(Flora's POV)The car was on the road for about half an hour before we finally arrived at a high-end restaurant. By candlelight, we sat face to face at opposite ends of the dining table. After Leo finished ordering, he started chatting with me. He looked at me with his obsessed-looking eyes, "Flora, you have no idea how I wanted us to have dinner like this again."I couldn't bear his affectionate eyes, so I pretended to be shy, lowered my head, avoided his gaze, and said, "To be honest, I really want to know how we fell in love in the first place, how we got together… don't you want to help me remember those things?"Hearing this, he looked at me in silence, seemingly thought about something, and said to me, "That was a long time ago. At that time, you had just graduated from high school. You joined a group called ALICE and made some friends. You went to Emerald Mountain with them and …."In his narration, we met on Emerald Mountain. I got separated from my group, and he was too. It w
(Flora's POV)Fortunately, a staff member's voice came from behind the bathroom door, "Sir, is the band still playing according to the previous arrangement?"In the bathroom, Leo and I looked at each other and froze for a while.A moment later, he regained his senses and said to the people outside, "Wait a moment, we will come out."The people outside the door just left.We just quarreled so much that we didn't even know when he came.After being interrupted by the staff, we all calmed down."Flora, I don't want to quarrel with or hurt you. Don't force me anymore!" Leo said."Please don't talk like you are a victim. Is it really me who is forcing you? Not you who wants me to stay? Leo, it's you who are forcing yourself. In any case, I won't fall in love with you because you never care about my feelings!" I told him the truth.Leo looked at me as if he wanted to find the slightest bit of love in my eyes, but he failed. He found nothing except my cold determination at the moment. At las
(Leo's POV)"I don't like you and don't want to be with you. I'm staying by your side just because you arranged for a bodyguard to watch me and arranged my wedding as soon as I woke up even though I've never said that I'd like to!"I didn't expect Flora to say such a sad thing to me. She never spoke to me like this in the past, whether she was angry with me or wanted to divorce me. But now, she looked at me with disgust and anger in her eyes. There was no longer the slightest love in them.At this moment, her words stabbed me like a dagger, hurting my heart so much that I almost died. My sanity was almost burned out. Obviously, I could feel how differently she treated me now.Her embrace was warm and soft, and her skin still had my imprint. But why couldn't she like me? My heart hurt so much that I couldn't help hugging her tighter. I wanted to keep her, no matter what method or means.Just when I was about to do something I regretted, someone knocked on the door and brought my sanity
(Abbi's POV)After leaving George's phone number with Flora, I left Leo's house and walked down the road. When I thought that they would have a quarrel and separate because of George, I had the urge to sing with joy. After I got home, my parents also saw how happy I was, so they came over and asked with concern, "Abbi Miller, has Leo agreed to give us this month's money?""No." I didn't care about this issue anymore. As long as Leo and Flora broke up, I thought Leo would soon change his mind and be willing to marry me. From now on, his money was my money, and my parents and I could live a happy and worry-free life.But, while I was still dreaming, my mother said nervously, "Why? You must have said something wrong! You bumped his head and damaged his intelligence because of the accident. You've already apologized, but why didn't he forgive you? Did he not want to repay?" The witch thing was too difficult for ordinary people to accept, so Alva made up such a lie for me to explain my si
(Abbi's POV)"Sorry, I was too scared to see you. Shortly after your accident, I hit my head and was hospitalized for a while. And now, my mind is unclear. I... I'm sorry, Gray. I don't even know how to compensate you."I was too flustered. I looked at the man in front of me, and I didn't know what to do.Mable Bell was dead and took the blame for me. I could no longer deal with him as quickly as before. What could I do? In my current situation, I couldn't think of anything. I was desperate.It was good that Gray was awake now. He looked at me, came closer, and noticed the sweat and flustered expression on my face. The look in his eyes became quite complicated for a while."Did you hit your head?" he asked me.I nodded quickly. "Yes. I've received compensation for saving Leo. But... I upset him. He stopped giving me compensation, but I still have some money in my hand. If you want, I can pay you to make up for it." I explained it in detail.My brain went blank, and I couldn't even tel
(George's POV)It had been three years. That day was the third year that Flora had left this world. I still couldn't accept it.She had already made an appointment to see me in the office. However, she left my world forever. That was too cruel."How! How did she die?" I asked Leo angrily at Flora's funeral.Leo grieved too. He looked down, not answering my question, and occasionally coughed. He was still severely injured.It was an accident no one expected. When I thought back on that time, it felt like a nightmare.I spent a year in the dark until the following year. My former assistant got married and pregnant, and the new assistant took over. Linda. And she saved me from the darkness that I was in. she was a beacon of light that pulled me out of the abyss I was falling in.When I first saw her, I thought Flora was back, but she wasn't Flora. Still, she stayed by my side and did things Flora couldn't.A year later, we were in a relationship. I was healed. I was doing okay. And I was
(Flora's POV)When Abbi Miller left me the note with George's phone number, I thought she would return. After all, I knew she liked Leo from the jealousy in her eyes, and she wanted to destroy the relationship between Leo and me. Otherwise, she wouldn't do this much.As expected, Abbi Miller came within a few days. Her high-pitched voice sounded urgent outside the house. "Flora! I've come to see you, Flora!"I looked outside the window and found Nick stopping Abbi Miller from coming inside. It wouldn't be that simple for her to see me and get some information out of her. However, I decided to see her and said, "Let her in, Nick; I don't think she'll do anything to me, will she?"Nick hesitated and said, "But Leo said—""I will explain everything to Leo. Even if I am in prison, you have to let someone visit me, right?" I immediately interrupted Nick."I need to call Leo and ask for his permission first," replied Nick.I was sick of hearing Leo's name, and now that he was finally gone,
(Leo's POV)Flora treated me very well that night, looking at me with a smile all the time. Even though there was still no love in her eyes when she looked at me, the smile on her face was still so beautiful. I couldn't help but ask her, "Why?"Flora replied, "Maybe it's because we already agreed, so I hope I shall be free soon. Besides, let's be honest with each other. I don't want you to stop Abbi Miller from telling me about the past, so let's discuss it, shall we?"I frowned, hearing her answer. I knew there must be a reason for her being so lovely to me. "I'm sorry, Flora. I'd love to agree to your request, but I think starting over is the best thing for us. Many unpleasant things have happened in the past, and Abbi Miller wants to destroy our relationship. That's why she deliberately mentioned all those terrible things."I know I deprived her of the right to see the truth, but the fact would separate the two of us, and I couldn't let that happen.Fortunately, Flora didn't pry fu