Chapter 10
Walking out of the bar, the night wind wrapped with the coolness of early autumn hit me in the face.
Eric stood under the neon lights, suddenly remembering the day when Elie came to the villa for the last time to pick up some things.
She quietly tidied up the documents on the office desk, her figure as thin as a piece of paper.
He was in the second–floor study at that time, looking at her through the glass, thinking that she would come back eventually.
After all these years, no matter how he ignored her, humiliated her, she would adjust her mood by herself, and finally silently return to his side.
But now, she really left.
Eric took out a pack of cigarettes, his fingertips trembling slightly. He lit a cigarette, a simple action that took three tries to ignite.
The choking nicotine churned in the body, but could not suppress the inexplicable restlessness.
He opened the phone album and unconsciously flipped to the hidden
album.
There was a photo of Elie sleeping there.
It was taken by him after he got drunk once.
She curled up in his arms, tears still hanging on her eyelashes, but there
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was a slight smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she had dreamt of something good.
He never told her that he wasn’t actually drunk that day.
When Clara chased after him, she saw Eric staring blankly at his phone.
She stumbled over and snatched the phone, but was struck like lightning the moment she saw the screen: “…. You saved Elie’s photo?”
Eric’s eyes darkened, and the impatience in his heart grew stronger: “Give it back to me.
“Eric! Clara’s voice was sharp. “Have you fallen in love with her?!”
Pedestrians on the street cast sidelong glances one after another.
Eric snatched back the phone, his tone cold: “Don’t go crazy.
“Am I crazy? Clara laughed bitterly. “And what about you? You stare at her photos, track her movements, and now you’re even leaving me for her. Who’s the crazy one here?”
Eric silently opened the car door.
Clara held onto his suit tightly and refused to let go, “Answer me!”
“There’s nothing to say. He pried open her fingers one by one. “Elie followed me for so many years, even if it’s just a dog, there’s still a bond.”
Clara staggered back, her makeup blurred by tears: “You will regret this…”
The black Maybach raced away in a cloud of dust.
In the rearview mirror, Clara’s figure grew smaller and smaller, eventually
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disappearing into the darkness of the night.
Eric rolled down the car window, letting the cold air rush in, but his thoughts became more and more jumbled.
The assistant sent a few more messages:
Mr. Lawrence, it was found that Ms. Roberts had contacted a cultural company in a neighboring city, but they refused to disclose whether they had hired her.
He replied, “Acquire that company.
The moment the screen went dark, Eric suddenly remembered the day Elie knelt at the company’s entrance.
Her knees were oozing blood, but she kept her back straight and didn’t shed a single tear from start to finish.
At that time, he didn’t care much, it was just a secretary, so he accepted. the punishment.
Now, thinking of her pale and weak appearance, there was a suffocating feeling of discomfort, as if I had lost something very important.
Eric pushed the accelerator to the floor, and the Maybach raced through the night, trying to get back to the villa as quickly as possible.
He still had a last glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that everything was just Elie throwing a tantrum.
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