After all, Brettley was Thomas’ advisor, and as Thomas’ business partner, Steven knew better than to get on Brettley’s bad side.
Brettley froze momentarily when he met Steven’s clear gaze.
A split second later, he let go of Steven’s hand and strode away.
“What was Mr. Morrison doing at your house?”
Steven turned to shoot Kate a puzzled look as soon as Brettley disappeared.
Kate had claimed that she did not know Brettley very well, but judging from their conversation, the two of them seemed quite familiar with each other.
“Perhaps he just came for a catch–up.”
Kate chuckled and snaked her arm around Steven’s.
For some reason, she could not help feeling that she would lose him very soon. Therefore, she had to cling to him as though her life depended on it.
“Father.”
Kate strode toward her father, smiling as she held onto Steven’s arm.
“What did Mr. Morrison talk to you about just now?”
Mr. Miller was silent for a long time before finally breaking into a sheepish smile.
“Nothing. Mr. Morrison was so kind as to help me analyze the financial data regarding Miller Group and helped me predict the financial challenges that would come our way….”
Even though he was trying to be tactful, Kate quickly caught on.
Brettley had used Miller Group’s future to threaten her father.
Steven, however, was oblivious to all this.
“That’s extremely kind of Mr. Morrison, isn’t it?”
He had grown up in a well–protected family, and on top of that, he had been in a coma for five years. Therefore, even though he looked close to thirty, his mind was still that of a young man in his early twenties.
Mr. Miller glanced first at Steven, then at Kate, and finally smiled.
“That’s right. Mr. Morrison…is a very nice man.”
This was the vengeance between Luke and the Hughes family.
Not only that, but Luke had already ceased to exist, yet Brettley was still willing to threaten them over this.
Mr. Miller knew full well that Brettley possessed the capability of bankrupting them all, but Miller Group was a robust and well–endorsed company. Even if Brettley wanted to bankrupt them, it would cost him a significant financial burden to do so.
However, he had not hesitated at all.
It was as though Brettley did not care about the price he had to pay to avenge Luke’s death.
Mr. Miller could not help wondering–just how close had Brettley and Luke been before his death?
Gwen spent the entire afternoon relaxing in The Spring Resort.
She had spent the entire afternoon clutching the metal plate in her hands, staring at it. The Spring Resort began to get busy toward the evening, and eventually, Gwen’s alone time was disrupted, so she had no choice but to leave.
As she walked along the road and the wind swept past her, she could not help being reminded of Luke. Not only that, but she could not help recalling all the people who had helped her look for her pendant. Bethan, Yannie, Thomas…
All of them cared about her. Gwen closed her eyes, and a weak smile crept to her face as she trudged through the snow. She knew she had been troubling everyone around her since Luke’s death. She was the reason Luke was dead, and therefore, she was the only one who deserved the bad things. However, she had been troubling people left and right since waking up from her surgery.
Not only Bethan and Brettley, but Bonnie, Jim, Yannie, and Thomas too.
When she saw how Lucas and his men fervently rummaged through the piles of garbage in search of her pendant, Gwen finally realized just how selfish she had been.
She had caused everyone so much trouble because of her grief. If it were not for her, Bethan would probably be at home with the three children at this moment or perhaps continuing her search for her lost daughter.
Just for her, Bethan was forced to accompany her in this cold, desolate place while she grieved her loss.
Gwen could not stop her tears from falling at the thought of this. She lifted her head to gaze at the night sky as silent tears slid down her cheeks.
‘Luke. I’m sorry, but this is the furthest I can go. I can’t continue being like this any longer.
‘I can’t become other people’s burden, but neither can I stop missing you. I guess the only solution…is to go find you.’ At the thought of this, Gwen could not help letting out a bitter chuckle. The truth was, she had yet to visit Luke’s grave since his death. Perhaps she should visit his grave and seek forgiveness before joining him. Otherwise, she was worried that he would be so outraged at her that he would refuse to see her in the next life.
After contemplating for a while, Gwen hailed a taxi and returned to the hotel.
Inside the hotel room, Bethan paced the room nervously as she dialed Gwen’s number over and over. Every call was met with the operator’s cold, robotic voice, declaring that the number was unavailable.
All of a sudden, the door creaked open.
Bethan quickly turned around. Gwen was standing behind her in a white parka, grinning at her. “Are you trying to call me? Sorry. My phone ran out of battery.”
“I was worried sick!”
Bethan bit her lip, shot Gwen a murderous look, and finally leaped toward Gwen to pull her into a hug. “I thought something terrible happened to you!”
“What could’ve happened?”
Gwen smiled, clutching Bethan warmly, as a wave of sadness swept through her.
She…had troubled Bethan so much more than she had imagined. “Lulu,”
Gwen said as she buried her head in Bethan’s arms. “I want to go home.”
Bethan could not believe her ears. She froze for a moment, then pried Gwen out of her embrace to stare at her earnestly. “GO home? Where?” “Sea City.”
Gwen gave her a wry smile and said, “I want to return to Merchant City to retrieve Luke’s ashes…then go home to Sea City together. My father is still waiting for us back home.”
She curled her lips into a soft smile and added, “I’ve been thinking the whole day, and I’ve come to the conclusion that no matter where I am, I’ll still be missing Luke, so it doesn’t matter where I go with you.
“Therefore, I decided, we might as well return to the place where everything began.”
Gwen’s gaze faltered as she stared at Bethan, as though her gaze had penetrated right through the room to somewhere far, far away. “The house that Luke bought for us is still in Sea City, and it’s the place where we shared most of our memories.”
She smiled at Bethan. “I’ve realized that what’s missing in my life is not the time or freedom to do what I want, but the freedom to do all this with Luke.
“Even though he’s no longer here, I still have his heart with me, and it would be as though he’s right here by my side. Therefore, I want to return to the place we call home and spend the rest of our days together in peace.”.
Bethan opened her mouth in preparation to say something, but no words seemed to come out. Finally, she sighed and gently wrapped her arms around Gwen once more. “If that’s really what you want…I’ll ask Lucas to help book the flight tickets right now.
“I’ll return to Merchant City with you, and we’ll bring Luke’s ashes back to Sea City together. Is that alright?”
Gwen nodded. She and Bethan had been friends for so long that she was certain Bethan would support her decision.
However, the kinder Bethan was toward her, the more guilt–ridden she felt. She had caused Bethan enough trouble. If she had realized this truth sooner, she would not have wasted so much of Bethan and Brettley’s time.
Bethan and Brettley had their responsibilities to deal with, but because of her, they were forced to put their work aside and take up responsibility for her… At the thought of this, Gwen pulled Bethan close to her and murmured, “I want to thank you and Brettley for all your help, and also…”
She closed her eyes and let out a sigh. “I’m sorry I caused you so much trouble.”
Bethan’s chest tightened upon hearing this. She bit her lip and shot Gwen an accusatory look”
What’re you saying all this for? I thought we were best friends!”
Gwen chuckled at this, and after exchanging some conversation, she finally returned to her room.
Standing outside Gwen’s door, Bethan heaved a sigh of relief when she finally heard Gwen fall into a deep slumber. Then, she returned to her room, closed the door, and dialed Brettley’s number.
Due to what happened the night before, Bethan no longer dared to leave Gwen alone in the room after falling asleep, so the only thing she could do was call Brettley instead. “Gwen wants to go home.”
Bethan relayed everything Gwen had told her to Brettley. Brettley paused for a moment before finally saying with a hint of helplessness, “And you agreed to that?” “Yes.”
Bethan sniffed. “You saw just how much she loves and is unwilling to forget Luke, so much so that she was willing to go to great lengths to retrieve a pendant Luke gave her…”
“I brought her out on this trip in hopes that she’ll eventually stop missing Luke, but I realize that that’s impossible. “If I continue making her stay in these foreign places, I’m sure that something similar to last night and today will happen again. “This time, it happened while we’re here in Saigen City, where both you and Thomas are capable of helping us, but what if it happens again somewhere else, where neither of you can help?”
Bethan rubbed her brow in exhaustion. “Therefore, I’ve decided we’ll be better off letting Gwen go home. If she returns to Sea City with Luke’s ashes, it’ll perhaps make her feel better to be in an environment where she knows she’s safe.”
Brettley could not help sighing when he heard this, “Lulu.”
Bethan was a little caught off guard by this, “What is it?” “You’re becoming more and more mature by the day.”
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.