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.

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! Yes or no?” She abruptly extended her hand and pushed him, asking,

tall, slender frame retreated as if he were being rocked

his

seemingly out of her mind, wrapped her arms tightly around his waist

looked at the delicate arms around his waist and felt strange. Why

out with him, but whenever she touched him, he would have a sensation of reluctance. But at that moment, he realized that he did not reject this girl

and why did she say

Arthur said suddenly, as though he was annoyed by

entire body. She let go of her hand and took a step back before turning her head

though he detested her for

is the answer?” She fought the impulse to cry and instead asked

“Yes.”

she asked,

to say yes or no.” Arthur found her incredibly

soon as Sophia had finished her sentence, she reached inside her pocket and handed him the paper. “This is what you

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

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.”

backward, and looked like she was about to fall on

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

that was being held in her arms, thinking

you to save me. I did not ask

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

Arthur watched as Sophia turned around and 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,

of a sudden, making her unable to walk. While covering her face, she squatted down on the pathway

her, there was a person watching her. Arthur looked at the girl whose shoulders were trembling from her cries. He knew he was the reason she

Why does she think

and frightened the crying Sophia. She quickly stood up and turned around, only to see that

didn’t care about me anymore. Why

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

if I cry, it’s none of your business!” Sophia quipped out

me,” he said

anger. Is this man really the Arthur that I know? He’s

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

the way to the pond, and there was no path there. Just as he wanted to stop her, she had already run

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

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

fearfully as her body sank into the pond.

looked at the girl, who had brought him

hand.” He reached out his hand, wanting to pull

backward. “I don’t need you to

herself out of the pond. Luckily, the pond was stone-paved, and there were only a few

she didn’t know that the

reached out his long arm and pulled the drowning girl up. Sophia

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

knew was back. She was happy even when he scolded her, for it was much better than the cold words he said

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

you send me back?”

busy.” He needed to go back and take a shower as

get lost again?”

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

is like a three-year-old. Are you sending me back or

the only time someone made him

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

you not sending me

for too much, so he didn’t comply. “If you’re lost again, just simply find someone to

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 seriously before

in her direction with his deep eyes and suddenly remembered something. Following that, he reached his hand

was his handwriting on

brows knitted together. When did I write such loving words to a woman? But this is really my

problems since his wedding

has nothing to do with

had just received a message from the human relations department that someone with the name ‘Sophia Goodwin’ was on the guest list, indirectly

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

me,” Emily scoffed. She was already Arthur’s fiancée

Her eyes were all red from crying after feeling that the Arthur that she met today was familiar yet

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

till midnight when she felt the man beside her come back.

sleep.” He kissed her on

report with Richard tonight. There wasn’t anything wrong other than Arthur had gone to Johnny’s laboratory. This was the part that they hadn’t gotten

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,

“Who is it?”

“Please follow me.”

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

at

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

Sophia took a deep breath

to stir up my wedding, I’ll let 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.

to the conclusion that it was what it was. She didn’t intend to mess

since Arthur had already forgotten 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

you, ride a horse with me

know how to

are very gentle and well-trained,” said Emily,

“I’m not riding.”

if I let you ride Artie’s

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

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

me go! Let me

closed today, as though someone had purposely

of the horse, and it dashed forward at full speed.

horse on the racecourse since 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

was under his family’s business and was also a good place for

around 10 minutes, he heard a girl’s scream from the woods. He was stunned for a few seconds because he had closed the

to him, and he could

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

that it

he blew a whistle, and that frightened

from him, it raised its front legs and finally threw

as though all the bones in her body were broken.

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

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 her happiness. “Arthur!”

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

so painful that she couldn’t get herself up. So, she

brought you here for horse riding?” he

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

came here myself,” she simply

reached out his hands to her. “Here, take my

to get up.” She continued to lie down and turned around, looking at the sky. At

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 on

really love Miss Jennings?” Sophia asked

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

She’s actually quite pretty.

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