Chapter 2. This is Not A Deal

When Leona left, Archie was still eating toast casually, seemingly unconcerned by her departure, but his check was lying alone on the bed, and he had no idea who he was mocking.

Just after leaving the Hotel, Leona’s phone rang slightly, and it was a text message from Rick.

“Leona, I waited for you in the room all night last night, but you didn’t come. Were you delayed because of something? It doesn’t matter, I’ll keep waiting. I’m about to leave. When I get back to London, I’ll let you know. I’ll bring you a present. I love you Leona.”

Leona was dumbfounded. He wasn’t in the room at all. Why did he say he had been waiting in the room all night? What had gone wrong?

Could it be that Lily had given her the wrong room key? Or... no, there was no way, how could Lily do such a thing.

Leona put down her cell phone and looked at the busy world outside. She suddenly felt a little sad. Maybe when Rick returned to London, they would never be able to go back, right?

Maybe it’s okay if it ends like this.

When Leona thought of parting from Rick, her heart ached so much that she trembled slightly in pain.

All this happened last night.

Lily, could it be you?

A familiar electronic voice sounded from the phone, “The user you are contacting is inactive.” At this moment, Leona suddenly realized that she had dialed Lily’s number.

From the beginning of falling in love to the excitement of yesterday, all the memories are like a movie screening. Everything is so vivid in every scene, yet so out of reach.

They joked and discussed the future of their marriage yesterday, and he promised himself that he would call and text her every day for two years so that he could hear her voice and see her appearance.

However, it all became an impossible wish.

Could she still talk to him on the phone and send messages as if nothing had happened?

Not anymore...

They cannot have marriages or have children...

Nothing more, nothing left...

The sound of loud car brakes and loud electricity

The ringtone forcefully interrupted her thoughts, and she suddenly regained consciousness. She found that she was standing in the middle of the street, and a car was parked very close to her, so close that it almost hit her.

Leona suddenly woke up, stepped back to the roadside, and watched the car drive off again.

The phone was still ringing stubbornly. She looked at it and saw that it was Rick’s mother calling.

She immediately wiped away the tears on her face and answered the phone : “Auntie...”

Before Leona could finish her greeting, the other end of the line interrupted Leona coldly.

“Miss Leona, you have also seen that Rick is now being sent abroad by the company for further study. When he returns from overseas, his grades will naturally be different. When you were together in the past, I didn’t agree, just because Rick, I like you, so I didn’t say anything. Since you are no longer in the same city, I hope you can take the initiative to leave our Rick and stop bothering us.

Leona’s fingers holding the phone trembled slightly.

“I won’t hide it from you. This time Rick went abroad, and there was another girl with him. That girl has a good family background and will help our Rick in the future. And she also likes Rick very much. This time He recommended the opportunity to go abroad, so we all liked him to be our family’s son-in-law. Are you from the countryside? How can you be worthy of our Rick? We have to stop it? You may not agree to break up, but you must be prepared to break up...”

Rick’s mom delivered it. Everyone is smart. Although they didn’t say it, they all understood the meaning of the following words.

She and Rick obviously loved each other sincerely, so why would people all over the world want to separate them?

She had been ruined, she had no future, sooner or later she and Rick would split up, right? This phone call made that day come early, didn’t it?

Leona held back tears and choked up and said over the phone: “I understand. I will do what you want.”

After the other party received Leona’s answer, she hung up the phone with satisfaction.

After hanging up the phone, Leona stood under the hot sun, lifting her head up with all her might, not wanting the tears in her eyes to come out again.

She felt extremely cold all over her body, colder than she had ever felt before.

The sun is scorching, and my heart is like an ice cellar.

Things like this happened one after another, and Leona really couldn’t bring herself to live a quiet life.

I took a leave of absence from the company, dragged my exhausted body, and carried a very broken heart, and took a long-distance bus back to my hometown.

She initially thought that she could at least find some comfort when he returned home.

But the moment she opened the door, she knew that this was just a luxury.

“Sure enough, a bitch can only bring out a little bitch! Look at your good daughter, at such a young age, she actually walked into a room with a man!”

Mom knelt down, and grandma threw many photos in her face.

My mom was already shaking. She had obviously been kneeling for a long time. There were cuts on her face and bruises on her forehead, which she had obviously suffered from kowtowing.

Grandmother was bullying mom again, but this time I didn’t know why.

“Mom!” Leona dropped the bag in her hand to the ground, rushed forward, and knelt in front of grandma together : “Grandma, did my mom do something wrong again, that you have to beat her up like this?”

Grandma looked at her with disdain, suddenly picked up the photo on the table and threw it at her face.

“You still dare to ask what your fault is? Your mother can’t even bear children. This is the biggest mistake! A bastard raised from the outside is not a good thing!” Grandma glanced at her and her mother with disdain, her eyes Unable to hide her disgust. “Someone sent these photos directly to my house today! Saying that you went to the hotel to book a room with a wild man? You are a despicable brat. You have completely tarnished the foundation of our family!”