“Coming to you? Do you think I can come to you?” Rafael lowered her head.
“Why couldn’t you? Back then, I was only in my teens and didn’t have the right to speak. It’s fine if you didn’t look for me, but the news of me becoming the president of the Saint Group has spread all over the world. Why are you still not coming to me?”
Of course, Derek would be angry. If she had contacted him in private, perhaps it would not become worse like this.
“Derek, do you think your mother will let me and Ernest go?” Rafael snorted.
“Then do you think I can’t protect you and Ernest?” Derek finally stopped restraining his anger and vented it out.
Rafael was stunned. She had thought about it when she was hiding abroad. However, when she thought that she would be under Lauren’s control after she returned, she became afraid.
“Why don’t you trust me? We have been siblings for so many years, but you still don’t trust me?”
Derek looked up at Rafael. “Rafael, although Lauren is my mom, I am not like her. She is not related to you by blood. She might not think too much when she does things, but I am different. We share the same origin. Although we are not from the same mother, I have always treated you as my sister!”
Rafael lowered her head. “It’s no use crying over spilled milk…”
“Are you suspecting that I was involved in murdering Ernest?” Derek asked.
Rafael did not speak.
Derek had not received an answer for a long time, so he naturally understood what Rafael meant.
“I still remember the time when you and the brother-in-law just had a car accident. I went to your graves every day to have a look and talk with you.”
“Since I was born, I never felt that I would be so lonely as if I were the only one left in the world.”
“I swore before your grave that I would nurture Ernest well…”
“When Ernest was seventeen, he said that he wanted to learn how to perform. I asked him why, but he said that he just liked it. I persuaded him to work in the company to get trained. He said that he did not want to…”
“I told him a lot. I said that performing was basically a profession for the young and it couldn’t be a long-term career…”
What surprised Rafael was that what Derek wanted to say was exactly the same as what she wanted to say.
“But Ernest still wanted to learn performing. I agreed because I didn’t want him to be like me whose life is set up step by step like a fixed program set by the computer!”
“The entertainment circle is too complicated. In order not to let Ernest be controlled by others, I opened a studio for him.”
“In the past few years, Ernest has worked hard and won the Best Actor Award. I have suffered for him. Sometimes I envied him because he could do what he liked.”
“I admit that my nurture of Ernest was not successful, because I protected him so well that he would forget the evil of society.”
“But!”
“Rafael, I never wanted to do something harmful to him, let alone kill him!” Derek looked up at Rafael.
“Since you are so suspicious of me, I have nothing to retort. Take care,” Derek said as he stood up.
He strode towards the door.
“Derek…” Rafael called softly.
Derek stopped and turned his face around.
Rafael had originally felt that she had wronged Derek, but when she turned around, she saw the newspaper that she had read this morning on the table.
It published the news that Derek and Zoe were about to get engaged.
“Derek, are you and Zoe getting engaged to prepare for a comeback?”
When he heard this, the hope that had been ignited once again disappeared.
The rim of Derek’s lips curled up, and he left without saying anything.
Rafael looked at his back as he left and sighed deeply.
She was the one who brought him up. Although he was much younger, she liked her younger brother very much.
She still remembered that when she was pregnant, she was very uncomfortable and directly rested at home. It was Derek who had been guarding her all the time. Even though he knew that there were servants at home, he still stayed with her closely.
He was still young at that time. He blinked his eyes and asked her why women needed to deliver children for men?
At that time, Rafael found this question very funny, laughing at him. “When you grow up and marry a woman, you will know the answer.
Derek also said, “Rafael, you’ve lived a hard life during the pregnancy. If brother-in-law bullies you, I will definitely beat him. And if in the future, my little nephew bullies you, I will beat him, too!
After so many years, she still remembered that.
Unfortunately, they had all grown up. Things were different, and too many things had happened.
The Crystal Palace
Derek still had not returned.
The butler eagerly reported the news to Lauren, “Mrs. Maynard, Mr. Derek has not returned yet. Should we assign some people to look for him?”
At that time, Lauren was already ready to go to sleep. She did not notice that Derek had not come back at all.
“Still not back yet?” Lauren frowned.
“Yes, Mr. Derek drove out alone. He didn’t bring anyone with him. I’ll take some people to look for him.”
“Then go ahead.”
“Yes.” The housekeeper immediately brought some people to look for Derek.
On the other side, Serina was still immersed in the news of Derek and Zoe’s engagement.
She thought about it for a whole day and did not understand.
If it was something that Derek had no choice but to do, then even if Derek did not discuss it with her, he would still tell her in advance.
Lying on the bed, Serina was still holding the B ultrasound check report in her hand.
Her eyes were a little red and swollen.
Suddenly, her phone rang. Serina was shocked. She immediately picked up her phone and found Derek send her a WeChat message.
She immediately opened it.
“I’ll come to you.”
These words made Serina’s heart beat faster all of a sudden.
What did he intend to do? About divorce?
He only said these short words, which made Serina really confused.
Serina intended to reply, but after writing a few words, she deleted them. Anyway, he was going to come to her. Just wait for him.
Derek drove to Polaris City.
He got out of the car.
It happened to be the time for people to come out for a walk in the evening, and two middle-aged men had just come back after getting groceries.
“Have you heard it? Great changes seemed to have taken place in the Saint Group.”
“Wasn’t it just that Derek was kicked down? His father is really weird. He handed over the company to his grandson rather than his son.”
“It’s not just that. It’s said that this Derek is not her biological son! Don’t you know that Dalton’s concubine is very young?”
“So that’s the case. No wonder he didn’t hand over the company to his son! So that’s the reason!”
“That’s right. This is the headline I just saw on the news! Hurry up and take a look. It’s clear about the time and so on!”
“Then I’ll go to take a look!”
When Derek heard these words, he was stunned.