Before she could touch the gla*s, Jessica grabbed her wrist. “Taya, you’ve seen his attitude towards you. Why don’t you give up?” she asked. Holding an umbrella, Jessica looked down at Taya who was drenched. “How pitiful. You should have listened to my advice earlier, so that this wouldn’t have happened to you.” Taya broke away from Jessica’s hand. After shooting her a cold look, she still refused to give up and knocked on the window. With sharp eyes and quick hands, Jessica stopped her with the umbrella in her hand, looking at her with greater contempt. “You begged the security guard to let you in just now.
Even though Griffon could see you, he didn’t do anything. What does that mean?” she prompted. She continued, “Clearly, he doesn’t want to help you in front of his new lover. Think about it. He’s already being so heartless. Why are you still begging him and refusing to give up?” Taya clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails dug into her palms, pricking her skin and causing them to bleed. The pain made her feel a bit better. She was not in the mood, nor did she have the energy to argue with Jessica.
Despite that, Jessica kept nagging her. “Hurry up and wake up, Taya.” she taunted. “Griffon is only with you because he thinks you are pretty and have a good figure, and you can entertain him in bed.” She continued, “As soon as he finds a new target, he’ll become cold to you. Don’t think that he still loves you just because he hasn’t broken up with you.” “Men always give the cold shoulder to force women to break up with them. I’m sure you’re well aware of that, right?” “So, you should stop putting on such a bitter act here. No one cares, and Griffon won’t sympathize with you, so why bother…” Taya, who had been pushed to her limits, raised her hand when she heard those harsh words. She gave Jessica a violent slap to the face. “Shut up!” Her slap was full of power. She used all her strength to smack Jessica’s cheek quickly, and within a few seconds, it began swelling up. Jessica froze in place, as if she didn’t expect the delicate and weak Taya to use violence. It made her tremble all over with anger. She raised her hand and wanted to slap her back, but Taya grabbed her wrist. Before Jessica could fight back, she was pushed to the ground. With an icy look on her face, Taya raised her foot and stepped on Jessica, who was about to get up. She crushed her aggressively, as if she was venting all the rage in her heart. If Jessica’s bodyguard hadn’t rushed over to push Taya away in time, Jessica might have been trampled to death by her… Jessica, who was powerful in Washington, would never let Taya go after getting bullied by someone insignificant like her. “Hold her down for me!” After Jessica ordered the bodyguard to hold Taya down, she raised her hand and prepared to give her a hard smack to the face.
At this moment, a group of people in black suits came out of the restaurant. Jessica instantly caught sight of Griffon. She was so frightened that she immediately withdrew her hand. After quickly waving her hand to make the bodyguard retreat, she turned around and ran away, giving up on her revenge. Seeing Jessica leaving in a panic, Taya turned her head and looked at the man who appeared at the door of the restaurant. “Griffon…” Just as she was about to call out to him, she saw him open up a big black umbrella for Emelyn, who was following him. He didn’t look at her from the beginning to the end. Taya wasn’t sure if he didn’t see her, or if he was completely ignoring her existence. She simply stared blankly at the man who had said that he would make it up to her for the rest of his life as he held an umbrella for another woman. Taya was dazed for a moment. She comforted herself, thinking that it was raining heavily, and that it was natural for a gentleman like Griffon to open up an umbrella for his companion.
She gathered all the courage she had, stepping through the puddles while drenched in heavy rain, and quickly caught up to the group of people. “Griffon!” She ran and called his name, but he didn’t respond. Maybe it was because the rain was too heavy that he couldn’t hear her. Taya could only speed up. However, they were walking very fast, as if they were going to do something important. Taya couldn’t keep up at all. When Taya was finally out of breath, the group of people suddenly stopped in front of a luxurious hotel. She thought Griffon was just dropping Emelyn off at the hotel, but she saw him entering the hotel side by side with her. Taya’s heart sank. She chased after them frantically, but her feet slipped in her panic, and she fell to the ground. On the ground, she watched the two disappear into the hotel. For the last time, she parted her red lips and gently called out his name.
Her voice was soft, as if she had exhausted all her strength and courage just to shout his name. The rain was pouring down heavily, smashing against her petite and dirty body that was covered in mud and debris. She lay in the dirty puddle, lifeless, looking up at the night sky. When she saw the raindrops that were larger than beans falling from the sky along the street lights, she smiled wryly. Even God was mocking her foolishness… What gave her the courage to start over with Griffon while disregarding everything despite being hurt once before, just for those three unshakeable words? Couldn’t even a near-death experience wake her up? How much did Taya love Griffon, to the point of not being able to hurt him once, and to the extent that she was willing to retrace their old path without hesitation? Thinking of the painful past that had torn her apart, Taya suddenly laughed. The bitter smile on her pale face was even uglier than death. She propped herself up with her hands that had open wounds, and stood up from the ground. Perhaps she was unwilling to give up, or perhaps she had decided to admit defeat. She wobbled towards the hotel. However, before she could step inside, she was stopped by several security guards. “Miss, this is where the Aronland royal family stays. Outsiders are not allowed to loiter here. Please leave as soon as possible.” The Aronland royal family… such a background was something she could never reach in her lifetime.
But she still deluded herself that such an exalted man would mate her… As if she had figured it out, Taya smiled brightly, nodded at the guards, and said, “Okay, I’ll leave…” She turned around and went down the steps one by one. Her petite figure looked extremely thin and lonely in the rain and wind. She wanted to wait for closure, so she didn’t really leave. Instead, she chose to sit on a bench far away. She waited quietly, in this unfamiliar country, alone in the rain. Looking at the hotel’s entrance, she was waiting for the man who said he loved her to the moon and back. In her heart, she repeatedly told herself that she would choose to believe whatever he said if he came out right then. But… Taya waited for a whole night. She waited until the rain subsided and the sky cleared up. As the empty streets started to fill with numerous foreigners looking at her, the man who promised to take her to see the aurora did not show up. She lifted her numb legs and put them on the bench, hugging her knees and burying her head in her arms. Curling up like this, she found a sense of security but it made her feel like an abandoned pup all of a sudden. Thus, she cried uncontrollably, not caring about how others would think of her. She had never been so devastated, not even when he slapped her. This was the second time she felt that way because of the same man, a pain that no one could understand. However, she did not blame anyone but herself. She knew that Griffon was stubborn and would become indifferent to her after getting what he wanted yet she still accepted him again and again at his insistence.
She had never made the right decision, so it was her fault for being hurt twice by the same man. She deserved to experience the pain of going from full of anticipation to disappointment and then to despair again. She cried bitterly, as if to cry out all the grievances of the past few years. The loss of not being able to even ask him face-to-face, made her feel extremely broken. She had no powerful background, no connections, and no high education. Even what she had in the designing world was her sister’s. How could she, a normal human being, dare to expect Griffon’ unattainable love? Why should she even have the audacity? When Taya was crying her heart out, her phone in her pocket suddenly rang. She fumbled for her phone while crying, which had been soaked in rain but still had a good waterproof performance.
When she saw the name displayed on the screen with her blurred vision, she burst into tears as if she had seen a loved one. She didn’t answer Neil’s call, but only looked at the message he sent. “The result is out. The National Space Administration is very satisfied. The first project is successfully completed, and I’m returning home. Are you following?” Taya slowly raised her head and looked toward the hotel’s entrance. A pale smile reappeared on her tear-stained face. Griffon, this time, I really tried my best to be brave. But loving you was just too exhausting, too exhausting…