Chapter 26 Messed Up Again

• Josephine stood there, dumbfounded, her mind a complete blank.
• After a long while, she returned to her senses and flashed a self-deprecating smile. Ridiculous. How utterly ridiculous. After our divorce, he even learned to sweet-talk. If we were back in our university days, I would've been so touched by him that I'd be falling head over heels for him. But now, I've been through too much. I'm no longer the naive university student I once was. Regardless of his flatteries, the trauma he inflicted upon me can never be healed.
• For a fleeting moment, Josephine really wanted to believe in Maverick. But alas, reality remained as it was.