As she spoke, she rubbed her belly and looked like a pitiful kitten.George could no longer turn her down. He walked toward her before he turned back and looked at Harold. “Do you want to join us?”Harold firmly shook his head. “No, thanks, Georgie! I wish you a happy mealtime with Grapie!”After he spoke, he cast an unspoken glance at Ninian, speedily closed the door, and left.George looked at Harold’s back and shook his head. “So immature.”“Georgie, I’ve made your favorite pork chop, fish filets, and garlic prawns! Come and taste them!” As Ninian spoke, she lifted the lids of the containers, and the aroma instantly filled the room.She took a breath in an intoxicated manner, and her crinkled eyes brightened. “It smells so good! It must be very delicious!”“Did you cook my favorite food or your favorite food?” George raised his eyebrows, and joy flashed in his eyes.“They are our favorites! Haha! Because we’re siblings!” Ninian stuffed a fork into George’s hand and gave him
“Before Raina broke up with Georgie, she went missing for half a month,” Alden said, “Half a month before that, her father’s business went bankrupt, and he got drunk out of sadness. He drove her younger brother and fell into the river.”“What?”This change shocked Ninian and the others.“I remember that Raina’s family background was pretty good. Her mother died young, but she was close with her father and her younger brother. Her father pampered the siblings very much, so Raina was also quite cheerful and warm.” Harold could not help but sigh and say, “It’s so unexpected… that this would happen to her.”Ninian also nodded, and her eyes turned slightly red. “How could she bear such a tragedy? Raina was not even twenty at that time, right?”“Did George know about this?” Melody asked.Since she had broken up with George at this point, what did George do?“George didn’t know about it. Besides, he also went missing within half a month after Raina went missing,” Alden said.“What? Wh
When Melody looked at his cold and heartless side profile, she held his hand and shook her head. “Al, your thoughts are too extreme. It’s only because of the existence of love that there are grudges and harm. I think during the half a month that George went missing, Raina must have also gone through a period of torment. There must be a special reason that made her break up with Georgie after half a month. George isn’t the only person who got hurt in this relationship.”Alden held himself back for a while, but he still did not say anything in the end. He just looked down indifferently.“I think Mel is right.” Ninian nodded as well. “I really want to go and ask Raina what truly made her break up with George. Her performance in the cafe just now also proves that she actually can’t let him go.”“Grapie!” Alden suddenly looked at her sternly. “You can’t go and ask her. I won’t allow you to interfere with this.”“What?” Ninian was slightly surprised. She raised her head and looked at him
“Okay.” He raised his arms to surrender before he threw all his cigarettes and the lighter from his pocket into the trash can.“What should we do now?” he asked. He looked askance at his sister’s indifferent and gorgeous side profile, appearing helpless. “I can’t figure out their relationship. I can only leave this to you.”“I want to talk to Raina,” Melody said. “Although we can’t tell her about Grapie’s incident, I can at least understand what occupies her mind. I think she didn’t just break up because George didn’t accompany her. Something else must have happened that broke her heart completely.”“Sure,” Alden said casually. “If you can’t handle her, I’ll do it on my own.”He spoke leisurely, but coldness flashed in his eyes.Melody could not help but have goosebumps. “Al, you’re a leader in the National Security Network. Can you stop behaving like a dangerous person? It’s scary, okay?” she said.Alden replied, “Nonsense.”Was he dangerous?He was clearly a righteous person.
“You don’t say!” Harold said cheerfully. He was feeling extremely pleased with himself. Earlier, he had sworn that he would not compromise on Ninian’s request. But those words were thrown in the bin as if he had never said those words in his life.Everyone knew that Harold never took his oaths seriously. Soon, Harold and Ninian arrived at the hotel where Raina stayed. They ran into her at the stairs, saving them the trouble of looking for her. “Hal! Ninian!” Raina said in shock, “Why are you here?”“Hey, Raina. What a coincidence! It has been so long!” Ninian stammered from the sudden bout of nervousness.Harold patted her head to comfort her. He then looked at Raina with severity in his gaze. “Raina, we came here to look for you.”“Me?” Raina’s expression changed. She became cold and vigilant. “What for?”“Why don’t we go somewhere else to chat?” Harold said as he pointed to the passersby who were watching them. Ten minutes later, they were in a cafe beside the hotel.
“At that time, everyone was in shock. Daddy was furious, and everyone else blamed themselves for it…”Ninian’s voice quivered as she recalled her dark past. Her usually lit-up bright eyes were now welling up with tears and looked dull. “George personally dealt with that man. He even… turned violent…“At that time, George was upset. Everyone… was also upset…”“Okay, Ninian. Enough!” Raina said out loud. She could not bear it anymore. “It’s all in the past now…”“I’d never once seen George work so hard. He blamed himself for the incident…” Ninian was deep into her memories. The shackles of trauma that kept her from moving on were not the incident itself, but instead, it was the guilt the family felt from the incident.Her face was pale and clenched her fingers as she said, “George and Alden barely slept, Mommy and Melody cried secretly, and Harold, the most cheerful person I know, did not smile for half a year…”“Grapie…” Harold looked at her pale face, her eyes couldn’t help b
“Alright, Grapie. Let’s get back to business,” Harold changed the topic, so she would not be left feeling awkward. “Oh, yes.” Ninian raised her head and smiled sheepishly. Her eyes lit up. “I’m sorry, Raina. It’s embarrassing to have you watch me act like this.”“No worries.” Raina smiled and shook her head as she returned to her seat. “Raina, we’ve now told you why George lost contact with you. Are there any other misunderstandings between the two of you?” Harold did not beat around the bush and spoke pointedly. Ninian blinked as she earnestly looked at Raina. When Raina showed how serious Ninian and Harold were, she could no longer put on a cold expression. She sighed helplessly and laughed, feeling amused.“What Ninian told me just now only lets me know that George didn’t abandon me to be the heir of the company. But this doesn’t change the fact that he won’t communicate and share certain things with me.“He either doesn’t trust me or he doesn’t find me that important. Mo
Raina took a deep breath as she quivered and said, “I might sound stupid for saying this, but even after half a month of heartbreak, I was still making excuses for George.”“He didn’t mean it, he’s just ignorant. If he had known about this, he would definitely be by my side. He’s not the kind of person who would leave me at times like this, even if he has no feelings for me. “Even during those times, I was still worried he had gotten into an accident. I resented God and wondered if he’d call it quits when he finally took all that I had from me.“But those thoughts stopped when I accidentally heard what the patient in the ward next to me said.” Raina’s gaze turned cold as she zoned out. “The VIP ward next door occasionally had bodyguards guarding it. One day, as I passed by the ward, I instinctively stopped when I heard them mentioning the Winters family. “A voice inside me told me to eavesdrop and listen to what they had to say and find out the truth. In the end, I now found out