When He Stopped Loving Me Chapter 24

This realization was a hundred times more painful than simple loss!

He'd lost not just love but, in such a public way, been utterly crushed professionally!

That night, Ethan went alone to the bar he and Claire used to frequent.

Glass after glass of hard liquor, yet unable to extinguish the bitterness and regret inside.

At some point, a familiar figure sat beside him—childhood friend Marcus Hayes.

Marcus looked at Ethan's disheveled state without sympathy, sneering mockingly: "What? The great Ethan Pierce drowning his sorrows? Regretting it now? Too bad—too late!"

Ethan looked up with bleary eyes.

Marcus continued salting wounds: "Look at Sebastian Hart—background, looks, ability, he beats you in everything. Key is, he truly treasures and protects Claire! Where doesn't he surpass you? Remember how good Claire was to you? You didn't appreciate it, got bewitched by someone trashy! Now? You've lost everything!"

"Stop... please stop..." Ethan clutched his head painfully, voice hoarse, carrying heavy sobbing. "I was fucking blind! I'm a complete bastard!"

But no amount of confession and pain could bring back the woman who'd once had eyes only for him.

He'd lost not just romance and business competition—he'd lost his entire life.