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.”
eyebrows which were already furrowed together wrinkled even deeper. She looked at Elijah who was talking, her thoughts flying around, “I
Elijah being gentle with other women made her sad and
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 looked
people in a lifetime?
ultimately.” Elijah lightly smiled and shook his head, his face flashed a trace of helplessness. Elijah faded away from his usual coldness and
bitter smile, Esther’s
something, but she didn’t know
Elijah smiled
panicked, “You?
answered her with
Esther still didn’t understand what his answer meant. He loved her or
sudden after a long moment
“Why?” Esther wondered.
“You don’t want to?”
Esther was afraid of being lonely, being alone
at the villa,”
later.” Esther
Esther finally knew why Elijah insisted on moving back to the villa. It turned out that
turned out that they
day she went to personally pick
well, she was no different from normal people. The doctor said that Kattie could recover to normal
there on the day of discharge. The company had a celebration and when he came back, Esther was next door and Kattie was talking to her, “Welcome Esther, we
Esther uncomfortable. She
been living as neighbors after Elijah graduated college.” Kattie smiled gently, “Elijah’s a good cook and he often cooked something for
managed to see the sunken
at that moment, then the sound of a key turning
smiled brightly and briskly
key to Kattie’s apartment. The Elijah today was wearing a black suit on his tall and handsome figure, his perfect features expressed a noble aura.
And thank you Esther for taking care of me these days.” Kattie’s eyes kept
Esther smiled brightly, “Elijah, you stay and have
stiff. She walked past Elijah with her head down and Elijah was stunned for a moment, his intuition
had already walked out
seat,
and put the keys on the coffee table, “This is your keys. I’m a little
more, “Then you head back
about why Elijah had the keys to Kattie’s apartment, but then she thought of what he had said about mutual trust between husband and wife,
head, Esther took out her sketchbook and
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