He clearly knew that she was injured, yet he turned and walked away.
Ranita thought that she had a place in Brendon’s heart, but she didn’t consider that there were good and bad positions.
She couldn’t compare to Shannon after all.
“Ranita…” Brendon saw her indifferent expression, and his heart felt a sharp, sour ache. Ranita seemed to have returned to the Ranita from four years ago, always cold and distant, as if nothing could touch her heart.
“Do you need something?” Ranita pursed her lips. “If there’s nothing, I need to rest.”
Brendon held her hand that was about to close the door and asked softly, “Is your foot still hurting?”
“Thanks for your concern, but I’m fine now.” Ranita smiled lightly, looking up at Brendon. “Mr. Terry is very kind and takes good care of me. I’m doing well.”
“You should go back and rest too.”
Ranita gently brushed his hand away and closed the door.
Cutting off their line of sight, her eyes felt sore, and tears couldn’t help but flow out. The footsteps outside gradually faded away, and only then did Ranita realize that tears were rolling down her cheeks.
He didn’t say anything and just left like that.
It felt like a huge balloon was inflated in Ranita’s heart, making her feel uncomfortable. She felt frustrated and couldn’t sort out her emotions or cut ties.
“Ring ring!” Suddenly, her phone rang.
It was a call from Shannon, and she didn’t want to answer, but they still had work-related contacts in the future, so not answering was unrealistic.
“Ranita, you finally answered the call.” Shannon’s voice sounded soft. “I heard from Chole that you’ll be in charge of the upcoming shoots, so I wanted to confirm the timing with you.”
“I’m not feeling well these days, so can we arrange the shoots and interviews for a couple of days later?”
Ranita replied calmly. “I thought Cindy would contact me about these things.”
“Ah… I actually wanted to call you as well, so I mentioned it now.” Shannon paused, pitifully saying, “Ranita, today Brendon went to the hospital to pick me up and had dinner at my place in the evening. He told me that you were injured and went to the hospital. Are you okay?”
So, this was what he meant by canceling the marriage? He canceled the marriage and went to his ex-girlfriend’s house for dinner? He even picked up his ex-girlfriend from the hospital?
Ranita’s heart sank bit by bit into a cold abyss.
“Thanks for your concern. The doctor was very professional, and everything has been taken care of.” Pausing for a moment, Ranita’s voice continued calmly, “You’re really thoughtful to call so late at night. Do you have anything else?”
It wasn’t that Ranita wanted to be polite, but she simply didn’t have the strength to pursue anything anymore.
Brendon and Shannon were crystal clear between them, and that child was also fake. Ranita was happy about that, but why was she still standing on one side while Brendon stood on the other, with a chasm separating them, unable to come together?
“As long as you’re okay, Ranita.” Pausing for a moment, Shannon added, “Ranita, take good rest then.”
Ranita then threw her phone onto the sofa and sat on the chair, lost in thought.
Ranita’s sprained ankle had improved a lot after resting for two days. Walking slowly didn’t hurt much anymore.
That day, Ranita went to the hospital to visit Olivia and contacted Eve while walking. However, the call rang for a while and she received a message from her: “Darling Ranita, I’m still not feeling well. I’ll contact you later.”
Yesterday, Ranita had already contacted Eve, and she said that she had something to take care of and needed some time. Not only Eve, but Dylan was also nowhere to be found.
Ranita called, suppressing a smile on her lips, and asked, “Eve, are you and Dylan…”