A Moment in Destiny

“Babe…” Elijah couldn’t stand it anymore and walked towards Tim, “Grandpa, she’s joking with you!”

“I know right. This girl has a sharp tongue but she is very kind. Esther, do you want to say anything more vicious? Just say it!”

“No more! Seeing that you are so reasonable. Those vicious words I’ve been preparing for years will not have much deterrent effect even if I say them, so I will just keep them within myself!” Esther said with a wry smile, “Hahahaha…”

“Silly girl!” Tim took her hand and put it on the sofa, “Good girl, good girl!”

“Grandpa, you must live a good life!” Esther finally became serious. She looked at Tim with tears in her eyes. “In fact, at first I knew your good intentions. I also knew that you knew that Elijah was still alive, that’s why I was relieved and didn’t come to comfort you! The reason I don’t bring Iris here is that I am worried about her safety. I don’t want others to know Iris’s identity!”

“I understand. You’ve thought it through very well! Alas! You all are back and only Winnie is not here. She had only come back to see me at Christmas for the past four years. I don’t know what she’s busy doing the rest of the time. I asked her to go to Perry Group but she didn’t want to go and insisted to be some kind of sales agent on her own. I wonder how she is doing now!” Tim signed.

What Tim said was right. Where was Winnie? Esther knew that in these four years, Hudson had not been together with Winnie. Ethel told her that Hudson felt that he owed Winnie a lot.

She also hoped that Hudson and Winnie would get together eventually, but would they?

She hadn’t met Hudson for half a year. How was he?

In New York.

Winnie sat in a corner of the living room. She felt peaceful looking at the three large suitcases in front of her. She was about to leave New York and returned to her hometown finally.

It had been four years since she came here.

She had worked in New York as an entry-level employee at first. She had tried too many jobs, and she even worked as a dishwasher. Now, she was twenty-six years old and she was no longer childish and innocent like she was back then. She had become a beautiful and attractive white-collar in the city.

She stood up and looked around the tiny flat in which she had lived for three years, from the moment she joined GB company and became a sales employee. Now, she had improved her status from being a staff to becoming the Vice President of Sales for Asia, and one could guess that she experienced a lot of predicaments.

At the airport.

With a bag in her hand, Winnie held her ticket and wanted to have her ticket checked.

At the moment, a tall figure was in front of her.

She had been queueing subconsciously, but she didn’t expect the man to suddenly turn around and call out in a low voice, “Winnie?”

She was stunned when she suddenly heard the familiar voice. When she looked up, she was surprised to see Hudson. Why was he here? She felt depressed after seeing him. She felt extremely nervous.

But she immediately calmed down and nodded her head calmly, “Hello, Mr. Ball!”

…

The tone she used when she greeted him was like she was not close to him as if they were just friends who didn’t know each other very well.

“How are you?” Hudson spoke in a low tone. His eyes were gazing at her face.

“Not too bad. The plane will depart soon. Let’s go.” She tried to calm herself down, smiling calmly.

Hudson knew that it was really strange for them to stop their steps at the boarding gate and immediately had his ticket checked.

It seemed like she didn’t expect to bump into him.

past few years, they had bumped into each other every few months. Every time, he greeted her like this while she always smiled politely as if she

on

so happened that she just sat next to

her sit by the window and Winnie accepted his

he had deliberately chosen to meet her on this day. He was the one who secretly arranged their

four years. The time when he was together with Esther was the best ten years of his life. Therefore, he had always thought that he would not love

fade out the relationship between

he felt sad. Perhaps she was not the woman he loved the most, but she was the woman who

was fear that he would be too grieved thinking of her. He also finally knew that there was always someone who would play a crucial role in one’s life. One

time to settle down and figure out what he wanted to do. When he was sure that he

attendant told the passengers to fasten their seat belts as the plane was going to take off. Before she did so, Hudson next to her turned around and pulled up the seat belt on her side and helped

her. She held her breath in fear and did not dare to look at him. She did not dare to show her emotions either

if he wanted to tell her many things, but she averted her eyes and looked

the seat on one side with her small hand. She was a little nervous as she would feel a sense of discomfort when she experienced a moment of weightlessness. Hudson reached out to her without her noticing and held her hand that was resting on the

but he didn’t look

as if she didn’t want to let

her small hand and wrapped it in his palm. He could feel that her hand was no longer as soft as it had been four

look at her, saying as the

very nervous on the spot but did not do anything. Then the plane took off to the sky. When they were silent for a few minutes, their eyes met, and she saw the seriousness he displayed in his eyes. She also felt that she was sad.

She only wanted him to love her truly. If he wasn’t loving her truly, she preferred that he did not

She didn’t want to feel

was rejecting him,

his heart

to draw back her hand and placed it on her lap. She placed her two small hands together and turned her head back to

He became silent also.

next few hours, they did not

eyes as if he was a

the steady breathing sound beside

was asleep that she dared to look at him with impunity. He hadn’t asked her to come back to him in the four years. In fact, in four years they had met only a few times. Every time she

was very handsome, just like her brother. He looked calm and she could notice the faint sorrow by looking at his eyebrows. She thought that he felt sorrowful because

no intention to love anyone else in her life, nor did she want to marry anyone. She didn’t want to love as she

and thick eyelashes beneath his eyelids. It was a sin

and his lean jaw. Listening to what he said today, she felt complicated and she didn’t even know what

twenty-two years old. She was mature now. She had become the Vice President for Asia in GB company. She really could not be naive

not afford

soundly. She gently waved at the flight attendant.

brought to her. Esther covered the blanket on Hudson and tucked him in the blanket carefully. He looked like he hadn’t slept for a long time. His eyes were puffy and there was

to

that she actually crashed against

was he pulling her towards him so fast? She was so scared and embarrassed that she

to the back and held her body and

Winnie’s mind

Hudson kissed her…

had kissed her when

soft lips with a faint fresh taste invading her teeth,