Chapter 114 You're Not the One Getting Hurt

The bite in her words was impossible to miss. William's brows creased at once. He looked at Jeanette, her cheeks flushed and her expression pulled tight with barely contained anger. He genuinely had no idea why she was suddenly so worked up. To him, it had been nothing more than a casual remark said in a calm tone, hardly something that should've set her off like this. Was she really this emotionally unstable? William forced himself to be patient. "Jeanette, that's not what I meant. Why do we always have to be at each other's throats?" He genuinely sounded puzzled, like he truly didn't understand. Jeanette felt like laughing. Her chest was so full of bitterness and irony that it almost hurt to breathe. Did he really not get it, or was he just pretending not to? She was done keeping the peace. The more unbothered he looked, the more irritated she felt just looking at him. "Because you're not the one getting hurt. That's why you can shrug it off," Jeanette snapped. "William, in t