you scheme? Fairness? Was it fair what you did to Beau?"

Julian Hawthorne thought of everything Helen Hale and her family did to Paige Sterling, and he felt an urge to kill.

The true perpetrators were now crying out in grievance, but what right did they have?

Julian Hawthorne’s hand clenched into a fist on his chest.

"I’ve kept her here for many years. She’s my first and last love. I won’t allow anyone to hurt her, and those who do, I’ll retaliate a hundredfold! You should be thankful that Beau stopped me, or else do you think breaking your leg would be all?"

He would do far more than Paige Sterling did.

Looking at Julian Hawthorne’s bloodthirsty expression, a deep fear welled up inside Helen Hale.

So Julian Hawthorne was this terrifying, and it was all because of Paige Sterling.

For Paige Sterling, he could be a gentle man who cared for the Xavier Family, or he could be a ruthless and bloodthirsty man.

What virtue or ability did Paige Sterling have to deserve such a man?

Helen Hale felt truly reluctant.

Yet she was powerless in the face of reality, and she laughed, a wild, crazy laugh.

After a while, she stopped laughing and looked at Julian Hawthorne.

"Julian Hawthorne, you love Paige Sterling so much that you’re willing to do anything for her. But what about Paige Sterling? Does she love you? Does she love you as much as you love her? Would she dare to do anything for you? Can your feelings get the same return from her?"

She didn’t give Julian Hawthorne time to respond, "No! You’re just giving unilaterally! A selfish woman like Paige Sterling will never give you selfless love. She married you because of interests. You’ll regret giving up me, someone who wholeheartedly loves you, one day!"

She was in pain, so she wanted to see Julian Hawthorne in pain, too.

However, Julian Hawthorne wasn’t in pain. He chuckled and said, "You’ll never understand what goes on between her and me."