(Flora's POV)I moved quietly, trying to get up. However, at the same time, Leo also opened his eyes."Flora, you're awake." His voice sounded sleepy. I didn't know why, but somehow it made me feel warm. I nodded and said to him, "Well, I'm going to cook for you.""No, let me cook you a meal. Though it may not be delicious, I want to try cooking for you. If I don't do well, you can teach me or correct me, okay?""You want to cook?" I was surprised. I didn't expect Leo to want to cook. He shook his head and said, "I just want you to have some break. You've been doing it for me all this time, so I want to let you taste my cooking too."My heart was overjoyed knowing he was being considerate. Then, I asked him, "You learned cooking before? Have you ever cooked anything yourself?"He thought about it for a while and replied, "I've only made barbecue."This sentence pulled my memory back to Green Jade Mountain. Due to his eye condition, he could only do very limited things at that time. I
(Leo's POV)After we watched the sunrise together, Flora seemed happy but tired. She fell asleep in my arms. I called a cab, took her home, and put her on the big bed in our bedroom.She slept so peacefully, and the sunlight highlighted her calm face, as beautiful as the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale. At this moment, I started to feel sleepy. I slept beside her, looked at her sleeping face, and closed my eyes. When she woke up, I heard she was about to leave quietly."I'm going to cook for you," she said. I remembered she was so tired last night and didn't want her to cook. Thus, I volunteered and said, "No, I'll cook you a meal. Although it may not be delicious, I want to try to cook a meal for you. If I don't do well, you can teach me or correct me, okay?" In the end, she agreed and went with me to the supermarket to buy some ingredients. I took a lot of them, far more than the two of us could eat."Don't put so many things. We're just two, and we can't eat it all." I knew what
(Flora's POV)I shouldn't have been drinking. But, on the night before the divorce, I was still drunk. After drinking, I was in a daze. Looking at Leo still roasting meat for me, I couldn't help but say, "The barbecue you make is still delicious."Leo's originally calm expression instantly became excited, and he asked, "Huh? What were you talking about just now?"I sobered a little bit and quickly pretended to be stupid, "What? I didn't know what I said." I looked like I didn't know what I was talking about.Leo then gave up asking me. But, I knew that I was actually petrified, afraid of being discovered that I was his mate.I quickly found a topic and asked him, "Leo, what have you done in the past three years? I have always been curious."He answered back, but the business jargon made me feel dizzy and tired, so I suddenly fell asleep without even remembering what he said. I remembered I was already in bed, in his arms, when I woke up. And he was kissing me."Don't be like this, Leo
(Leo's POV)As soon as I heard George's name coming from Flora's mouth, I knew she couldn't accept me. At that moment, I suddenly felt extreme pain in my heart because I realized that I couldn't have her and couldn't keep her.She would leave me tomorrow morning as soon as the sun rose. Just when I was overwhelmed by my thoughts, my phone suddenly rang. It was the phone number of the nursing home. I was afraid there was no good news. But, I still chose to pick it up."Are you Leo? Something happened to Caitlyn Christian. She just swallowed a bottle cap secretly."I wasn't even surprised when I heard the bad news. After Flora was in a car accident, I locked my mother in a nursing home and ordered the nurse to keep her under close watch. But, she was definitely not someone who kept herself safe, and ordinary nurses couldn't look down on her.But I didn't expect her to have an accident so soon. For a moment, I suddenly felt exhausted.At this time, Flora said to me, "Go. See you in court
(Abbi's POV)I was so tired after cleaning the entire 1st floor by myself, thanks to Leo. The man was trying to make me angry on purpose. But I didn't expect that I would be this tired. Every morning before the sun rose, I had to go to the company and start cleaning the floor. By night, I had to be the last person to leave the company except for the security guards who watched the night.The first floor was massive, and people were walking around a lot. Thus, getting the floor dirty in an hour or two was easy. There was even a time when someone knocked down a cup of coffee when I was just cleaning the ground. This was a truly tiring job! Within a few days, calluses developed on my hands. When my family saw them in my hands, they were very puzzled. Why did I, a personal assistant, have calluses on my hands? However, I didn't have the heart to tell them that I was now being demoted to an office girl. So, I kept lying to them. I tried to make up any reason why I had calluses on them. Ye
(Abbi's POV)"So, why did you come to me without fear of death?" Mable Bell stood on my head and asked me from above.I looked up at her and told her the trouble I had.I wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes and said to Mable Bell, "Gray has found out that I am the murderer, and now I don't know what I should do."I knew that she could see that I was pretending to cry, so there was no need to disguise myself in front of her."I know what to do, but... Why should I help you? What value do you have that I deserve?" Mable Bell looked down at me and asked me.Her haughty eyes seemed to be looking at a stray dog lying on the ground, wagging its tail to beg for food.I was flustered and thought about my value quickly. But the more I thought about it, the more desperate I was. It was true that I was no use to Mable Bell.Suddenly, she said, "Well, I really need you to do something, but I don't want to tell you about Gray for the time being. I will handle it for you in a few days. You
(Flora's POV) I took Iggy and drove all the way to Emerald Mountain. The scab on my face had fallen off, but there were still scars. I asked the dermatologist, and they said that my wound was too deep. With the current medical technology, even if it could be repaired, there was a high probability of failure or long recovery. Getting such an answer from the doctor, I had no intention of repairing it, so I continued to drive with Iggy.We went all the way to the north. After driving for several days on the road, we finally reached the emerald mountain that I'm familiar with. This was where all my stories with Leo began. I missed this place so much. I remember Leo asked me what my biggest regret in the three years of marriage was. What I thought at that time was to return to Emerald Mountain with him. We both wanted to come back here, but in the end, only I came here… and Iggy…I drove the car into the forests of Emerald Mountain, parked it on the side of the road, opened the prepared t
(Flora's POV)However, even if the Green Jade Mountain really had some gifts left by the Gods for mankind, I didn't dare to think about it when I thought of Claude's death. I also didn't want to lose my life for some ethereal gift. I just wanted to be here, to have some peace and quiet, to get through this gloomy time after losing my mother and getting divorced.On the first day, I took Iggy for a walk around the neighborhood. We hit the stream and cleaned up the room.Iggy and I watched the sunset slowly fall on the other side of the mountain. In the evening, I locked the doors and windows, made dinner, and ate with Iggy by the fire. There was no internet, no gas or electricity, just a stream. Iggy and I seemed to be returning long before humans created so many things.We were in the house late at night and could vaguely hear wolves howling. There were still wolves on this mountain. Thinking of this, I was actually a little scared.I pressed the stool against the door and hid the sho