Freedom?
Those were two words that Claudia Garcia couldn’t even think about now, much less ever.
No, she had thought about it …… only, the thought was quickly put to the back of her mind because she needed more than freedom, reality was too real and too harsh, she had to choose a path after all.
With that in mind, Claudia Garcia couldn’t help but brush her hand away and smiled guffawingly, “Miss Bush, your thoughts are appreciated.”
“You ……”
“I chose the path and I will walk it myself, whether Edward Ford wants to keep me or kick me out, I’m mentally prepared, it’s only for life, it’s the same either way ……”
“But you haven’t lived for yourself have you!” Elena Bush’s eyes revealed a touch of sharpness.
Claudia Garcia was silent for a moment and then laughed, “You’re not me, how would you know what’s in my heart? And how do you know what kind of life I want to lead?”
“Because you’ve already told me.”
Elena Bush said with such certainty that Claudia Garcia jerked her face around in a flash of dismay, “what……”
“Your face, your words, your demeanor, everything about you tells me that you don’t like it here and you don’t want to be here!”
“Heh!”
Claudia Garcia pushed her away, her eyes landing impartially on her bulging belly, “Miss Bush, count me out, I’m too shady for you to be here, so please ……”
Elena Bush squeezed her palms together, “Why are you being so stubborn?”
“It’s not a matter of stubbornness, it’s a matter of my principles.” She pointed in the direction of the door, “I’m an underground lover in the shadows, so it’s my choice what to do, it’s none of your business.”
Elena Bush exasperated, feeling helpless for the first time at her words.
Claudia Garcia simply sighed, “I know you may be genuinely kind-hearted and that’s why you’re thinking of taking me away, but there’s too much in this world that you can’t just leave.”
As she said this, she had a light smile on her face that was impossible to ignore.
At the end, she could not be persuaded in the end, so she had to grit her teeth and say, “I will come to see you again.”
“No need.” She shook her head, “I’ve always liked peace and quiet, so if you come, you’ll only disturb me.”
“But ……”
“There’s no buts, you and I are strangers, it’s just that you happened to bump into something you shouldn’t have seen, and now that you’re out of here, you can pretend that nothing happened, that you never saw anything.”
Claudia Garcia said with a sharp look at her and said in a deep voice, “Go! There’s no room in my little compound for a Buddha like you either, let alone Edward Ford’s daughter!”
“Miss Garcia ……”
Before Elena Bush could say anything, Claudia Garcia had pushed her out of the house and slammed the door shut.
Elena Bush stomped her feet in exasperation, her bitterness bottled up in her chest.
But she had no choice but to leave, unhappy.
As soon as Elena Bush had left the courtyard, the maid who had stopped her immediately appeared in front of her and reminded her, “Edward Ford is not back yet, and Kent is awake, so I thought you could go and see him.”
“You’re doing me a favour?” She narrowed her eyes, as if looking at the truthfulness of her words.
The maid gritted her teeth, “We’re on the same string now, even if we say or do anything it won’t matter, the only thing I can do is to keep you from anyone finding out you’ve gone to the other house!”
At those words, Elena Bush couldn’t help but follow with an immediate long breath of relief, “Thank you.”
“Don’t you thank me, I was only doing it for myself too.”
Elena Bush couldn’t help but laugh at her squirm, suddenly regretting her earlier threat.
The maid led her up to the first floor and took her straight to Kent’s room, who was just about to get up, and with a start she rushed up to help him.
Kent looked at the person who held out his hand, and when he looked around, a familiar figure reappeared in his vision, causing him to blush with anxiety, “Why are you here again?”
“To see you!” Elena Bush winked at him, smiling brightly.
Kent gasped, “But you’re not supposed to be here, you’ve already gone back, why are you still ……”
“Don’t worry, I came because I saw I knew Edward Ford wasn’t here.” Looking at him like he was about to burst into a rage, Elena Bush hastily reached out and patted him on the shoulder soothingly.
“Then you shouldn’t have come either!”
“Yes, yes, yes. ……”
Elena Bush nodded along with his words, “I shouldn’t have come, but I’m already here, so what can I do?”
Kent was gagged right to death by her words, leaving him to just look at her, unable to say anything!
Elena Bush threw a look towards him and said, “What do you say, can I take you away now that Edward Ford isn’t here?”
“Not a chance.”
“Why?” She was a little uncertain, “He’s not here either, so if I say I’m taking you back to my house, who’s going to stop me?”
Kent looked up at her without answering, because he knew that someone really would stop him.
If not, how could she have waltzed in here like that? Wasn’t it because Edward Ford had already made up his own mind?
Edward Ford didn’t stop, it was because he wanted to please Elena Bush, but if he was going to take him away …… that was not going to happen.
Elena Bush cocked her head and stared at him for half a second without getting an answer, and then became even more puzzled, “Why on earth, tell me? Why can’t I take you away?”
Kent was called back to his senses, “I don’t want to go.”
“Why ……”
Elena Bush was about to ask, but the words came to her lips in a flash, “Are you afraid you’ll get me involved?”
“No.”
“Why not?” She didn’t believe him at all, and was about to get up and pull him to his feet without a word.
But Kent was a man, and she was still pregnant, so how could she pull him up so easily? For half a second Kent didn’t move.
Elena Bush let go of her hand and sighed, “Kent, what do you want? Is it so hard to get you to come with me?”
“Elena, just do as you’re told and go back first.” He lifted his hand and patted the top of her head with a touch of reassurance.
Elena Bush still shook her head, and then remembered something in general and followed up with, “You and Edward Ford have been together for so many years too, even if you hate each other, but could it be that you know some …… secrets that he won’t tell? “