The issues at home made her sensitive and insecure.
Mrs. Rhodes' words, which wouldn't have fazed the old Vivian Bell, easily crushed her now.
She even felt that she was nearing depression.
So, she really couldn't hold on any longer.
"I'll take care of myself outside; I just hope you don't come looking for me again. Julian, let me go."
When he broke up with Louise Linden before, she also said those words, Julian, let me go.
It seemed like being around him was already a form of torment.
Now Vivian Bell was saying the same thing.
...
When Felix Rhodes recounted all of this, his dark eyes were silent, like a deep and bottomless pool of dead water. As he finished speaking, he lowered his head.
The matter with Vivian Bell made him feel like he had fallen twice in the same place, and he was about to lose confidence in liking someone.
