Chapter 740 - 737: Finally Saying Goodbye

Chapter 740: Chapter 737: Finally Saying Goodbye

Sierra Sutton stared at her for a moment, then reached out his right hand and slowly brushed hers away. "I once thought I would wait for you forever, until you let go of the past and turned to love me. But I don’t want to wait anymore. There’s no need to."

With that, he left the visitation room without another moment’s hesitation.

"No, it’s not like that." Autumn Shelby stumbled back two steps, her body weakly leaning against the table. Her eyes stared blankly at the doorway where Sierra Sutton had disappeared, tears silently streaming down her face as she murmured,

"Weren’t you the one who loved me most in this world? You loved me for so many years, waited for me for so many years. Are you really willing to just give up like this? Sierra Sutton, you’re just giving up on me... right after I became willing to be with you?..."

A dull ache suddenly pierced Autumn Shelby’s heart. ’I’m without my baby, and now Sierra doesn’t want me either!’

Before, she had taken Sierra Sutton’s deep love for granted. She’d assumed that no matter when, no matter what she did, he would always be there waiting for her, just a glance over her shoulder away.

She thought that even if the whole world abandoned her, he never would.

But now, Sierra Sutton truly didn’t want her anymore.

The pain she felt now was worse than when she found out Seth Quinn had broken off their engagement. It was a despair deeper than when she thought Sierra Sutton was going to die.

Because while he was still alive, his love for her was dead.

Autumn Shelby’s hand clutched the fabric over her chest. Tears streamed down her face, yet a desolate laugh escaped her lips.

’Perhaps my retribution has come. That must be why fate would let me completely lose something right when I was starting to cherish it.’

...

As Sierra Sutton walked out the main gate of the detention center, he was surprised to find Yvette Zimmerman still standing outside.

When Yvette Zimmerman saw him emerge, she hurried over, her voice full of hope. "Sierra, how did it go? Did you and Autumn have a good talk? When... when are you going to talk to Clara Grant and Seth Quinn and get Autumn released?"

Sierra Sutton didn’t answer her. He was silent for a moment before speaking flatly, "Yvette, the baby and I are on a flight to the U.S.A. tonight."

Yvette Zimmerman didn’t understand what he meant and nodded happily. "Oh, oh! So Autumn can get out today and go to the U.S.A. with you. That’s wonderful, that’s..."

"Yvette," Sierra Sutton interrupted her. "The baby and I are going back to the U.S.A. Just the two of us!"

Yvette Zimmerman froze. After a long pause, she asked urgently, "Sierra, what do you mean? You... you and the baby are going back to the U.S.A. alone? Then... then what about Autumn? Are you abandoning her?"

"People have to be punished for their mistakes. This time, she tried to take a life. If she gets away with it so easily again, she’ll never learn the value of life. She’ll never know what she can and cannot do.

Besides, I don’t have the power to interfere with the law. I’m sorry, Yvette. It’s getting late, and the baby is waiting for me. I have to go."

With that, he walked to the waiting taxi, opened the door, and got in.

By the time Yvette Zimmerman came to her senses, the taxi was already driving away. She raised a hand and opened her mouth, but no sound came out. In the end, her hand could only fall limply to her side.

...

Inside the taxi, Sierra Sutton looked back through the rear window at the detention center, which was growing smaller and smaller in the distance. A single tear escaped the corner of his eye.

’Finally, it’s time to say goodbye.’

’Goodbye to the woman I’ve loved for eighteen years.’