Those were clearly fighting words, but Sean just stood on top of the stairs, his pitch-black eyes on his visitor’s taunting face. He did not say a single word in response.The silence stretched on eerily, like the calm before a storm.Mr. Oakes felt like running away for some reason, but his feet felt extremely heavy, as though they had been nailed to the ground. He could not lift them at all.Secretly, he blamed the visitor, Haydn Soros. How could he be so rude? During such a sensitive time,
“So we hurt the woman we loved and covered her in scars. We were destined to lose her in the end.”Sean gave Haydn a long look before shaking his head. “I’m… not like you.” He glanced at the red wine Haydn was holding and said, “I don’t need to drown my sorrows, and I won’t join you for that drink.”Something occurred to Haydn, and he said urgently, “Sean Stewart, are you thinking that you can still get back together with her? Do you really think that woman will come back to you?“You don’t u
Three years laterThere was a rather unassuming homestay on the banks of Erhai. Well, rather than a homestay, it was really just a small three-story bungalow. Compared to the other homestays around it, it was truly tiny. Although it was on the banks of Erhai, its location was not very good either. The closest homestay to it was at least several hundred meters away.A woman wearing the loose-fitting ramie cotton top and trousers common to this place was lying on a traditional-style bamboo rocking chair on the porch. The chair rocked back and forth, taking the woman with it. The square stool next to the chair had a pot of gold-colored green orange pu’er on it, as well as a half-empty teacup. Every so often, there would be waterfowl flitting past the surface of the Erhai lake, hunting the small river shrimp that was a specialty here.The sky was so blue that it looked touchable, as though you could just reach out and catch a handful of the fluffy white clouds. There was an old tree f
Jojo immediately picked up a porcelain cup from the square stool. She offered the cup, complete with its saucer, to the woman. When the woman stood up, her hair looked surprisingly long, reaching almost her waist and tied loosely with a band. She accepted the cup from Jojo and took off its cover, taking a sip before putting the cover back in place.“Bring the contract and follow me, Jojo.” With that, the woman walked back into the house, her steps just as slow.“I’m coming, Boss.” Jojo ran lik
“I’ll definitely expose you! Definitely! Scammers! Fraud!”After the woman at the door left, followed by Jojo, the man of the couple told his girlfriend angrily, “I’m definitely going to make this sham of a place viral, Yvonne! Just you wait, when I get back, first thing I’m gonna do is post on Travago…”At the same timeS CityElior pushed the door open and went in, only to be assaulted by the smell of booze!He looked at the man sitting on the floor. “Didn’t someone say he wouldn’t drink
There were no words to describe the shock Elior was feeling right now. He heard his friend mumbling dazedly in his ear, “If I hadn’t dropped my phone…” and “If I hadn’t moved the drawers when I went to pick it up…” With that, Elior already figured it out. His friend had moved the drawers when he tried to pick up his phone, but that only led him to discover this secret, hidden for so many years.“If only I didn’t drop my phone…“If only I hadn’t picked it up…”Elior clenched his fist, listenin
Mr. Oakes wanted to say something, but Elior practically shoved him out of the room. Before Mr. Oakes could react, there was a bang, and the door was slammed shut in his face.Inside the room, Elior’s face was cold as he wordlessly took two bottles of whiskey from the bed. He twisted the caps off and held out his hand, offering one battle to Sean who was sitting slumped by the bed. “Here. I’ll drink with you.”However, the man sitting on the floor by the bed did not seem to hear him at all. He
What goes around comes around… huh?Sean put her in jail for three years, robbing her of her pride and confidence.Similarly, she left for three years, and just as easily destroyed Sean’s pride and confidence, no?Three years in exchange for three years. Everything had changed.Elior seemed to understand something. Something clicked in his mind and everything was clearer. Even so, how could he just give up on this man and let him go on like this?It was just like how he had once hated Jane
"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