Sean Stewart was suddenly quite reluctant to go to East Emperor.“Why haven’t you been turning up at East Emperor lately?” Elior White sat on Sean Stewart’s office table rudely. The latter did not even move his brows. Ray Sierra chuckled gently. “What’s wrong, Elior White? What are you hoping he’ll do at East Emperor?”Elior White rolled his eyes at Ray Sierra. The backstory could go on for days. Ray Sierra had been out of the country, so he did not have a clue about recent events. “Hey, y
How could he ever fall in love with that woman?How absurd!Ray Sierra asked, “If you’ve not fallen in love with her, then why haven’t you been going to East Emperor recently?”“I’m very busy. I don’t have time to waste there.”Elior White and Ray Sierra exchanged glances after hearing his answer, clearly unconvinced by his ridiculous explanation. “Sean Stewart, you’re afraid of meeting the Jane Dunn who has turned horrid, right? That day, she insulted Rosaline Summers in front of us, curs
The sky was clear, and the sun was slightly harsh. Jane Dunn wrapped the coat closer to her body. The tree-lined narrow road was less crowded today. Despite that, anyone who walked passed her would stare at her with a strange look on their faces.“Is there… something wrong with her?”A couple swept past her, turning their heads back to steal another glance at her before discussing in hushed voices. Even though they were not discussing in front of Jane Dunn, they still lowered their voices. F
“What a tortoise. Girls are just so troublesome. Hurry up. I’ll leave if you don’t hurry up.”Though he said he would leave, he still remained standing under the banyan tree while waiting for her in silence.When had that happened again?Oh… Third year of junior high school...When did their relationship start growing hostile, became impossible to mend, and turned distant and alien?She could no longer remember...“Sean…” Her gaze was misty as she called out to the man under the shady tree
That summer during her third year of middle school, she had said, “Sean Stewart, let’s date. You’ll take care of me.”The white-shirt teenager turned his head around and stared at her with his lucid phoenix eyes without saying a word. He then turned back around and started walking. She chased after him and grabbed his hand from the back. “You’re so mean. It’s really easy to take care of me. You don’t think you can do it?”Up until today, Jane Dunn still remembered the teenager’s answer.He ha
“...” Silence. She was unable to find an answer.“At least try, Jane. Even if you can’t be my girlfriend right now, at least give yourself a chance to accept and embrace happiness.“You can’t live in your own memories from the past or in your own tiny world forever.“Wipe him out of your memory, Jane. No matter what kind of past and memories you share with him, I firmly believe that those unhappy memories will be replaced by the blissful memories that you and I will share. They’ll fill your h
Jane Dunn shuddered in her heart. At this moment, she could hardly recognize this innocent yet cynical man standing in front of her.She had thought that she could annoy him and make him leave after saying so. Instead, she was now feeling ill at ease.She went all out and said to Haydn Soros, “Mr. Soros, that kiss earlier isn’t free. Remember to pay up, Mr. Soros.”‘Surely… saying it like this will be enough?’ Jane Dunn thought.She saw the man in front of her free up one hand to reach int
“Jane, if you don’t try, then how do you know you can’t have happiness?“Jane, try it. Just try. I will never make you sad or make you shed a single tear.“Jane, give me a chance and give yourself a chance. Give us both a chance to obtain happiness together.“Jane…“Jane…“Jane…‘Jane’ after ‘Jane’, one after another. He was about to enter her heart now. What should she do?What could she do?!“Jane Dunn, do you think that you still deserve any happiness right now?” Sean Steward had said
"Your grandfather loved your grandmother like a man possessed."By the time I finished hearing out my grandparents' story, I fell silent. I no longer blamed my grandfather for not knowing his heart, and I no longer blamed Grandma for being uncertain. It was just as Grandma Alora said. It was only because one of the two of them stopped obsessing and took a step back that they ended up living happily ever after. I could not help but wonder. What if Grandma simply refused to turn back at the e
Even then, I found it unbelievable. I ran to my dad's room and immediately asked, "Is Grandpa a pervert? I saw him hugging Grandma's foot just now. Does he have a foot fetish?""Your grandfather is warming your grandmother's feet. Your grandmother's body isn't in its best shape, and her hands and feet are always ice-cold. Your grandfather can't bear to see her like that. Just pretend you didn't see anything, and never mention it to him.""But why?""Because your grandfather will make you writ
My name was Luka Stewart. It was a weird name, right? Like ‘look! A stew.’My grandfather gave me my name. All my many years of experience as a kid told me that my grandfather was not a good guy.All else aside, just look at the name he gave me. He had a perfectly nice name himself, but he had to give me such a weird one.However, every time I protested about it to him, he always said that it was my dad's fault. If Dad had been a girl, that would have been his name instead. See, Grandpa was
On the twentieth day after the surgeryHe saw the person he had his heart set on.“Elior said you were at your wedding on the day I woke up.” He fell quiet again after his initial excitement. It felt as though there was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to pull the thorn out, but it hurt just to touch it.“Is Michael Luther… good to you?”“Yeah, pretty much.”There was pain in his eyes and he hurriedly lowered them, putting on a gracious act.“Congratulations. From now on, you’ll finally be
“Not too long ago, I woke up one morning and realized that I was trapped behind bars again. He had installed metal grilles over all the windows in the room.“In my eyes, those bars were no different from the ones in prison six years ago.“He tried everything to imprison me. He only finally let go when he’s sick and dying.“He said something about getting tired of this game and getting bored of me. I believed him.“He’s dying, so he lets go.“Is that supposed to show how generous and loving
“See? Master White agrees. Move aside and don’t stop me, the boss is in a lot of danger right now!” Dos’ expression was vicious. “I need to stop…”Halfway through his sentence, the three people outside heard some mortifying noises coming from inside the room.They were all experienced in the ways of life, so no matter how slow they might be, they still understood what those noises meant.Dos’ face instantly turned completely red.“Go on, kick the door down. Your boss is in danger,” Alora tea
After the second apple, there was the third... By the time he reached the fifth, he looked at the apple in his hand with a troubled expression. No matter how much he liked fruit, he still could not eat so many at once. Besides, he never liked apples to begin with.“Eat some more, or you won’t have the strength,” she said calmly. He was completely stumped. The strength? The strength for what?The wheels in his brain were still turning as he tried to process her words when the woman by his bed
At the hospital, the ward door opened without a sound. This time, Dos did not report the arrival in advance.When Elior arrived in a hurry, he immediately saw that woman.Before he said anything, Alora pulled him back out into the corridor. The door opened and closed again.The man on the bed lay on his side, fast asleep.No one knew what he was dreaming about, but the deep frown on his face showed that he did not have pleasant dreams.His hand rested on the covers, his wedding ring still a
"Don't worry, this time Sean Stewart won't disturb you again. He never will anymore. "Go and do what you do best, Jane Dunn. Run away!"With those words, Alora turned and left.She did not know what she was mad about. Perhaps she was not mad at all, just a little sorry about the whole state of affairs.It was almost as though she was the one who was not getting her happy ending. In her eyes, one of them had done wrong in the past and was now filled with regret, determined to turn over a n