Chapter 917: Chapter 917 Learning to Refuse (7)_1

Madeleine actually really wanted to refuse because she had contemplated giving up her love for Howard Coleman.

However, when she heard everything Andrew Henris had said, she found herself at a loss for words to refuse him.

Andrew Henris seemed to understand the sorrow in her heart, reached out his hand, patted her shoulder, and handed her a smile, considerately saying, “Don’t be in a hurry to refuse me, think about what I’ve said. Tomorrow we’ll still be good friends.”

After speaking, Andrew Henris personally unbuckled Madeleine’s seat belt, opened the car door for her, “Alright, it’s really late, you should go home and rest.”

After a pause, Andrew Henris added, “Good night.”

“Good night,” Madeleine softly said, then took her bag and got out of the car.

Madeleine closed the car door, stood at the roadside, waved to Andrew Henris inside the car, who rolled down the window, gave her a smile, and then started the car, slowly driving away.

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Madeleine waited until Andrew Henris’s car was out of sight before slowly turning around and walking towards the apartment building.

Actually, she was quite happy today, not because she was with Andrew Henris, but because it had been a long time since she had relaxed in such a leisurely manner. However, this happiness was all scattered by the sudden long confession from Andrew Henris, making her feel even heavier inside.

Andrew Henris said that the best way to forget someone is to find another person to take their place.

But what if that person is irreplaceable, someone she can’t forget and doesn’t want to forget?

Even though Andrew Henris asked her to take time to think before responding, she knew that no matter how long she thought about it, she couldn’t give up Howard Coleman to be with another man.

She felt heavy because she really liked Andrew Henris as a friend, but refusing him would be tantamount to losing that friend.

At that thought, Madeleine couldn’t help but feel a tinge of bitterness.

Look at yourself, Ms. Madeleine, for the sake of loving that man, you are willing to give up a mature and outstanding man who was ready to leave his career in Oceania for you, and you’re even losing a friend who truly cares for you.

What have you gained in return for everything you’ve lost for him?

It’s a conclusion where he will never love you.

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Madeleine took the elevator to her own floor, stood in front of her door, typed in the code, then reached out to push the door open. Just as she was about to step inside, she heard footsteps coming from the stairwell. Madeleine looked up suspiciously, thinking to herself, who would take the stairs instead of the elevator this late at night? Before she could finish her thought, she saw Howard Coleman, with a slightly red gaze, walking slowly down the stairs.

Madeleine instantly stiffened on the spot, staring at the approaching Howard Coleman, her entire being in a daze, until Howard Coleman was in front of her. She was still foolishly fixing her gaze where it had been, and awkwardly asked, “Why are you here?”

Howard Coleman didn’t make a sound, only stepped closer to her.

“Do you need something from me?” Madeleine’s second question had just been asked when she smelled the strong scent of alcohol on Howard Coleman and couldn’t help but frown deeply, “Did you drink?”

As soon as Madeleine finished speaking, her entire body was suddenly and forcefully pushed by Howard Coleman against the wall behind her, mercilessly sealing her lips.