He quickly headed toward the arrival gate. Not far away, Bethan embraced Gwen in her arms and lowered her voice, speaking, “Why don’t we stay in Saigen City for now?”
“Okay.”
Gwen sat on the chair and looked in the direction where Steven was with tears rolling down her face. At this moment, her emotions were quelled. She saw and heard what Steven did and said after
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‘But he is really Luke! What happened to him?’
“Alright. I’ll ask Lucas to cancel our tickets…”
Bethan thus sent a text to Lucas while continuing to monitor Gwen. She was afraid Gwen might act recklessly and do something absurd again.
Fortunately, Gwen had calmed down.
“Did he lose his memory?”
Gwen squeezed her brow tightly as she looked at how anxious Steven was while searching for the person he was waiting for at the exit. “Neil, Bonnie, and Jim lost their memories before too… But even so, their personalities were the same. The way they talked and their tone was the same. But Luke…”
This man was far too removed from the Luke she knew. He no longer had the memory of being with her, and his characteristics were totally different from before to the extent that if his appearance and body were not the same as Luke’s, Gwen would have thought they were two different people.
‘What happened? How did it come to this? What kind of things Luke had been through? And…’ She put her hand on her chest to feel the heart that was still beating in her heart. ‘If Luke didn’t die, whose heart is with me now?’
As Gwen continued to stare in the direction where Steven was, a female voice rang out. calling. “Bethan, Gwen!”
Gwen and Bethan were baffled to hear their names and raised their heads simultaneously.
It was Rachel, standing before them and wearing a white business suit, looking proud and professional. She had luggage with her as she had just arrived in this city.
“I just got off the plane and Theo called me, telling me that you’re both in Saigen City. I was going to get your contact number from him to meet up, but I didn’t expect to see you both here at the airport.”
She then looked at the luggage Gwen was sitting on. “Are you guys…” “We were planning to leave, but we’ve got unfinished business, so we’re not leaving anymore, “Bethan responded and smiled at Rachel. She took a look at Steven, who was still waiting for someone at the exit, and squinted. “Theo called me just now. He told me you’re here to visit a patient.”
“Yes.”
Rachel nodded and unconsciously looked at Gwen. “I’m here…because of a special case.”
She would not have come to Saigen City, the city of cold wind, if the man in the photo was not a spitting image of Luke. The symptoms he described were similar to someone who had their brainwashed, too. Her lips curved upward as she looked at Bethan.
“Have you all seen my patient?”
It was a weird question, but Bethan understood Rachel’s reasoning. Rachel was afraid Gwen had not seen Steven before. In addition, she did not know the connection between Steven and Luke yet. If she had spoken so rashly, it would make Gwen lose control of her emotions, hence why she asked that question. Furthermore, she had guessed Theo must have told
Bethan the reason she came to Saigen City today. Bethan paused and looked at Gwen, who was sitting on the luggage. Only then did she look at Rachel and answer, “I saw him, but Gwen hadn’t.”
Gwen furrowed her brow, not knowing what Bethan and Rachel were talking about.
Just then, Rachel’s phone rang, receiving a call from an unknown number. While Rachel’s phone rang, Steven quickly looked around him. When he saw the ringtone coming from the woman who was standing with Bethan and Gwen, the expression on his face froze.
Rachel did not know who was calling her and thus picked up the call. “Who is this?”
Steven saw Rachel picking up the phone and squeezed his brow tightly. ‘Is that Dr. Liddell? Why is she together with them?’ Since there was no reply from the other side, Rachel furrowed her brow and repeated, “Who is this?”
“Dr. Liddell.”
Steven lowered his voice. “I’m Steven Hughes.”
“Mr. Hughes.”
Rachel pursed her lips and looked at Gwen. “Where are you?”
“I’m…not far from you,” replied Steven, followed by a sigh. Rachel shifted her gaze and looked ahead. Gwen did the same and looked in the same direction as Rachel
They both saw Steven talking on the phone. When Steven realized Rachel was looking at him, he waved and greeted Rachel.
Gwen was dumbfounded. ‘So…the one who called Rachel was Steven? The one who looks like Luke?’ Gwen thought.
‘But.. I thought Rachel specializes in the study of vegetative patients. Why did Steven reach out to Rachel?’
With that thought in her mind, Gwen furrowed her brow. Just when she was about to sav something, Steven walked toward them.
“Dr. Liddell.”
He smiled and extended his hand out to shake hands with Rachel. “I came to pick you up.”
Rachel offered a sheepish smile. “I just got off the plane and saw my friends…”
She took a deep breath and introduced her friends to Steven without any means of hiding them. “This is Bethan, a talented jewelry designer. This here is Gwen, a woman talented in her own rights, too.”
Steven paused and looked at Bethan. He was amazed to find out the woman he just met was Brettley’s wife, Bethan. He had repeatedly looked at Bethan’s information when he was investigating Brettley.
A piece of news from seven years ago reported Bethan was dead. One year later, there was news saying Bethan was about to marry Malcolm from the Quinn family in Merchant City. A few months afterward, there were reports that said Bethan rekindled with Brettley when all of a sudden, rumors that she was with Thomas Howard popped up.
It was hard for Steven to not notice this woman who had such a legendary, mysterious life. At that moment, he looked at Bethan with many thoughts running through his mind. He should have guessed it. This woman was so beautiful and outstanding. She must have an extraordinary identity.
However… Bethan’s friend, Gwen, was not as pretty as her. Her temperament was not as cool and proud as Bethan’s too. In spite of that, she gave people the desire to take care of her. Every time Steven saw her, whether in real life or through her photo, his heart would pain terribly. Even when she kept on bothering him when she lost her mind, he would feel bad and pitied her.
“Hi.”
Since Rachel had introduced her to Steven, Bethan had no choice but to greet Steven. “I’m Bethan.”
Gwen also got on her feet and extended her hand out to shake hands with Steven. “Nice to meet you, Mr. Hughes.”
She looked calm and refrained, not the paranoid person who clung to Steven so desperately and was unhinged. Nonetheless, her eyes betrayed her. They looked red, and there were still some tears in her eyes. Steven was slightly stunned, but that did not stop him from extending his hand out to shake hands with Gwen.
“I’m Steven Hughes.”
When they shook each other’s hands, Gwen’s heart skipped a beat. She was too familiar with Luke’s body. This man had a rough palm just like Luke’s. Steven Hughes was supposed to be a young master who had everything done for him, so he could not possibly have such a rough palm.
Gwen had closely monitored Brettley’s, Theo’s, and even Jim’s palms before. They had clean palms without any calluses as Luke had. There was also no sign of wounds or marking from living in the bottom life. Only Luke had it.
She remembered how she failed to fall asleep in the middle of the night. Her sobs racked her form as she clung to Luke. She felt bad for his past and everything he had been through
How was it possible this man, who said he was the young master of the Hughes family, had a similar palm to Luke’s?
Steven quickly drew his hand away as he noticed Gwen was looking at his hand while thinking deeply in her mind. He looked at Rachel. “Dr. Liddell, since you’ve met your friends…are you planning to chat with them or follow me back now?”
Steven was being very obvious that he did not want to continue being around Bethan and Gwen. Rachel furrowed her brow and looked at Bethan and Gwen, as well as the luggage they had beside them. In the end, she smiled and passed her luggage to Bethan.
“Can you please keep my luggage where you’re staying?”
Bethan nodded and understood what Rachel wanted to say. She took over the luggage Rachel passed to her and smiled.
“Sure. Go ahead and carry on. Call us when you are done.”
She then looked at Gwen.
“Shall we?”
Gwen was staring at Steven the whole time, and she finally regained her senses when she heard Bethan asking her a question. To answer Bethan, she nodded. “Okay.”
The closer she was to Steven, the more assured she was that the man in front of her was Luke. However, Steven denied that he was Luke, so she did not dare to do anything.
It was best to follow Bethan back to the hotel. She could ask Rachel more about Luke’s condition after Rachel gave him a thorough consultation. Rachel was a friend of Luke too, so Gwen believed Rachel would help her to get to the bottom of it. Gwen stood up and looked at Rachel eagerly.
“Please contact us when you are finished.”
Rachel smiled. “Of course.”
She pointed at her luggage.
“My luggage is with you and Bethan. I’ll look for you both afterward, for sure.”
Finally, Gwen was assured and nodded before she left with Bethan and the luggage.
Steven stood still as he watched Gwen leave, and he exhaled deeply. ‘Wow… There are times when this woman is calm, I see. I thought she’d bother me again.’
“Let’s go, Mr. Hughes.”
When Bethan and Gwen were finally out of their sight, Rachel took a deep breath. She looked at the man beside her with a smile. “Where should we go for your consultation?”
Steven did not say anything immediately. After a while, he answered with a small voice, “Let’s go to my private estate.”
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