Fia walked to the square and turned around to look at the beach and seafront in the night sky.The waves were beating against the shore, the sounds louder in the night.“Conrad, there will be high tide, won't it?”Conrad went silent for a bit. “Yes.”“The sadness buried in the bottom of a person’s heart is also at times like the high tide. It comes unexpectedly, without any warning.”The two children of the Lanes made her happy, but after the happiness was a huge sense of melancholy, loss, and sorrow.She really really really felt pity for the child she lost.She also felt aggrieved, disgruntled, and hatred.However, she could not bear to hate Conrad. He was a man she had loved for over ten years!Conrad held his palm, walked to stand behind her, and then quietly looked at her.“I know I should not always think about all those bad things, but I can’t help it.”The seabreeze of the night was quite strong and Fia originally felt a little cold, but the man who suddenly came fro
Conrad looked around and was not willing to let her feel disappointed.Going against his conscience, he said, “Hearing you say that, I realize that it is indeed quite beautiful here.”Fia patted his chest. “Then which was the first city you went to after leaving Gryphon the first time?”“The capital.”“The capital? I have not been there before.”Conrad replied, “When I’m able to make time, I’ll bring you there.”“Alright, I’ll wait for you.”He made a promise in his heart that he would bring her out and about to walk and look around more, and let her see even more beautiful cities, when he was done being busy with everything.He did not say it out loud, because there was no fixed time in which he could achieve it. There was quite a bit he had to do in the company.He was afraid that if he said it out loud and could not set the time, it would disappoint her.Under the night sky, under the neon lights, with her on his back, she felt an unprecedented sense of security.She held
She ran a couple of meters away, her heart beating like mad, so shocked that she felt a little uncomfortable.Conrad took the luggage and the snacks from the back seat, closed the car door, and started to walk toward the elevator.Beep! Beep beep!From the right side of the back, a horn sounded and he turned his head around to look.The window of the driver’s seat of the red Maserati rolled down and the person inside spoke up teasingly. “What a coincidence.”Conrad frowned, not wanting to care about the person.“Are you alone? What about your little wifey?” Victor asked loudly.Conrad couldn’t even be bothered to glance at him.Victor touched his nose helplessly. “How ill-mannered. No matter what, I’m still your senior. Even when I take the initiative to greet you, you ignore me."The doorbell rang and Fia was so scared that she started shrieking.Conrad frowned and took out a spare keycard to enter. He swept a glance through the hall and did not see anyone.“Fia!”The pers
“What happened?”A man in a dark red suit appeared.The manager and the front desk receptionist’s expressions made it look like their savior had appeared.“Boss, this client is Mr. Maxwell. He…”“Cuz?” Victor interrupted the manager, as he put his hands into his pockets and walked toward Conrad.Conrad’s expression became even uglier. “You’ve become the owner of this hotel?”“That’s right.” Victor noticed that the atmosphere wasn’t quite right. Just now he had also heard that the manager said that a problem had arisen with a client, but he did not know exactly what had happened.Seeing that Fia’s face was pale and that she was hiding in Conrad’s embrace, he turned to look at the manager and his voice couldn’t help but turn cold.“What exactly happened!”The manager was shocked. This new boss of his had just taken over for less than two months and had always been friendly. Not a single worker had been laid off.This made everyone, from the top management to the bottom workers,
She nodded and slowly closed her eyes.Conrad quietly sighed and sent a message to Silas.***Tyler picked up Silas’ call and guessed that Conrad and his wife had gotten into some kind of a situation and immediately had people investigate.Because Conrad had already reported the matter to the police, this matter was very easy to investigate.Thinking of the well-dressed Victor, Tyler could not help but say, “What a piece of trash!”“What’s wrong?” Mary had just put the children to bed and as she was bringing coffee over, she heard her husband scolding.Tyler told Mary about the situation in a simple manner.Mary thought about it. “But it can’t be Victor who did it, right?”“It doesn’t matter whether or not it's him. The hotel is in his hands now. No matter who the guest is, to have met such a situation is just proo
At noon, they reached home.Mrs. Whitley and Mrs. Taylor got up and were busy, while Silas had also rushed over.Conrad looked at the deep meaning in Silas’ eyes, and was worried that he would say something in front of Fia that would make her worried.He immediately said, “Work matters can be said at work tomorrow.”Silas opened his mouth and was extremely anxious but could not say the words he wanted to say.“Then may you and Madam rest well.”“Alright.”Silas gritted his teeth, walking as he messaged Mr. Maxwell. This was something he had to tell him as soon as possible.Hearing his phone’s notification, he looked at Fia who was sitting by his side.He said to Mrs. Whitley, “Please make something Fia likes for supper.”“Sure!” Mrs. Whitley pushed Mrs. Taylor’s wheelchair an the both of them went to the kitchen together.Fia’s eyes that were lowered trembled as she turned to look at Conrad.“Say, who exactly would send such a thing to me?”Conrad tried very hard to appear
Early the next morning, Fia opened her eyes but did not find Conrad by her side.All this time, whenever she woke up, he would be in the room.This was the first time she didn’t see him when she woke up.Thinking about the slap she gave him the night before, she felt guilty and anxious.She should apologize to him.In the study, Conrad sat on the chair behind the desk with his body leaning against the backrest as he stared at the ceiling.On the side, Silas was trying his best to give advice. “The hotel has been shady since the last person of the Lanes was in charge. Mr. Lane abandoned it because he wanted it to be clean. Sir, why is there a need for you to get involved again?”Conrad pinched his brows. “Now, it is no longer a matter of whether I want to or not.”He did not sleep the whole night, thinking about Fia’s questioning last night.He had also roughly made out that the things of the past and the delivery of a dead rabbit were done by the same culprit.He did not know
“Conrad!” Fia walked out of the bathroom and seeing that the bedroom was empty, she shouted in panic.“Fia, I’m here.” Conrad’s gaze was complicated as he entered the bedroom from the balcony.The panic on Fia’s face disappeared as a smile was revealed.“I thought you did not wait for me.”Conrad remained calm and went forward to hold her hand.“I have always been waiting for you. I just went to the balcony to make a call.”Fia nodded, deeply feeling that her loss of composure earlier on was a little shameful and she even looked down a little on herself.She wasn’t like this in the past.Conrad held her hand tightly and said comfortingly, “I’ve said before that I want to manage this marriage with you properly. Properly pass the days by with you. I wouldn’t lie to you.”Fia didn’t speak. When they had just gotten married, he treated her well, but never promised her a lifetime.After the matter with Esme, he had made the promise many times.However, she still could not always