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.

be, is sole of concern to her; she intended to let time heal the wound. She

Yes or no?” She abruptly extended her hand

as if he

don’t feel like answering that question.” Arthur shook his head and

of her mind, wrapped her arms

waist and felt strange. Why

Emily often found opportunities to make 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 physically

why did

your previous question,” Arthur said suddenly, as though

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

then straightened his shirt as though

fought the impulse to cry and

“Yes.”

she asked,

yes or no.” Arthur found her incredibly

you never loved me, did 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

letter that had been folded; then, he reached for

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

yell, staggered backward, and looked like she was about to fall on

impact

being held in her arms, thinking how

save me. I did not

felt his mind this messy before. This

a different way, and he watched her vanish into the bush. Arthur was on the verge of leaving, but an unexplainable feeling flooded his heart, which caused him to become a bit concerned about

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

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

Why does she think that I abandoned

for as long as 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 there. Seeing him there stunned her for a few

about me anymore. Why is

he didn’t pick it up. In fact, he hung up the phone

none of your business!”

crying disturbed me,”

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

cry further away, right?” As soon as she said that, she turned around

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

that he had forgotten her name, so he could only

she jumped into the pond as expected, since she didn’t know there was a pond behind the

fearfully as her body sank into the pond.

then, Arthur rushed over and took a deep breath. He looked at the girl, who had brought

out his

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, and

pond since she didn’t know

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

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

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

her down. Then, he pointed in a direction. “This is the way to the guest room. Don’t use the

me

and take a shower as he

if I get

you a three-year-old kid?” You’re a grown

you sending me back or not?” she asked with her

smile tugged on his lips as though Sophia had made him laugh. This was the only time someone made him laugh during this period

walked forward. But not long later, he pointed in a direction and told her, “Go

you not sending me

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

married, you’re

the man froze for a few seconds. He looked in her direction with his deep eyes and suddenly remembered something. Following that,

his handwriting on

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

want to create any problems since his wedding

nothing to do with the

Jennings Residence, Emily had just received a message from the human relations department that someone with the name ‘Sophia Goodwin’ was

the anger that she felt from Sophia, she thought that she could use

that you’re 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

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

he been through when he returned to his family? Why

same night, Anastasia was asleep till midnight when she felt the man beside her come back.

You should sleep.” He kissed her

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

at the manor, making it busy and lively. Just as Sophia finished her breakfast, a maid came to her. “Miss

“Who is it?”

“Please follow me.”

didn’t 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

looked at the

our wedding, so

Sophia took a deep breath and said, “Congratulations

for it, Sophia. I’m warning you. Leave my man alone. If you think that he still loves you, I advise you

conclusion that it was what it was. She didn’t intend to mess anything up, so

didn’t believe her, but it didn’t matter anymore since Arthur had already forgotten about her. She had purposely talked about Sophia in front

you, ride

how to

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

“I’m not riding.”

I let you ride Artie’s

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

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

me go!

was closed today, as though someone had purposely gotten rid of everyone here.

the horse in fear, and she grabbed onto the bridle on the side instinctively. The next second, someone slapped the back of the horse,

horse was galloping, Sophia was screaming all the way. However, no one—including Arthur—knew that someone had been riding a 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

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

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

getting closer and closer to him,

back and hugging tightly on its neck, frightening it and galloping away as

his excellent eyesight, he saw that it was the girl he

he blew a whistle, and that frightened

him, it raised its front

felt as though all the bones in her body were broken. Luckily, she fell onto a soft field, but

horse galloped away, a man’s voice came

following his long legs. Although she was

realized she wasn’t standing up.

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

for horse riding?” he asked with a

else could it be? It’s the woman whom you’re marrying soon! Your wife in

came here myself,”

reached out his hands to

She continued to lie down and turned around, looking at the sky. At this

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

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

actually quite

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