Josephine mulled it over and drew out a photo, signing her stage name on it.She then handed it over to Zayne. "Just one. Take it or forget it."Zayne took it. When he saw the abstract signature on it, he looked disgusted. "Why does it look so scrawly? Is this even your name?"Josephine was puzzled. "If you don’t like it, then give it back to me."Zayne put it in the inside pocket of his blouse and laughed. "Maybe I can use it to ward away evil spirits."Josephine was hopping mad. Zayne stood up and bid farewell to them. "Since you’re here to take care of Angeline, I’m going out with my friends to have a drink then. I’ll come and pick you up tomorrow morning."Having said that, he picked up his coat from the couch, draped it over his shoulders casually, and swaggered off.Josephine watched Zayne leave with wistful eyes.As for Zayne, the unruly look on his face suddenly dimmed with sorrow as soon as he walked out of Garden Of A Diary.He reached out and carefully patted the
In the dark of night, Angeline's obsidian pupils were brimming with astonishment. "What? My brother said that he almost risked his life for you?"Josephine nodded.Angeline sprung up from the bed. "How could you not know if my brother has saved you or not?"Josephine fell silent—a blood-chilling silence.As if a lightbulb had lit up in her head, Angeline fumbled in the dark to grab Josephine's hand, only to find that it was ice cold."Josephine, you once told me that after you were humiliated that year, you went abroad for a few years. The reason why you went abroad was not just to stay away from your trauma, right? You..."Josephine grabbed Angeline's hand so hard that pain shot through Angeline's fingers and went straight into her heart. "I don’t know what really happened either, Angeline. I think that my brother was simply trying to help me cope with my trauma and that was why he sent me abroad. It was only until Zayne said those words that I started thinking closely about it
Angeline sat on the bed in a daze. Today, her vision had yet to recover.This was the longest intermittent vision loss she had ever experienced.When Zayne came to take Angeline to the hospital, Josephine stared fixedly at Zayne with probing eyes. Apart from not fighting as much as he used to when he was young, nothing seemed to have changed with this guy.He often called her a drama queen, yet who would have thought that he was the best leading actor who had been lying low the whole time.After Josephine helped Angeline into the Mercedes-Benz, the two ladies continued to hold each other’s hands tightly as if to cheer each other up and to offer each other comfort.Through the rearview mirror, Zayne noticed the girls’ solemn expression and the deep dark circles under their eyes. He could not help but tease, saying, "Why aren’t you guys saying anything, dear pandas?"Usually, they would be making a lot of noise, no?Josephine and Angeline were not in the mood to entertain him.Af
With that, Zayne led Angeline into the psychology department’s waiting room carefully. Perhaps her beauty had attracted everyone’s attention, or perhaps it was the exclamation made by the medical staff in the waiting room, so everyone turned to look at Angeline.Jay raised his eyelids and was slightly surprised when he saw Angeline.Today, she was wearing a white lace shirt with a pink organza maxi skirt, making her look exceptionally fresh and pure.His heart started pounding for some reason.Jay shifted his gaze and mocked himself in his heart. ‘You’re a married man. How can you have feelings for another woman?’Jay was struggling to escape from Angeline, but his plans were disrupted by Zayne.“Mr. Ben."Jay had no choice but to turn his head around. At this moment, Zayne brought Angeline over and stood closer to him.He could smell the faint scent of roses on Angeline. It carried the scent of love, intoxicating him a little.Zayne put on an awkward expression and said, "Mr.
“When you cross the river to the underworld, I’ll be waiting for you on the road to the netherworld. If you’re not here, then pick a red spider lily and I’ll be there.”Jay said with a frown, “The first sentence is pretty easy to understand, though I don’t understand why you would write the second part? Isn’t it an ill omen to separate lovers by death?”“In my youth, I had no idea what grief and woe were, so I wrote a song while pretending to be sad, yet unknowingly, the lyrics written by my young, frivolous, and ignorant self actually came true.”“It came true?” Jay let out an obscure smile.She must have said the wrong thing by mistake, right?How could anyone come back to life after death?Even if one had reincarnated, would one still remember one’s lover in the last life?Despite that, Angeline raised her eyelids that were filled with certainty. "Yes, everything that happened in the end actually came true as written in Red Spider Lily’s lyrics."She emphasized again in an u
The doctor performed a comprehensive examination on Angeline's eyes but did not detect any organic changes. With that, he came to a regretful conclusion. "Ms. Severe, if you can't control your emotions properly and continue to place yourself in a state of anxiety and depression all the time, your somatic disorder will become more and more serious. As it turns out, your intermittent vision loss this time has lasted much longer than the last. If medications aren’t taken to control it, I’m afraid you’ll become permanently blind.”"Take the medicine." The doctor suggested cautiously.Zayne looked solemn. "If she’s sick, then she should be treated. Please prescribe her the medicine, Doctor."The doctor said with some difficulty, "It's just… these drugs are nerve-suppressing drugs that have powerful side effects. For example, she’ll gain weight..."Angeline protested immediately. "I’m not taking it."She broke down and bolted out the door.Jaybie loved her face the most.He would not
Jay crumpled up the prescription. "It’s of no concern."Angeline felt greatly relieved. "That's good to hear."Jay brought Angeline to Zayne and persuaded him, saying, "If she doesn't want to take the medication, then it's up to her. Don’t you think it’s more important to see her happy?"Zayne dropped his head and sighed. "Emotions are the main cause of my sister's vision loss. If we can curb her anxiety and depression, then she might feel better quicker. But in the past few years, she has shed too many tears for my brother-in-law who died young, and that’s why…"Before he could finish his sentence, Angeline pinched him hard, extremely displeased that he had just called Jay ‘the brother-in-law who died young’.Zayne changed the subject and said, "Thanks for taking her around. We’ll be making a move now.""Mm." Jay nodded.Zayne held Angeline’s arm and left.When Jay watched the siblings leave, he could vaguely hear Zayne reprimanding Angeline, "I brought you to the hospital, bu
Seeing that he did not utter a single word even after she had reproached him for quite some time, Marilyn sat next to him and covered her face while weeping.She then started another round of self-pitying. "Oh, what a miserable life this is! I thought I could count on you to live a slightly better life, but here you are, acting so cold-hearted and indifferent. I put all my heart and soul into treating you kindly, yet I still can’t warm that heart of yours. We have been husband and wife for so many years, but you still refuse to sleep with me?”Her cries made Jay extremely distraught. "Should we get a divorce, Marilyn?"Marilyn's cries came to an abrupt stop.She widened her large eyes, glaring at Jay in horror and disbelief. "I knew it. You’re seeing someone out there. That’s why you’re all independent and ready to take off on your own, aren’t you? You’re trying to get rid of me so you can be with someone else, am I right?”Jay explained with a weak voice. "No. I just don’t want y