"That day, after you left, I... I panicked. I was completely lost."
He lowered his eyes, as if unwilling to relive the pain of that day.
Turns out, after Kenton realized I hadn't forgotten the gathering, he completely lost it.
He wrecked the hospital room, then went back to the apartment and smashed everything in sight.
A man who never lost his temper suddenly erupting was terrifying.
When he couldn't find me, he frantically called.
I turned off my phone, so he spent money to track my movements and phone location.
When he traced the signal back to the hospital, he rushed to the room and dug through a pile of tissues to find my shattered phone.
Somehow managing to unlock it, the first thing he saw were those vile messages.
"I regret it. I truly regret it. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
His voice cracked, his hands trembling as he crawled forward, trying to grab mine.
Almost the moment he uncovered the poster's identity, the photos and videos were taken down, and the police stormed in.
He and Evelyn were taken away, along with all his friends.
After learning the full story, he paid his way out.
He couldn't go to jail—he had to find me, to apologize, to explain.
After four years of dating, it would be a lie to say there were no feelings involved!
His original intention was just to teach me a small lesson. As long as it made Evelyn happy, he would stop immediately.
"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect those videos to spread."
By the time he realized, it was already too late.
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