He didn’t remember how he left the Ward’s House. It turns out that heartache to the extreme is numbness.
He gave all of his love to Evelyn and all of his hate to Leslie.
So in the end, his heart was empty.
Christopher sent this old-fashioned phone to the store. Perhaps when he saw their memories in her phone, his heart can be found again.
On the international airport in City A, Leslie had already packed her all things and planned to leave this country.
Looking at the land beneath her feet, she still had a few moments of reluctance. After all, this is the place where she has lived for more than twenty years.
Phoenix hugged her and said, “Leslie, you’ve already seen his last glance. You should understand that he only has that dead woman in his heart.”
Leslie smiled at Phoenix. She put her hands on her chest and said “This place has been cleaned up. It won’t hold him anymore. I just don’t want to let the things in hometown. I don’t know if I have a chance to come back after this departure.”
Phoenix took her hand and said affectionately, “Leslie, don’t worry. When we get there, I will treat you as the apple of my eye. You know, I love you so much in past three years.”
At first, he was sympathetic to her. She was a gentle woman, how could anyone abuse her like that?
And then she saw her father’s death. She was toughness when she held back her grief.
He began to favor this woman.
For three years, he healed her wounds and took her to visit many places. Finally he found he loved her deeply.
Leslie pulled her hand out of Phoenix’s hands. She kept her head down and said, “Phoenix, you don’t have to be so kind to me.”
Phoenix wanted to say something. Strong belief surged under his eyes. “Leslie, I know that the man left you a deep wound in your heart. But don’t worry. I will always be by your side. I will try my best to take good care of you until you accept me.”
Leslie was moved by him, but her heart still had another person.
For the past twenty years, she never stopped loving that man.
Her eyes were bright when she saw him.
But her heart is empty now, but she can’t love anyone.
A voice from the airport lobby was to rush them. The radio read the flight No. they were boarding.
“It’s time for us to get on the plane.”
Phoenix retook Leslie’s hand and walked towards the boarding gate.
Leslie walked behind him in silence. Her mind kept recalling all the past.
At that moment a young man passed by her side and broke into her armpit, the bag in the man’s hand hit the ground. All the books in the bag scattered on the ground.
“I’m sorry, Sir.”
Leslie apologized and picked up the things for the man. The book was spread out, only to see a financial case written on book.
Three years ago, the Loomis consortium acquired the Ward’s company. It was a typical case in financial business.
When Leslie saw this on the book, she will soon be crying.
Phoenix looked back and saw her like this. A flash of doubt appeared in his eyes. When he saw the words on the book, he knew everything.
Leslie squatted on the ground and kept crying. The memory of her father’s kindness to her all came to her mind. Her mother died very early and her father was gentle to her.
She remembered what her father said when she was a little girl, “Our Leslie is a little poor thing, growing up without a mother. I, as a father, must be gentle with you. So our baby can experience the happy life with a mother.”
Later her father was afraid that she would be lonely at home. So he adopted a child from an orphanage and refused another wife.
Her father was lonely, having lost his wife as a young man. He had always lived celibate and alone.
Leslie put her hands on her face and kept sobbing.
She hated herself so much.
She hated why she fell in love with Christopher. If she didn’t love him, their family would not have been hit so hard.
Everything was that man’s fault.
Why should the entire Ward family and her children be buried with her in a car accident. And this accident had nothing to do with her. Just because the person who died was not her, but the woman he loved?
“Leslie, it’s time to go. Hurry up.”
Phoenix looked at the watch on his hand with a little anxious.
Leslie stood up suddenly. She dried her tears and said with determination, “Phoenix, I won’t go to America. I want to stay here. I want to make Christopher pay the price. Why the monster gets better and better? Since heaven won’t punish him, I will punish him by myself.”
Phoenix clapped and said, “That’s right! Leslie is a strong woman. Just do it.”
Phoenix quickly canceled his flight to the United States.
Leslie was very sorry, while Phoenix’s father was very happy.
The Steffen family originally wanted him to stay in city A to inherit his family property. But Phoenix had always been used to free and easy hobbies. This time, Phoenix was willing to stay on his own initiative. Everyone in the Steffen family thanks Leslie much.
Leslie is ready to work hard. No matter how much difficulty in the future, she will not compromise. She wants Christopher to taste the feeling of a broken home.