289 Finally letting go

"What does that have to do with anything?" She demanded

He rushed to explain "I'm not blaming you, I'm just saying that you showed us the truth about all of us and no one liked it. We rather liked the lies we told and me most of all"

"You never lied to me" she murmured

"I broke my vows and that is the biggest one yet" he replied bitterly

"I understand"

Wang Lu chuckled darkly before he stopped abruptly, tearing his eyes from her. "You didn't have to, but the truth was that every day I was afraid. I woke up every day with the thought that you would finally see me for who I was and leave me.

"So when she...." Yan Mei couldn't bring herself to finish 

"I'm not excusing my behavior, but when I saw you or maybe not you at the hotel, my first thought was 'it's finally happening' I'd waited for you to realize you could do better and you finally did"