Chapter 1004

I shouldn't have asked John so many questions. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have learned so many details, and my heart wouldn't feel this unsettled and chaotic. "Mr. Zeigler, perhaps you're overinterpreting things. Mr. Harold's last episode could have been caused by something else—maybe his competitors made a move, or he had an argument with Ms. Lane, or there were some issues within his family," I interrupted him. Maybe it was all just a coincidence. Bruce couldn't possibly have had an episode because of me. There was no way he cared about me that much. Whether I was seeing someone or who I chose to date had nothing to do with him. He couldn't possibly have been emotionally affected by that. I tried to convince myself to come up with an excuse. But the more I tried, the more fragile those excuses became. Deep down, the truth was glaringly obvious; it was impossible to ignore or escape. Reason and impulse clashed wildly in my mind, leaving me torn and struggling between moving forward