A Moment in Destiny

“You have your reasons!” Winnie’s eyes were fixated, and she said sharply, “Please, sign!”

“I won’t sign this, Winnie!” Hudson persistently refused.

“What do you want?” Her tears looked as though they were about to fall again, “Hudson, if you won’t sign this, I will jump out of this window. Do you think I won’t do it?”

“No—” Hudson could see the determination in her eyes, “Winnie, can I sign this later? How about you take some time to think it over some more?”

He wanted to discuss with her, but in her current state, she was in no mood for discussions.

“Are you going to sign or not?” She said in an even sharper voice.

Looking at her twisted face, Hudson was afraid of upsetting her to the point of her doing something silly, “Fine, fine, I’ll sign!”

With his hand shaking, he signed his name.

After he was done signing, she suddenly calmed down and shut her eyes. She gave it her all to finally proclaim her freedom; she should feel happy, but why did she feel so sad instead?

On the other hand, Hudson’s heart ached immeasurably.

“Winnie…” Hudson tried to say something after he was done signing, but Winnie interrupted him.

“Please, get out!”

“You’d better leave!” Ethel walked in and patted Hudson on the shoulder, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of her!”

Hudson walked out the door, but he remained there and didn’t go further.

At the sound of the door closing, Winnie’s heart felt like it was about to fall apart.

Where was her so-called “husband” while she was struggling through life and death?

He was off running around with his lover while she laid on the operating table by herself, full of blood. She didn’t need this kind of marriage. No matter how deeply she loved him, it didn’t matter anymore!

Ethel said nothing but sat on a stool next to the bed and accompanied her silently. He was well aware of how depressed Winnie must feel.

as tears began to stream down her

not leave; he lied against the wall next to the door and listened.

he knew that he had hurt Winnie far

knew that if he did not let go of Esther, then he couldn’t be together with Winnie anymore. But how was he supposed to let Winnie go

awoke, quite some time had already passed. The room was slightly filled with light from the setting sun and was incredibly quiet. When she opened her eyes, there was no trace of Elijah anywhere around

showered her and tidied up the room all while

the study was half open, and she could see the one she longed for

wink last night, and they were tired up all morning. Looking at Elijah’s face right now, Esther suddenly felt perplexed. Hadn’t

he got up from his computer, pulled her over to

something! How come you won’t take a rest?”

of nostalgia. Three years; will three years be enough to whitewash the past? Was it

here yet?”

he handed her

to Christ? You seem

now that she had

to America, so your mom resorted to extreme methods at the time. You were incredibly terrified to the point that you lost your memories!” Elijah

was the reason he had always kept quiet about this. Whatever happened must have been quite traumatic to cause her to lose her memories. And he didn’t want

I can’t remember anything? Not one bit!” Esther wrinkled her forehead; she tried hard, but she

think about it anymore. Come on, let’s

just gone through a miscarriage. It was time she ate well to recover.

began to water. “I’m starving, hurry, let’s go find something to eat. I want to

“Head out!”

two of them got changed, and he took her to a restaurant.

at the sight of all the scrumptious food that

up, you need to supplement yourself!” Elijah said as he took a small silver spoon and brought a

even a bit tired?” Her tone was filled with a hint of provocation; she didn’t mean anything in particular, but after she said this, she thought about how many times they had

back

restroom; it was that his eyes were beginning to tear up, and he didn’t want Esther to see him cry. Inside the restroom, he splashed

he hadn’t met Evan Gray, then he wouldn’t be raised as one of the successors. Sometimes, he wondered, why

more than Esther. He just wanted to live a peaceful, normal life with the one he loved until they grew old. That was

redness of his eyes ceased. He wiped