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The glow of the setting sun spilled through the glass dome of the exhibition hall onto the floor. Eddie watched Carice as she studied the exhibits.
with focus
Suddenly, he spoke. By the way, the contract can be signed now.”
Carice paused, then quickly opened her bag.
The contract inside the folder lay flat and pristine.
“Mr. Sewell truly keeps his word.”
Eddie took the contract and pen: “Miss Carice always carries the contract with her such dedication is rare. Ever considered switching jobs? T’I pay you more than Ms Basso”
Carice chuckled at his analogy:“It’s just a habit of being fully prepared. You flatter me.”
Then I’m curious”
Eddie suddenly put down the pen, his gaze locking onto hers, “Why would someone like you, Miss Carice, suddenly leave the country
His words froze the air instantly.
Carice stared at the terms on the contract.
The cold voice of Rufus saying ‘divorce flashed abruptly in her mind.
She lowered her eyes’lt was unhappy back home, so I simply came out to try my luck.”
“Is this considered running away?”
Eddie’s voice carried a hint of teasing, but it softened when he noticed her dim expression,
“Actually, people should be like the steel frames in exhibitions–pieced together to keep going. Stay away from unhappy people and things, move forward, and you’ll find a way out.”
Carice suddenly looked up.
She felt there was great truth in his words.
As she recalled more and more things, those unhappy memories also multiplied.
Countless sleepless nights because of Rufus–only she was trapped in place.
Back then, no one told her that walking away was also an option.
“You’re right.”
She heard herself say, her throat tightening slightly.
Watching Eddie sign his name, Carice finally relaxed completely.
That night, Karen’s scream nearly shattered the phone speaker:“Carice, you’re amazing! Even Eddie, that thousand–year–old iron tree, has bloomed for you!”
Carice leaned against the headboard, gazing at the foreign nightscape outside the floor–to–ceiling window.
“He’s not that strange; in fact, I find him quite interesting”
After hanging up the room fell into silence.
Carice tossed and tumed, unable to sleep, as Eddie’s every word circled in her mind.
She got up and drew the curtain–the city lights sparkled like a river of stars.
Perhaps, just as Eddie said life shouldn’t be trapped in the past.
This time, she would live for hemell.
Inkno
