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.

smiled politely as if she was not close to him and didn’t talk with him. She never

got on

she just sat next to

her sit by the window

meet her on this day. He was the one who secretly arranged their seats so that they would sit next

that he would not love another woman anytime. But after he was apart from Esther for four years, he found out that

relationship between one and the one

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

to think about her as he 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 would

settle down and figure out what he wanted to do. When he was sure that he was not looking for him to be

window. When the flight 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

smell the nice scent of his body suddenly as he went closer towards her. She held her breath in fear and did not dare to look at him. She did not dare

smiled warmly as if he wanted to tell her many things, but she averted her eyes and

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

tried to pull her hand back, but he didn’t look at

still struggled as if she didn’t want to let

her hand but he held her hand quickly, not even giving her the chance to escape from him. His entire big hand which was warm covered 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 years ago. There were layers of calluses after four years. He felt sad again as he was the one who caused her to suffer so

saying as the plane took off, “Winnie, come back

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

feeling sad. She only wanted him to love her truly.

lived well without him for four years. She didn’t want

was rejecting him,

his heart throbbed for a

back her hand and placed it on her lap. She placed her two small hands

He became silent also.

the next few hours, they did

if he was a bit

heard the steady breathing sound beside

It was only when he 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

up. He 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

However, all of this had nothing to do with her anymore. She had no intention to love anyone else in her

There were long and thick eyelashes beneath his eyelids. It was a sin that a man’s eyelashes

his eyebrows, his long and thin eyes, his straight nose, and his lean jaw. Listening to what he

now. She had become the Vice President for Asia in GB company. She really could not be naive anymore. She

could not afford to love

breathing remained steady, and he fell asleep soundly. She gently waved at the flight attendant. A

tucked him in the blanket carefully. He looked like he hadn’t slept

he opened his eyes suddenly. Before she even had time to react, he reached out his hands and brought her

fast that she actually crashed

so fast? She was so scared and embarrassed that

body and pressed her against

Winnie’s mind

Hudson kissed her…

years, he had kissed her when he didn’t drink any beer and have a sober

with a faint fresh taste invading her teeth, and the taste spread