Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 781-790

“What’s wrong with you? Don’t you feel anything?” Richard asked him.

With a smirk, Arthur answered, “I think something is wrong with you, not me.”

“What’s wrong with me?” Richard asked him again.

“You’re a busybody like someone’s mother,” Arthur rebuked him.

Hearing that, Richard looked at him resignedly. “That’s because you ditched us.”

“Whatever.” Arthur turned around and left after saying that.

Then, Elliot came over and patted Richard, who was feeling hurt. “There’s really something wrong with Arthur. We should look into this.”

“I looked into his schedule and saw that he’d met a biology professor, Johnny, the day after coming back. However, I still haven’t found a chance to meet him yet. I’m sure something is wrong there.”

“Okay, we can start looking into it. We need to be extra careful in Weiss’ territory, though. It’s not our place, so don’t let them have anything on us.”

“I know. Let’s look into it together.” Richard felt better after knowing that he had someone on his side.

On the other hand, Sophia promised Anastasia to not simply go anywhere at night. She didn’t simply go anywhere either and merely strolled in the garden downstairs. If she didn’t come out to give herself some air, she felt that she would go insane in no time.

As she was strolling, her gaze landed in her opposite direction. Lights were shining blindly, and the person she loved the most was standing there. Even though they were not separated by mountains or seas, but only by a garden, it was a gully that she found difficult to cross. He was right there, but she couldn’t touch him.

Sophia was engulfed in sadness as she had her head down the entire time and was walking absent-mindedly. After walking for quite some time, she raised her head and was immediately stunned. Where am I?

Since the gardens were interlinked, she was now standing deep inside an unfamiliar garden and had lost her way. What made it worse was that there was no one in the garden who could help her.

At this moment, she grew more upset, and tears were gushing out of her eyes. She hugged herself in her arms and chose a bench to sit, ultimately deciding to cry it out.

She could use this chance to release all her emotions since no one was around. All this while, the toughness and calmness that she tried so hard to put on were all fake. In fact, she was feeling heartbroken inside.

Under the night sky, Sophia started sobbing, ignoring everything around her.

However, she didn’t know that her sobbing had attracted one person—a man who was heading to his study. Arthur had good hearing, so he could hear a woman crying from deep inside the garden.

It was the extremely sad sobbing kind. Yet, he didn’t want to know why she was crying. He just hoped that she could cry in a lower voice so as not to disturb his work later.

Yet, even after a while, she was still crying so loudly. As such, he decided that he would go over and get her to move somewhere else to cry.

Meanwhile, Sophia thought that there was no one around, so she didn’t suppress her emotions at all. She was trying to convert all her sadness into tears and was crying whole-heartedly, not realizing there was a person approaching her.

Just then, she heard a cold voice of a man coming from the side. “Why are you crying?”

Startled, she lifted her head sharply and saw a man standing in front of her under the moonlight. Although the moonlight was behind him, she could still recognize this figure that she was extremely familiar with. Regardless of his cold tone just now, he was still the person whom she loved the most.

“Arthur…” Sophia said happily and dashed toward him desperately. After running into his arms, she hugged his waist tightly.

Arthur didn’t have the chance to reject her, and the woman had wrapped her arms around his waist tightly. In fact, she was wiping her tears on his shirt.

“Let go.” He reached out his hand to pull her tightened fingers on him.

Instead of letting go, she hugged him even tighter until a cold voice came from above her head, asking her, “Who are you? Why are you hugging me?”

At this moment, she lifted her head from his chest. Her big, teary-eyed eyes looked at him pitifully under the moonlight.

“You don’t recognize me? You don’t remember who I am?” Sophia asked him.

Arthur lowered his head and gazed at the girl in his arms. Suddenly, he felt his heart aching as he sensed a sense of familiarity with that face. Adding on to that, her pair of eyes, which had tears welling up, were tugging on his nerves, and he felt his heart pounding for her as though he was under a spell.

“Do I know you?” he asked with a frown.

Sophia let go of his hands and looked at him in agony before asking, “Don’t think that you can act dumb, Arthur. Just tell me if you don’t love me anymore. We can break up.”

Startled, Arthur looked at this enraged girl and didn’t know what to do.

“My name is Sophia Goodwin, and I used to be your girlfriend. I came here to see you and hear what you said. Once you’re done talking, I’ll leave and never get in your way again.”

Surprised, he asked her, “What do you want me to say?”

“Say you don’t love me any more or that you fell in love with someone else. Just say it. I want to hear what you have to say.” She lifted her head, and while tears were streaming down her face, she made herself look at him.

Arthur looked at the girl whose tears kept coming. His chest tightened as if something were pressing on his heart, and he found breathing impossible.

Why did I feel compelled to comfort her by wiping her tears? Even though he realized she was the girl on his phone, it was clear he had never met her.

“Say it! Why didn’t you tell me you don’t love me anymore?” Sophia was enraged and shouted at him.

He did not respond or move away; he just gazed at her calmly.

“You don’t dare to say it, do you! Okay, then, I’ll say it: let’s break up! I don’t want to talk to you or think about you ever again; I’m getting rid of anything you left behind at my place and any promises you made to me are now null and invalid,” Sophia exclaimed loudly to him as if she was cool about it, but tears could not fool people.

At this moment, a large dog rushed out from the side and barked madly at Sophia. Her face turned pale with fear, and even as she panicked, she picked the safest spot for protection—Arthur’s arms.

She gripped him like an octopus by wrapping her arms around his neck and bending down on her legs.

“Gritt, get out of here.” Arthur was holding a panicked girl as his dog continued to bark anxiously.

“Arthur, I’m scared. Ask your dog to go away.” Sophia clutched his neck hard, almost suffocating him.

“It will not bite you. Come on down!” Unexpectedly, he didn’t try to push her away.

“No way, it’ll bite me.” She was sure that the big dog considered her an enemy.

He inhaled deeply and said, “I can’t breathe!”

“Then, tell your dog to leave!” Sophia was annoyed.

“Gritt, go away.” The most Arthur could do was shout at his pet, and when Gritt caught on to the fact that its master was becoming irate, it moaned pitifully, turned, and walked away.

As soon as Gritt left, Sophia refused to let go of Arthur until he finally pulled her hand away; she was thrown off balance and fell to the ground.

“Ouch!” she shouted in pain.

Arthur gazed at her while extending his hand to help her up.

“I don’t need your help! You can leave now!” She decided to ignore him.

“You’re lost. Let me send you back.” Arthur’s surprising kindness sprang from his inability to bear the idea of leaving her alone.

Sophia stared at the man in front of her and had the impression that he didn’t recognize her. He looked at her as if she were a total stranger; the affection he had felt for her had faded away. This feeling was far more excruciating than really putting an end to her.

“Are you sure you don’t remember me?” she stood up and asked him.

Arthur looked over Sophia’s face, which was covered with tear stains. Under the moonlight, she resembled a weeping lily, charming and heartbreaking.

Arthur’s breathing was somewhat irregular as he struggled to recollect the past. Where else have I seen this face except in the photos on my phone? Is there something I can’t recall?

“Never mind. Suppose this is how you break up, fine. I’ll accept it. But I still want to hear from you. Have you never loved me before? Just answer yes or no.” Sophia gave up, for there wouldn’t be anything that would make her more hopeless than she was when he announced his marriage.

to her; she intended to let time heal the wound. She had no regrets about loving or devoting herself to him, even if it meant living the

hand and pushed him, asking, “Arthur Weiss, are you a

retreated as if he were being rocked by

that question.” Arthur shook his head and then

of her mind, wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and pleaded with

delicate arms around his waist and felt strange. Why am I not against her

him, he would have a sensation of reluctance. But at that moment, he realized that he did not

on my phone, and why did she say she’s my

suddenly, as though he was

she felt a shudder run through her entire body. She let go of her hand and took a step back before turning her head to look at him and waiting for

shirt as though he detested her for

the answer?” She fought the

“Yes.”

what?” she asked,

say yes

inside her pocket and handed him the paper.

had been folded; then, he reached for

you said it did and ended when you said it did. It’s all over now.” Sophia stepped back as

yell, staggered backward, and looked like

her back. As a result of being subjected to this force, the impact sent her into the man’s warm embraces. Despite the iciness of his voice, his demeanor was as

girl that was being held in her arms, thinking how careless she was. “Pay attention to where you’re going,” he

to save me. I did not

This girl seemed to be

picked a path to head off in. He then had to correct her, saying, “That’s not the direction to go back to the guest room as you took the wrong way.” When she returned, she headed in a different way, and he watched her vanish into the bush. Arthur was on the verge of leaving, but an unexplainable

Sophia was engulfed in sadness all of a sudden, making her unable to walk. While covering her face, she squatted

her. Arthur looked at

like this? Why does

as she was crying until his phone started ringing and frightened the crying Sophia. She quickly stood up and turned around, only to see

didn’t care about me anymore.

pick it up. In fact, he hung up the phone and

it’s none of your business!” Sophia

crying disturbed me,” he said

her body sway a little and nearly passed out from anger. Is

soon as she said that, she turned around and

moment, Arthur remembered that that was the way to the pond, and there was no path there. Just as he wanted to

her name, so he could only run in

could stop her, she jumped into the pond as

her body sank into the pond. The coldness of the water

deep breath. He looked at the girl, who had brought him so

me your hand.” He reached out his hand,

took a step backward. “I don’t need

steps beside it, trying to get herself out of the pond. Luckily, the pond was stone-paved,

foot stepped on the stone steps, she slipped and fell back into the pond since she didn’t know that the stone

Arthur jumped into the pond as well. He reached out his long arm and pulled the drowning girl up. Sophia was so terrified that

After that, he carried her in his arms and walked in

knew was back. She was happy even when he scolded her, for it

pointed in a direction. “This is the way to the guest room.

me back?” she

and take a

if I get lost again?”

You’re a grown woman. Figure

three-year-old. Are you sending me back or not?” she asked with her brows

a sudden, a smile tugged on his lips as though Sophia had made him laugh. This was the only

he pointed in a direction and told her, “Go there. There’ll

me back to my

“If you’re lost again, just

you’re married, you’re still the man whom I love the most,” Sophia said seriously before turning around and

with his deep eyes and suddenly remembered something. Following that, he reached his hand into his shirt

his

loving words to a woman? But

he didn’t want to create any problems since his wedding was in three days. It didn’t matter whether

nothing to

the human relations department that someone with the name ‘Sophia Goodwin’ was on the guest list, indirectly

the thought of all the anger that she felt from Sophia, she thought that she could use this chance to return all that to

already Arthur’s fiancée anyway, and it would be her big day

the next morning. Her eyes were all red from crying after feeling that the

he been through when he returned to his family? Why can’t he remember

asleep till midnight when she felt the man beside her come back. She suppressed her drowsiness and asked, “Did you

it tomorrow. You should sleep.” He kissed her on her

his test report with Richard tonight. There wasn’t anything wrong other

next day, there were many guests at the manor, making it busy and lively. Just as Sophia finished her breakfast, a maid came to her. “Miss Goodwin, someone is looking for

“Who is it?”

“Please follow me.”

she followed the maid and entered a car. After five minutes

at

you’re coming to our wedding, so I thought that I should meet you

took a deep breath

you pay for it, Sophia. I’m warning you. Leave my man alone. If you think that he still loves you, I advise you to give up on that thought.

through, coming to the conclusion that it was what it was. She didn’t intend to mess anything up, so she gave the lady her promise, explaining, “I’m here for the

about Sophia in front of Arthur previously, but he didn’t have any reaction. With that, she vaguely knew what her father had done, but

to believe you,

know how

worry! All the horses here are very gentle and well-trained,” said Emily, with a devilish

“I’m not riding.”

let you ride Artie’s

moment, but she shook her head in the end. “I

clapped her hands, and her bodyguard appeared out of nowhere. Then, he carried Sophia up. “Get her up on that horse.” Emily pointed

shouted, “Let me go!

could save her here since the racecourse was closed today, as though someone had purposely gotten rid of everyone here. This gave Emily the

next second, someone slapped the back of the horse,

early in the morning. He didn’t sleep well last night either, since his head was full of the girl she met in the garden and that letter that she

to a field two miles away. This area was under his family’s business and was also a good

few seconds because he had closed the racecourse

closer and closer to him, and he

was lying on the horse’s back and hugging tightly on its neck, frightening it and galloping away as though it

saw that it was

familiar with all the horses here, so he blew a whistle, and that frightened horse stopped instantly. It then neighed before turning around and

feet away from him, it raised its front legs and finally

were broken. Luckily, she fell

voice came to her ears. “It’s you

pale face and looked at the man in front of her following his long legs. Although she was in pain, she still couldn’t hide

squatted down and realized she wasn’t standing up. “Are

couldn’t get herself up. So, she lay down on the field and decided

horse riding?” he asked with

she felt bitter. Who else could it be? It’s the woman

myself,” she

hands to her.

and turned around, looking at the sky. At this

the man’s face upside down. She took a deep breath, breathing in all the scents of the grass and flowers around her. She could even vaguely smell the unique cedar aroma

Miss Jennings?” Sophia asked her

her or not. Her father could bring him the research results that

actually quite pretty. You two are a match,” she

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