Chapter 7
When Tammy received Lina’s call, it had been over ten hours. The two hadn’t seen each other for three years. When they met again, they hugged each other tightly. She was the closest person to Lina in the world, besides Eric. Now that she didn’t want Eric anymore, she only had Tammy.
“Lina, welcome to Switzerland!”
Tammy didn’t ask about her and Eric, she knew that if Lina hadn’t given up on him, just like she did with Andy back then.
“Tammy, from now on, you have to take care of me.”
The two of them chatted and laughed all the way back to Tammy’s house. Lina, who had put everything down, slept well for the first time in over a month, while Eric stayed up all night.
He received a call from Bonnie, leaving Lina alone, hurried to her place. At the moment he saw Bonnie, he began to regret a little. She was wearing sexy lingerie, with a tempting look in her eyes, all telling him that he had been deceived.
“Weren’t you feeling unwell? Why are you dressed like this?”
Eric felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He had been so excited just now, would Lina think too much? Today was the day she withdrew from the literary world, he was not by her side to accompany her, but ran here to see other women, he seemed a little excessive.
“Eric, we haven’t exercised for several days. I miss you! If I didn’t say that, how would you come to accompany me?”
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Seeing Eric’s displeasure, she softly leaned on his shoulder and apologized. She knew of course what day it was today. She wanted Eric to be by her side on all of Lina’s important days. She wasn’t afraid that Eric would be angry, after all, the child in her belly was her only capital.
Today, Eric was somehow restless, especially when he thought of Lina at the press conference, he felt even more uneasy. He comforted himself, “No need to feel guilty, I have already been good enough to Lina.”
Just a second ago, Eric, who was restless and agitated, fell into Bonnie’s arms. He could never resist Bonnie’s embrace. It had been a long time since they had been together. He thought Lina would still be waiting for him, but he didn’t know that desperate woman, whom he would never see again.
Eric was pestered by Bonnie from morning until evening. Contrary to his usual self, he did not get much enjoyment. He was always absent- minded, always thinking about Lina.
“I have to go.”
Eric got up and dressed. “No matter what, he had to go back and accompany Lina tonight,” Bonnie’s eyes turned slightly red in an instant as she touched her slightly bulging belly.
“The babies, dad didn’t want to be with us anymore.”
Eric felt a bit annoyed, Bonnie’s enthusiasm was like fire, always making him unable to resist, but she had always been sensible, never disturbing his life with Lina. For some reason, recently, Bonnie had been more and more persistent in her pursuit of him.
“Bonnie, you had better be clear about your own identity, don’t try to
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trap me with anything!”
Bonnie knew Eric’s personality. She realized that if she continued to pester him, she wouldn’t get any good results, so she decided to let him go.
Eric didn’t look at her again, hurriedly left, he misspoke again, recently his neglect of Lina, even he himself felt obvious, but Lina is still as quiet as ever, he just wants to be back by her side right now.
Eric deliberately bought the cake that Lina loves to eat, intending to give it to her as an apology gift. When Eric returned home, it was already ten o’clock at night. The villa was dark, and Eric frowned. In the past, no matter how late he came back, Lina would always have a light on for him. Even if he stayed out all night, there would still be light.
Lina usually goes to bed late. Did she go to bed so early today?
He turned on the light and hurried upstairs to the bedroom.
“Darling, look what I brought for you?”
He felt unusually reassured at the thought of Lina sleeping peacefully in her pajamas, but when he opened the door, he was greeted by an empty room. It was only then that he realized Lina’s dressing table was missing from the room, leaving only a bed, lonely in the bedroom. The bedding on the bed was also unfamiliar to him, and Eric felt a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
“Wife! Are you in the bathroom? Come out quickly, I bought your favorite cake for you!”
In the empty room, only the echo of Eric’s voice could be heard, he didn’t get any response.
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Eric put down the cake, nervously turned on all the lights in the villa, and searched room by room. Even the cloakroom, he searched, but he still couldn’t find Lina. He ran upstairs in a panic, opened the wardrobe in the bedroom, where there was nothing belonging to Lina except his clothes. He searched everywhere desperately, but Lina seemed to have never lived here, with no trace of her ever having lived here.
The nanny was woken up by him, and she looked at Eric’s flustered and anxious expression with sleepy eyes.
“Sir, what are you doing?”
Eric grabbed her and asked like crazy.
“Where is Lina? Is Lina in your room?”
The nanny shook her head, “How could she be in her own room?”
“Weren’t you all going out together? I thought you would come back together.”
Yes, they clearly left together, he was supposed to accompany her to the press conference, why did he leave her alone?
Eric trembled as he dialed Lina’s number, but it was already out of service. For the first time, he felt a sense of panic. He couldn’t find Lina, and even her things were gone.
He couldn’t help but let his mind wander, “Has Lina encountered an accident? Could she have gone to the hospital because of illness?” He frantically called his assistant.
“Hey, was Lina’s press conference successful today?”
“It went smoothly, without any surprises.”
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“Where did she go after that?”
The assistant was puzzled. The boss rarely seemed so anxious. Could it be that something had happened to his wife?
“After it ended, she didn’t let me walk her home, saying she wanted to take a walk by herself.”
Eric hung up the phone, and started searching everywhere again. He finally found the divorce agreement and that small piece of diamond in the study. He was instantly thunderstruck. Lina wanted a divorce? Why? They had always been fine. How could Lina leave him?
Did she already know about Bonnie’s situation? It’s impossible, he has always been very secretive, and Lina has never shown any signs of suspicion.
He sat on the ground despondently, not knowing where to find her. Lina was the only family he had left in this world. Where could she have gone?
“Mom Liu, when did Lina’s things get moved out? Why didn’t anyone tell me?”
He suddenly realized that Lina’s departure may have had signs beforehand, but he had always ignored them. His voice grew louder and louder, frightening the nanny who trembled along with it.
“Your wife’s things were all moved out recently in the past week. She said she wanted to renovate the house, so we didn’t ask much!”
Eric sat on the ground, holding his head in pain. He finally understood why he had been restless all day. He began to regret. “If he hadn’t left the venue today, if he had stayed with Lina, would she have not left?”
He looked up at the books on the shelf, remembering a few days ago
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when Lina threw away those books, remembering her sudden decision to quit the literary world, remembering the disappeared furniture and her favorite little items. It turned out she had planned it all along, but he loved her so much, how could she bear to do it?
She clearly loved him too, right? How could she possibly want a divorce from him?
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