Chapter 1757

Yolanda, who was beside Avery, stopped in her tracks as well. She hadn't expected Mason to come over. What was the point of coming over when things had escalated to such a point? Yolanda wasn't trying to be cynical. It was just that if Avery had never discovered Juliet's existence, things might have been fine. She could have lived her whole life in blissful ignorance. However, she'd already found out about it. So no matter what Mason did or said in the future, Avery would always feel like he was treating her as a stand-in for Juliet. All his kindness and gentleness belonged to another woman. There was no way around it. Their lives had become so fraught that it would be extremely hard to return to that innocence or rebuild their trust. The only way out was to break up. At least for Avery, that would be a way out. Mason saw the glow of the car's headlights coming from behind him, so he turned to look with both hands still in his pockets. He then saw that Avery had returned, wi