Chapter 18

Two piles of items sat before Harrison. The first pile was what Scarlett had someone return to him. He glanced through them and realized they were all things he had given her before. Most of them were items he had casually told Patrick to buy, so he barely even remembered them. His expression darkened. Had Scarlett already planned to return everything before she left? His gaze shifted to the second pile. He recognized them as gifts Scarlett had given him in the past. Only now did he remember that Scarlett used to love giving him gifts. For his birthday, their anniversary, and on every little occasion, she always had something ready. He used to find it exhausting. Eventually, he stopped even opening them. Instead, he tossed them all into the basement without a second glance. And now, Ella had laid them all out in front of him. Harrison sat there in a daze, slowly unwrapping the dust-covered gifts, one by one. There was the blessed charm she had gotten for him the year he took h