Chapter 10
International flight arrived in France, Lena took her luggage and stepped out of the airport.
Just out of the airport, I saw my parents who I hadn’t seen for many years, already waiting outside holding a sign for me.
The noise around her ears was deafening, and when Lena walked up to her parents, the psychological defenses she had always maintained began to crumble.
“Mom, Dad, I’m sorry… Her voice choked up as she looked at her aging parents, filled with guilt.”
At that moment, Isla was already in tears. She knew her daughter must have been wronged by Hunter, otherwise she wouldn’t have come to France so decisively.
“Don’t cry, let’s talk in the car, her father, Kody Steele, said helplessly as he hugged the mother and daughter.”
In the car, Isla tightly held Lena’s hand. “Tell Mom and Dad, what exactly happened?”
“Hunter cheated, falling in love with his assistant… The moment this name was mentioned, Lena felt a deep hatred in her heart again.”
She didn’t tell her parents that she had been bullied and falsely accused by him and Eleanor all along, even to the point where they killed her beloved cat. She just casually mentioned that she didn’t want to mention that person anymore.
Isla noticed her distress and didn’t ask any more questions, but she suddenly saw the scar on Lena’s forehead.
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“Lena, what happened to your injury?”
Lena, feeling very guilty, quickly used her hair to cover the wound and reassured her mother that everything was fine.
Seeing her unusual behavior, Isla almost immediately became aware.
“Was it that stinky kid Hunter who did it? she urgently asked.”
Lena remained silent for a long time and nodded quietly.
Kody heard a loud slam coming from the passenger seat, and he angrily thing! How could you have agreed to this in the
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first place! I shouldn’t have let you stay with him back then.”
“Dad, it’s not your fault. It was my own decision to fall in love with him and want to stay by his side. I take full responsibility for my actions and now I see him clearly. Mom and Dad, I will never leave you again.”
He turned around and looked at his daughter in front of him, who was getting thinner day by day. His eyes were full of pity, and the anger in his heart was burning fiercely.
“Lena, I will contact the lawyer later and immediately terminate all cooperation projects with the Langdon family. I cannot bear to see you suffer so much because of that beast!”
Hearing Lena persuade her father, “Dad, there’s no need to let this scumbag affect business matters. Have you forgotten that you and he signed an agreement back then, that as long as we break up, he can never set foot in France.”
Listening to his daughter’s words, Kody gradually regained some sanity.
Isla looked at her daughter’s mature appearance and silently hugged her, gently rocking her like soothing a baby.
“Okay, from now on, Mom and Dad will protect you and never let anyone
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hurt you again. We will never go back to that sad place.”
For the next few days after arriving home, Lena rarely slept well.
However, the encounters in her home country continued to affect her good mood, and that day, she finally decided to go out and relax.
She took a bus and arrived at a park some distance from home. Wearing headphones, she walked on an unfamiliar path, basking in the sun, dispelling the gloom.
Suddenly, a loud bell rang behind her, and by the time she heard the noise, the car was already unable to swerve in time.
“Be careful!!”
A stranger suddenly pulled her aside, and a bicycle whizzed past her.
Thank you…
“Lena was still a little confused.”
“You’re welcome.”
The man smiled and suddenly shook the camera in his hand.
“My name is Nathan Vaughan, I am a photographer. You looked especially beautiful standing in the light just now. Can I take a picture of you?”
“Maybe we shouldn’t… Lena refused him, ready to leave.”
But when she turned around, she heard the sound of the camera clicking.
“Hey, what are you doing! She heard the voice and turned back angrily to rebuke.”
When she turned around, she found that he was just taking pictures of the
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flowers and plants beside them, which made her feel extremely embarrassed.
Seeing her blushing face, Nathan comforted, “Are you feeling a little down? It’s okay, I’ll take a picture and give it to you, okay?”
Seeing his sincere expression, Lena did not refuse anymore.
Under his guidance, Lena struck many poses, and Nathan’s praises gradually helped her relax.
“Look at this picture, you look so beautiful when you smile. Remember to smile more in the future, Nathan said excitedly as he held up the camera to show her.”
In front of the camera, Lena smiled lightly in the sunlight, and indeed, as he said, she looked more beautiful than ever.
“You did a great job with the photos, thank you.”
Lena looked through the photos and, for some reason, felt very moved. It had been a long time since she had smiled so freely since going through those tough times with Hunter.
As the sky darkened, Nathan insisted on walking her home.
Arriving at the Steele family’s door, he pulled out his phone and said, “Let’s exchange WeChat. I’ll send you the repaired photos.”
After exchanging contact information, the two said goodbye and left separately.
Lena watched his departing figure and sighed, realizing that she had met her first friend in France.
