‘What counts as love?
‘What is love?’
He searched his mind and could not find any trace of his love for Cathy.
However, the bits and pieces of Cathy’s love for him were vivid in his mind, as if ingrained in his heart.
“Felipe, you don’t know love at all, and you definitely don’t deserve Cathy’s love.” When Adam saw Felipe quiet and inattentive, Adam made the final decision before turning back to the kitchen.
Felipe stood in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
Was he doing all of this just for atonement?
Just to make himself feel better?
No, that was not true.
Felipe kept denying it in his heart, but he really could not find any actions of his toward Cathy that showed his love for her.
“I love her. I really love her. Cathy. I love her…”
Felipe whispered to himself and turned around, walking straight to the gates.
Cathy stood at the top of the stairs, watching Felipe’s departing back. For a long while, she was unable to recover from the information she had just heard.
‘It turns out that I’m really Cathy.
‘I really am…’
Adam had not noticed Cathy, and the conversation that he had with Felipe just now also made him a little distracted.
He absent-mindedly made breakfast only to find that Felipe was no longer there.
He thought that perhaps Cathy might still be asleep, so he went to call the siblings, who were playing in the study, over for breakfast.
Yesterday’s rain had not stopped, but the rain was much lighter now.
Felipe walked forward silently under the light rain with wounds all over his body as he recalled all the cruel things he had done to Cathy. He played them over and over again in his mind.
He remembered that it was because of him that the two kids’ lives were lost.
Was he crazy at that time?
He must have been very cruel to treat her so cruelly.
Unknowingly, Felipe had been walking for a while before he stopped in his steps and looked up. When he looked up, he realized that everything in front of him was gray.
He really wished that he could go back in time, but everything was too late.
Some things could not go back to how they were after they happened.
He closed his eyes, and his heart was filled with endless regret.
“Felipe!”
Suddenly, a fierce voice interrupted his thoughts.
Felipe opened his eyes. It turned out that there were some people asking for trouble.
He still remembered that during the time when he thought Cathy was dead, he was determined to get on the right path for Cathy. As such, he eventually gave up the business he was in before.
However, the men who were initially under him rebelled.
Even though it had been a long time since it happened, they never stopped chasing after him. He also knew that those who he had called brothers were only in it for profit and money.
In this world, the only person who would risk their own life for him was his Cathy. She was the only one who was wholehearted and had eyes only for him.
“Felipe, are you still trying to hide?” The man who was leading the group walked toward Felipe with a knife. “If you didn’t want to do this sort of business, why didn’t you at least pave a good path for your brothers?”
“Those goods are still locked away in the warehouse. They’re all money! If you don’t want them, we want them.”
“Felipe, I’ll give you one last chance to transfer the company to us. If you want to keep protecting the dead person, you’re free to do so. Just don’t be the one stopping us from getting rich. Otherwise, we’ll send you down to hell to see your dead Cathy!”
Felipe was initially numb to everything, but when he heard those people saying Cathy’s name and referring to her as the dead, his anger suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.
When the three men saw that Felipe was not going to transfer the company to them, they ganged up on Felipe with weapons and were about to hurt him.
Although Felipe had injuries all over his body, he did not give up completely and waited for them to hurt him as he defended himself by attacking as well.
In the end, however, one person going against three was a tough challenge. When Felipe was distracted, one of them took the opportunity and plunged a sharp knife that he was holding into Felipe’s chest.
The pain of the knife tearing into his flesh suddenly spread to his limbs and bones. Felipe looked up, his darkened and red eyes drenched in rainwater. He drew out the sharp knife that was pierced into his chest.
Scarlet red blood gushed out from the wound along with his movements, and all of a sudden, it dyed the rainwater under his feet red.
When Felipe did that, the three men felt a little scared.
“You want to kill me, right? Fine, but I’ll bring all of you down with me.”
“…”
When they saw Felipe’s scary and murderous eyes, the three men could not help but feel a chill running down their backs.
Felipe grabbed the man that led them from the back and held the knife across his neck. He was about to slash it across the man’s neck, making the man shiver with fright. He almost peed his pants.
Just when Felipe was about to do something, a familiar voice hurriedly sounded from behind him. The voice was nearing them.
“Mr. Policeman, they’re here!”
“The cops?”
“The cops are here! Let’s go immediately!”
When the two other men heard that, they ran away immediately.
The man who Felipe was holding tightly took advantage of the split second when Felipe was distracted, pushed him away, and ran away quickly.
When Felipe was pushed, he staggered backward.
He had new injuries along with his old injuries. He lost his balance from exhaustion and even his consciousness gradually began to blur.
When he was about to fall, he saw the face that he wanted to see the most but did not dare to.
“Cathy…”
“Felipe!”
Cathy embraced Felipe and saw the blood flowing relentlessly out of his chest along with the scattered rain. All the forgotten scenes at the back of her mind seemed to hit her all at once…
It had been a rainy night like it was now. He was beaten up by a group of troublemakers and got injured pretty badly.
She had gone over with an umbrella and rescued him.
While hugging Felipe, Cathy was stunned in the rain.
The scene that flashed before her just now confused her for a while. She could not tell whether it actually happened or if it was all part of her imagination.
Adam, who heard the noise and ran out, saw the scene in the distance and hurried over.
“Cathy!”
Cathy suddenly returned to her senses and saw that Felipe was covered in blood. Her eyes widened in shock as her tears fell uncontrollably.
“Don’t die on me, Felipe!” she cried out. Her voice sounded heartbroken and devastated.
When Cathy cried out, Adam’s heart followed her cries as it suddenly tightened.
He ran to Cathy’s side. When he saw Felipe who had lost consciousness, he immediately called an ambulance.
Before the ambulance arrived, Adam gave Felipe first aid.
Throughout the entire thing, Cathy stood by the side, scared out of her wits. Even when the two young kids tugged at the corners of her clothes, she showed no response.
She just looked at Felipe who had lost consciousness.
Felipe was sent into the ER. The knife had pierced through his chest. Even though it did not hurt any of his vital organs, he lost a lot of blood.
When Cathy heard that Felipe needed a blood transfusion, she was the first one to go over and volunteer.
“Doctor, I have the same blood type as him. I can donate my blood for his transfusion.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.