Elijah let go of her just when the elevator door opened, but before Esther could barely stand, he picked her up and ran straight to his car.
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t come here anymore, Esther,” Elijah said in a deep voice.
“Why?”
“She’ll be fully recovered soon, and you no longer owe her so there’s no need to keep coming.”
“But she likes you!” Esther’s voice couldn’t help but to go dreary. “Did anything happen between you two?”
Elijah raised an eyebrow, “What do you think should happen between us?”
What was going through her head?
“Okay, I believe you!” Esther nodded her head with sudden excitement, “And nothing can happen between you and her in the future! Also, you are not allowed to like her, it can only be me!”
“Of course I only like you!” A gentle smile suffused Elijah’s lips, softening his steely features. The sun’s light cast in through the front windshield and shined on his handsome face, as bright and handsome as a God.
“Keep your word!”
“Esther, married couples have to trust each other. Am I so unworthy of your trust?” Elijah’s tone sounded hurt. He stopped the car by the side of the road suddenly and turned his head to look at her.
“Why did you stop?” Esther glared at him.
Elijah met with Esther’s clear eyes and in a sudden, his tightly pursed thin lips slightly rose into a nice bewitching arc. A faint smile that could barely be found appeared on his stiffened face, “I want to know what you are thinking in your heart.”
“My heart?” Esther was dumbfounded, “What’s there about my heart?”
“Do you love me?” Elijah asked.
“Elijah Perry?!” Esther was stunned for a moment—Did she love him?
That moment of silence made Elijah laugh at himself. After all, she didn’t love him more than he loved her somehow. Ultimately, he was the most frightened one and the one that was most afraid of losing.
Elijah placed his hand on the steering wheel and was prepared to drive.
“Elijah!” Esther’s mind was in momentary confusion. She quickly grabbed Elijah’s cold hard hand when he was about to step on the gas pedal, stopping his movement. Esther wrinkled her eyebrows and asked, “Do you love me then?”
A deep low sigh sounded in the car. Elijah looked up and gently picked up her loose hair, a self-deprecating smile spread across his handsome face, “I asked you first.”
together wrinkled even deeper. She looked at Elijah who was talking, her thoughts flying around, “I like
know if that was love, but she liked him. Watching Elijah being gentle with other women
time in her life, the person she loved was Hudson. Although her heart was racing fast and there was that feeling of dizziness when she
person love two people in
smiled and shook his head, his face flashed a trace of helplessness. Elijah faded away from his
trace of gentleness and bitterness. Looking at his bitter smile, Esther’s heart jerked and
wanted to say something, but she didn’t
Elijah smiled
helpless smile, Esther panicked, “You? Then
her with his
until he drove away, Esther still didn’t understand
move back to the villa, Esther.” Elijah said all of a sudden after a long moment
“Why?” Esther wondered.
“You don’t want to?”
big.” Esther was afraid of being lonely, being
Carr is at the
about it later.” Esther shook
the hospital on Saturday, Esther finally knew why Elijah insisted on moving back
out that they had always
about this on the day she went to personally
The doctor said that Kattie could recover to normal
a celebration and when he came back,
tone that Kattie spoke in was like a mistress, making Esther uncomfortable. She smiled awkwardly, “Have you
graduated college.”
when she managed to see the sunken face of the
at that moment, then the sound of a key turning and Elijah walked in just like that.
Elijah!” Kattie smiled brightly
apartment. The Elijah today was wearing a black suit on his tall and handsome figure, his perfect features expressed
of me these days.” Kattie’s eyes
to do so I’ll head back first.” Esther smiled brightly, “Elijah,
her cheeks were stiff. She walked past Elijah with her head down and Elijah was stunned for a moment, his intuition told
had already walked
a seat, Elijah.”
lightly and put the keys on the coffee table, “This is your keys. I’m a little
Kattie didn’t say anything more, “Then you head back and rest.
was torn about why Elijah had the keys to Kattie’s apartment, but then she thought of what he had said about mutual trust
out her sketchbook and began to
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