Chapter 176 You Must Be Joking

• Henry let out a sigh. “Ivy, I know you resent me for leaving you back then. I didn't have a choice.”
• “Your choice lasted twenty years. Now, you finally decide to check in with me and wonder how I'm holding up? Is that really necessary? Let's just pretend we didn't cross paths today and we never bumped into each other. Can we do that?” Ivy stared at him. The passage of time had etched lines on both their faces, and now, there was no need for all this anymore.
• She was in a good place now unlike back then when she had nothing—no education, no degree, no job. She had given birth to her child alone and started as a waitress in a foreign land. The struggles she had endured were beyond his grasp, and there was no way he could make up for them.