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.

preparing to confront Arthur, she had come to terms with the fact that this truth, however painful it might be, is sole of concern 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

hand and pushed

tall, slender frame retreated as if he were being

question.” Arthur shook his head and then

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

his waist and felt strange. Why am I not

a sensation of reluctance. But at that moment, he realized that he

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

answer your previous question,” Arthur said suddenly, as though he was

of her hand and took

shirt as though

fought the impulse to cry and instead

“Yes.”

what?” she asked,

wanted me to say yes or

reached inside her pocket and handed him the paper. “This is what you wrote to me, and I’ll give it back

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

not to bother you further; after all, our relationship began when you said it did and ended when you said it did. It’s all over now.” Sophia stepped back as she finished talking

backward, and looked like she was

grabbed 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

down at the girl that was being held in her

need you to save me. I did not ask you to save

this messy before. This girl seemed to be

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

walk. While covering her face, she squatted down on the pathway beside the bushes and started

Arthur looked at the girl whose shoulders were trembling from her cries. He knew he was the

this? Why does she think that I

quickly stood up and turned around, only to see that the man

about me anymore.

his phone, but he didn’t pick it up. In fact, he hung up the phone and told

none of your business!” Sophia quipped out of

disturbed me,” he

nearly passed out from anger. Is this man really the Arthur that I know?

as she said that, she turned around

and there was

forgotten her name, so he could only run in the

could stop her, she jumped into the pond as expected, since she

body sank into the pond. The coldness of the

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

me your hand.” He reached out his hand, wanting to

Sophia took a step backward. “I don’t need you to care

tried hard to walk to the side and grab the stone steps beside it, trying to get herself out of the pond. Luckily, the pond was stone-paved,

slipped and fell back into the pond since she didn’t know that the stone

as well. He reached out his long arm and pulled the drowning girl up. Sophia was so terrified that she hugged

doing this to yourself?” he bellowed. After that, he carried her in his arms and walked in

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

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

me back?” she

go back and take a shower as he was soaking

I get

you a three-year-old kid?” You’re a

three-year-old. Are you sending me back or

him laugh. This was the only time someone made him laugh during this period of time.

forward. But not long later, he pointed in a direction and told

you not sending me back to

that Sophia was asking for too much, so he didn’t comply. “If

even if you don’t remember me, Arthur. I’ll always remember you. Even when you’re married, you’re still the man whom I love the most,” Sophia said

remembered something. Following that, he reached his hand

his handwriting

on the paper, his brows knitted together. When did I write such loving words to a woman? But this is really my handwriting. When did

since his wedding was in three days. It didn’t matter whether he

nothing to do

a message from the human relations department that someone with the name ‘Sophia Goodwin’ was

she want to restore her relationship 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

don’t blame me,” Emily scoffed. She was already Arthur’s fiancée anyway, and it would be her

until the next morning. Her eyes were all

family? Why can’t

Anastasia was asleep till midnight when she felt the man beside her come

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

his test report with Richard tonight. There wasn’t anything wrong other than Arthur had gone to Johnny’s

lively. Just as Sophia finished her breakfast, a maid came

“Who is it?”

“Please follow me.”

feel suspicious as she thought that it was Arthur looking for her, so she followed the maid and entered a car. After five minutes of driving, they reached a racecourse, and she finally saw the person who was

looked at

no see! I heard you’re coming to our wedding, so I thought that I should meet you

that, Sophia took a deep breath

I’m warning you. Leave my man alone. If you think that he still loves you, I advise you to give

didn’t intend to mess anything up, so

anymore since Arthur had already forgotten about her. She had purposely talked about Sophia in front of Arthur previously, but he

believe you, ride a horse

how

the horses here are very gentle and well-trained,” said Emily, with a devilish look flashing on

“I’m not riding.”

if I let you ride Artie’s

head in the end. “I really don’t

of nowhere. Then, he carried Sophia up. “Get her

Sophia shouted, “Let me go! Let me

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

on the side instinctively. The next second, someone slapped the back of the horse, and

sleep well last night either, since his head was full of the girl she met in the garden and that letter that she had handed him. He looked at it for the whole night but still had no idea when he

This area was under his family’s business and was also a good place for horse riding and relaxing. He wasn’t the the-more-the-merrier kind, so he

girl’s scream from the woods. He was stunned for a few seconds because he had closed the racecourse today and prohibited anyone from riding

was getting closer and closer to him,

a horse galloping 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 trying to fling the girl down from its

his excellent eyesight, he saw that it

whistle, and that frightened horse

few feet away from him, it raised its

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

voice came to her ears.

the man in front of her following his long legs. Although she was

squatted down and realized she

up. So, she

here for horse riding?” he asked

be? It’s the woman whom

myself,” she simply

hands to her. “Here, take my

continued to lie down and turned around, looking at the sky. At this moment, she felt good all of

deep breath, breathing in all the scents of the grass and flowers around her. She could

really love Miss Jennings?” Sophia asked

her or not. Her father could bring him the research results that he wanted, and she was fit to be his wife. “I

actually quite pretty. You two are a

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