Chapter 209

My hands paused briefly, and I quickly resumed searching through the files, as if nothing had happened. "Whether I like her or not doesn't matter much anymore." With that, I quickly changed the subject. "What about you? Are you married?" "No," Joanna replied in a low voice. She turned and walked toward another row of shelves. … Three years ago, she found out about Joshua's wedding. At the time, she had planned to confess her feelings to him. But when she arrived, she saw him joyfully preparing for his wedding. He had said, "Marrying Sophia is the luckiest thing that's ever happened to me." So, she never spoke her heart that day, even as they parted ways. Joanna had thought that time would eventually help her forget the crush she once harbored. But seeing him again now, she realized the pain of unrequited love was still there. To Joshua, she was just a former classmate—nothing more. She couldn't possibly compare to his wife. But despite knowing this, Joanna couldn't let him g