Chapter 818 Defend Yourself

Beathan's voice trembled. "You finally decided to pick up my call. How have you been? I've been wanting to see you, but Elias keeps getting in the way, and I can't get to you. You—" Ashley's voice was like a breeze, weightless and devoid of emotion. "Beathan, if we had just stopped at the moment we broke up, everything after that wouldn't have happened. You wouldn't have fallen this low." Beathan's jaw tightened, and he let out a bitter laugh. "I just can't accept it. We were together for seven years. How could you throw our relationship away so easily? It's like you never even loved me at all!" "Beathan, if I didn't love you, I wouldn't have been with you for seven years. I loved you deeply, and I had so many dreams about us. Until that day when I opened the door and saw what I saw." Beathan's voice was hoarse. "I'm sorry—" Ashley cut him off. "Spare me the verbal apology. You'll pay for what you've done soon enough. That's the apology I want." With that, she hung up. Beathan c