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.

truth, however painful it might be, is sole of concern to her; she intended to let time heal the

Yes or no?” She abruptly extended her hand and pushed him, asking, “Arthur Weiss,

if he were being

like answering that question.” Arthur shook his head and then turned around and wanted to

out of her mind, wrapped her

at the delicate arms around his waist and felt

touched him, he would have a sensation of reluctance. But at that moment, he realized that he did not reject this girl physically or mentally; the realization

Why is she on my phone, and why did she say she’s my girlfriend?

can answer your previous question,” Arthur said suddenly, as though he was annoyed by her

through her entire body. She let go of her hand

straightened his shirt as though

the answer?” She fought the impulse to

“Yes.”

what?” she asked,

thought you wanted me to say yes or no.” Arthur found her incredibly

you?” As soon as Sophia had finished her sentence, she reached inside her pocket and handed him the paper. “This is what you wrote to me, and I’ll give it back to

he looked at the letter that had been folded; then, he reached for it and held

when you said it

and looked like she was about to

her wrist and pulled 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

that was being held in her arms, thinking how

me. I did not ask you to save me.” Sophia shoved

never felt his mind this messy before. This girl seemed to be able to mess up my

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

a few meters, Sophia was engulfed in sadness all of a sudden, making her unable to walk. While

that a few meters behind her, there was a person watching her. Arthur looked at

crying like this? Why does she think that I abandoned

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

didn’t care about me anymore. Why is

hung up the phone and told her, “Stop crying and go

none of your business!” Sophia quipped out of

me,” he

body sway a little and nearly passed out from anger. Is this man really the Arthur

need to cry further away, right?” As soon as she said that, she turned around and saw an exit, so she ran in that direction

was the way to the pond, and there was no path there. Just as he

realized that he had forgotten her name, so he could only run in the

before he could stop her, she jumped into the pond as expected, since she didn’t know there was

into the pond.

rushed over and took a deep breath. He looked at the girl, who had brought him so much trouble tonight, and felt

hand.” He reached out his hand, wanting

don’t need

to the side and grab the stone steps beside it, trying to get herself out of the pond. Luckily, the pond was stone-paved, and there were only a few fancy fish, so it was really clean without any

fell back into the pond since she didn’t

pond as well. He reached out his long arm and pulled the drowning girl up. Sophia was so terrified that she hugged him at his waist as if he was

carried her in his arms and walked in the opposite direction

as she felt like the Arthur that she knew was back. She was happy even when he scolded her, for

her down. Then, he pointed in a direction. “This is the

me back?”

to go back and take a shower

if I get lost again?” she

a three-year-old kid?” You’re a grown woman. Figure it out

My mind is like a three-year-old. Are you sending me

a smile tugged on his lips as though Sophia had made him laugh. This was the only time someone made him laugh during this period of time. “Let’s go.” He

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

sending me back to my

he didn’t comply. “If you’re lost again, just simply find someone to bring

you’re still the man whom

eyes and suddenly remembered something. Following that, he reached his hand into his shirt pocket, took out the paper that she gave

his handwriting

loving words to a woman? But this is really my

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

has nothing to

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

with Arthur? At the thought of all the anger that she felt from Sophia, she thought that she could use this chance to return all that to her since

here. You asked for it yourself, so don’t blame me,” Emily scoffed. She was already Arthur’s fiancée anyway, and it would be her big day three days later, so she could torture Sophia within

and turned in bed until the next morning. Her eyes were all red from crying after feeling

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

the man beside her come back. She

talk about it tomorrow. You should sleep.” He kissed

had looked into Arthur’s schedule and his test report with Richard tonight. There wasn’t anything wrong other than Arthur

Just as

“Who is it?”

“Please follow me.”

as she thought that it was Arthur looking for her, so she followed the maid and entered a car. After

at the

I heard you’re coming to our wedding, so I thought that I should meet you personally.”

a deep breath and said, “Congratulations

If you think that he still loves you, I advise you to give up on that thought. He

didn’t intend to mess anything up, so she gave the lady her promise, explaining, “I’m here for

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

me to believe you, ride a horse

how to ride a

here are very gentle and well-trained,” said Emily, with a devilish

“I’m not riding.”

I let you

shook her head in the end. “I really don’t

nowhere. Then,

me

here since the racecourse was closed today, as though someone had

horse in fear, and she grabbed onto the bridle on the side instinctively. The next second, someone slapped the back of the horse, and it dashed forward at full speed. She was scared to death;

since early in the morning. He didn’t sleep well last night either, since his head was full of

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

woods. He was stunned for a few seconds because he had closed the racecourse today and prohibited

was getting closer and closer to him, and he could

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

eyesight, he saw that it

whistle, and that frightened horse stopped instantly. It then neighed before turning around and galloping in

him, it raised its front legs and

were broken. Luckily, she fell onto a soft field, but

horse galloped away, a man’s voice came to her

her following his long legs. Although she was in

she wasn’t standing up. “Are you

leg was injured, and it was so painful that she couldn’t get herself up. So, she lay down on the field

for horse riding?” he

bitter. Who else could it be? It’s the woman whom you’re

here myself,”

out his hands to her. “Here,

up.” She continued to lie down and turned around, looking at

she could see 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

really love Miss Jennings?” Sophia asked her while

it didn’t matter whether he loved her or not. Her father could bring him the research results that he wanted, and she was fit to be his wife. “I don’t want to answer

then. She’s actually quite pretty. You two

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