Chloe nodded and smiled sweetly. “Thank you, Thomas.”
“You’re my godsister, so it’s my responsibility to keep you happy always. No need to thank me for the gifts. Now, try them out and see if it suits you.”
“Alright.” She got out of the car to try on the shoes. “They fit perfectly.” After that, she took them off and changed into her old shoes again.
Puzzled, Thomas asked, “Why’d you change them out?”
“I’m going to wear these when Zachary comes home. I’m going to welcome him back while wearing these shoes.”
Unbeknownst to her, Thomas felt his heart shred into pieces upon hearing that, and he froze up. She has no idea her brother’s never coming home.
“What’s wrong, Thomas?”
He snapped out of it and heaved a long sigh. “It’s nothing. You should go back to work.”
“It’s almost lunchtime, anyway. How about I treat you to lunch?”
was in no mood for lunch, so he waved her down. “You go
almost as if Thomas was feeling sad. Why, though? Does he not want Zachary to come home? That’s not likely. They’re
saw her off and drove away, though he had no idea where to go. He came to a quiet spot to calm himself down. Then, he started burning through his stock of cigarettes, and soon, tears streamed down his cheeks. “I’m… sorry, my friend. I owe you a debt that can never be repaid, but please watch over
now, Thomas still had dreams of that failed mission, especially the very moment he
clearly a case of post-traumatic stress disorder, but he never told anyone about it. He had a lot of things to do and so many people to protect. There was no way he could show his weaker side to
back to Keyshire Property. He then went into
“You’re back.” Olivia smiled.
“Yeah,” Thomas responded.
she like the shoes you
“Very much.”
“Good to hear.”
was in no mood to talk. He plopped down on the couch and started resting
like he didn’t just go to give Chloe some shoes. He’s trying his
that, too. She wanted to ask him if he was alright, but she had no courage to do that. After all, Thomas and Olivia were the perfect match, not her. She might be seen as
rage. How the f*ck?! He had sent four killers to Northpine Villa to take out Thomas once, but they failed. Not only did they fail, but they also ended up giving their lives for it!
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