hapter 22
Eric stood under the plane tree at the entrance of the community, with half of the cigarette burning between his fingers, and the ashes falling on his leather shoes.
The address provided by the private detective was right in front of me.
Building 7 in Oakridge Community, a beige building covered in wisteria vines. The early summer breeze carried the scent of flowers as the laughter of children playing and chasing each other could be heard in the distance.
He put out the cigarette, raised his hand to check the time, it was already six o’clock in the evening.
Elie usually left work and went home at this time.
The heart was pounding violently in the chest, and Eric subconsciously adjusted his tie, only to realize th
adjusted his tie, only to realize that he hadn’t even put it on today.
Three days without shaving, wrinkled shirt, if she saw this appearance……
He self–deprecatingly tugged at the corners of his mouth.
What qualifications did you have to care about your image?
In her heart, she had long been a complete jerk.
The motion sensor light in the corridor suddenly turned on.
Eric suddenly stood up straight.
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The first thing that caught my eye was a slender wrist – Elie was carrying a reusable bag, chatting and laughing with the person behind her.
She cut her hair short, with the ends playfully curled, and the mint green dress complemented her porcelain–like skin.
Then he saw the clasped hands.
On the wrist with distinct bones, there was a familiar watch – Eric recognized it at a glance as a commemorative edition of a medical brand. The owner of the watch had already walked into the light while he was lost in thought.
Javon.
The man rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt to his elbows, and naturally took Elie’s bag with his other hand. Whatever he said made her laugh, tilting her head back and causing her eyes to form crescent moons at the corners.
The streetlight came on at that moment.
A warm yellow light haloed them as Javon leaned down to kiss Elie, and Eric heard the sound of his bones shifting out of place.
“Elie!”
The hoarse roar startled the sparrows in the treetops.
The intertwined figures suddenly separated, and when Elie turned around, Eric had already rushed up to him.
He tightly grasped her wrist, with such force that it almost felt like he was going to crush her bones.
“Eric?! Her pupils contracted, the mint green skirt hem fluttering in the
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night breeze.”
Javon immediately shielded her behind him, but was punched in the face by Eric.
“Get lost! Eric grabbed Javon by the collar, his eyes bloodshot and fierce “Who do you think you are? You think you’re worthy of touching her?!”
Elie suddenly pushed him hard.
“It’s you who should leave! she stood in front of Javon, like an angry cat. Under the streetlight, Eric finally saw the diamond ring on her ring finger, the ring gleaming with a cold silver light.”
The world was spinning.
“What are you here for? Elie’s voice trembled, not out of fear, but out of anger.”
Eric opened his mouth and suddenly realized that all his prepared words
had scattered.
“I… he reached out to touch her, but was stopped by Javon.”
The doctor’s mouth was oozing blood, but his eyes were calm: “Mr. Lawrence, please behave yourself.”
This sentence completely ignited Eric’s anger.
“Self–respect? He sneered, pulling open his collar to reveal the sinister scar on his collarbone. “Where were you when she carried me to the
hospital in the rain years ago? Who was the one protecting her when she was threatened by business rivals?”
Elie suddenly laughed.
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“It was you who pushed me towards those threats, she said softly. “Eric, have you forgotten? It was you who set the rule for me to kneel that day, not Clara.”
The night wind, carrying the fragrance of locust flowers, swept by as Eric’s hand froze in midair.
Javon wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb and pulled out his phone from his pocket. “Do you need me to call the police?”
The screen displayed that recording was in progress, with the progress bar showing seventeen minutes had passed – it had been recording since the moment Eric started.
“Are you threatening me? Eric squinted his eyes.”
“It’s a warning, Javon stood in front of Elie, “Your actions have already constituted the crime of intentional harm, I’m just protecting her.”
“Enough, Elie grabbed Javon’s hand, “Let’s go home.”
The moment she turned around, Eric suddenly grabbed her skirt.
“Elie… he knelt on the asphalt road, his voice fragmented, “I was wrong… I really was…”
Elie did not look back.
When the hem of the skirt slipped through his fingers, Eric heard the gentlest death sentence in the world:
“Mr. Lawrence, if only you had known earlier, why did you have to do it in the first place?”
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