The spring breeze and rain warmed my heart as a lifetime of a carefree gift. How warm your eyes were! You taught me to look forwards to the future with perseverance, and advised me not to give up even falling down …
As the atmosphere in the arena climaxed, Bella looked at Freya, who was like a quiet rose, blooming in the darkness, emitting her unique fragrance.
She stared at the man who sang for her on the stage, and she was indifferent with a gentle smile on her lips. There wasn’t unique love for a man in her eyes.
Bella sarcastically smiled. Conrad loved Freya but she didn’t love him.
The whole show was passionate. In the end, everyone reluctantly left. Conrad bowed respectfully, and the show announced the end.
Bella did not move. The people around her left the performance hall one after another. After waiting for people to leave, she got up and walked in the direction of the exit. Two hundred meters away from the exit, she saw Freya waiting for Conrad to come out.
She moved over and Freya was surprised to see her, but didn’t want to hide from her.
“Miss Burne-Brown, what a coincidence!”
Freya smiled at her.
“Yeah, what a coincidence! Are you waiting for Conrad?”
She didn’t deny it and nodded, “Yes.”
“What is your relationship?”
“Friendship.”
“Although I don’t know what role he plays by your side, a fool can see that Conrad loves you very much. I’ve often wondered to what extent one has to love a woman to take the blame of betraying his friends for that woman.”
Freya’s face fell, “We’re just very good friends.”
“Oh, it looks like Conrad is just wishful thinking. Did you know he fought for you today?”
“A fight?”
Freya raised her eyebrows, clearly unaware of this.
“Yes,
Again, Donovan’s eyes flashed with surprise.
“Why? Why else but for you? He said that you were forced to leave in the first place, and that your family was broken because of Kevin, can you tell me what happened?”
Freya’s face was suddenly pale and bloodless, her eyes were cold as she said, “Sorry, I don’t want to say it now, even if I did, the object is not you.”
Her rejection was sharp and ruthless, Bella took a deep breath, “If you don’t want to say it, forget it, I sincerely advise you to cherish the person in front of you, not everyone can follow you without regret like Conrad, even Kevin, not necessarily.”
After saying that, she stepped on the slightly wet ground and left in the same step.
“Give him back to me.” He fought with Kevin.”
“Why?”
Freya was strange.
“Why? They fought for you. He said that you had no choice but to leave at the beginning. He also said that because of Kevin, your family was ruined. Could you tell me what happened? ”
Freya’s face suddenly turned pale. She coldly said, “Sorry, I don’t want to say now. Even if I want to say it, I will not tell you.”
She sharply and mercilessly refused. Bella took a deep breath, “If you don’t want to say it, just forget it. I sincerely advise you to cherish the person in front of you. Not everyone can follow you with no regrets like Conrad. Even Kevin may not do that.”
After that, she stepped on the wet ground and walked away.
“Give him back to me.”
Then suddenly, Freya’s icy voice came from behind her, and Bella was startled, thinking that she had misheard, “What did you say?”
“Give Kevin back to me.”
“For what?”
“With our deep affection for many years, we still love each other.”
“Do you think that you’re in love with each other, or did Kevin himself tell you that?”
“I don’t need him to tell me. I can see his heart at a glance.”
“Well, you’re not too presumptuous.” With a mocking sneer, Bella asserted eloquently, “Whether Kevin still likes you or not, I can’t give him back to you. Because I saved him from despair little by little.”
“I left him for a reason.”
“Whatever your reason was, you’re in no position to tell me that now. True love is not about running away when the going gets tough. It’s about facing it together, and when you chose to let go of him three years ago, you lost your chance to be accepted back by him.”
Freya looked up, glistening tears in her eyes, “I will get Kevin again. I will let you know what true self-righteousness is.”
“Then we’ll see. I’ve never been afraid of anything in my life.”
Bella tipped her chin up confidently and turned around to leave angrily.
Not long after she left, Conrad ran out from the performance hall and happily waved at Freya, “Freya, have you been waiting for a long time?”
He took off the beige scarf around his neck that was just given to him by a fan, put it around Freya’s neck, and then grabbed her hand and rubbed it vigorously, “Warm up quickly, warm up quickly.”
As if reciting a spell, Freya suddenly broke into a smile, “Conrad, thank you.”
She thanked him from the bottom of her heart. These three years, if it wasn’t for his company, she really didn’t know how she would have gotten through it, though she selfishly didn’t face up to his feelings for her.
“Why did you cry just now? Who dares to make you cry?”
Freya sniffed and said frankly, “Your cousin’s wife, Bella.”
Conrad suddenly heard Bella’s name and stiffened. He let go of Freya’s hand and said softly, “Must you snatch away the happiness that belongs to her?”
“That happiness would have belonged to me.”
“But you can’t deny that Kevin is now in love with her.”
“Does she know him, or do I know him? When a person is at his most vulnerable, another person intervening can breed romance anyhow.”
“What about me? In all the time I’ve been with you, have you ever developed a bit romance for me?”
Freya was speechless. It wasn’t that she didn’t have an answer, but the answer was clear to them all.
Conrad was at loss. He took her hand and said gloomily, “Let’s go. Just forget what I asked.”
Bella walked alone in the cold street, her frozen hands in coat pockets, shrinking neck, staring at the ground, walking step by step forward. She suddenly bumped into a person. She looked up in a panic, just wanted to say sorry, but found Kevin whom she bumped into.
She frowned, “Why are you here?”
“The concert was good, wasn’t it?”
She was shocked again, “How did you know I was going to the concert?”
“I put a monitor on you.”
“No way.”
Bella grunted in a bad mood and kept walking, when she wasn’t in the mood to joke with him.
“Do you want to pick up money? You keep your head down.”
“Mind your own business.”
When she thought of what Freya said that they loved each other, she was into a fury.
In front of her love rival, she could act as if nothing was wrong and confident, but in front of Kevin, she didn’t want to hide her bad mood.
“You’re hungry, right? Let’s go have hotpot, shall we? It seems like a happy thing for two people to eat hotpot around a fireplace on such a cold day.”
Bella stopped and angrily questioned him, “How can you still talk about what you’re eating as if nothing’s going on?”
“There’s nothing going on.”
“What? Freya has declared war on me!”
Kevin was startled and suddenly giggled, “It’s not like she’s declared war with you or me. Why should I feel something wrong?”
“You are the trophy, and whoever wins can has you. Aren’t you even worried that our relationship will be broken because of her intervention?”
Kevin hugged her shoulders, “Honestly, I’m really not worried. So far, I can’t think of anyone who can defeat our strong and invincible Bella.”
“Come on. Don’t think that I don’t know about your thought.”
“What?”
“The reason why you don’t care is that it’s the same to you who wins or loses. It’s better to be with Freya. If you can’t be with Freya, you can get along with me. But I’m different, I don’t have another man that I can get along with. In my world, there’s only you, Kevin.”
Kevin listened to her words, pressed a hand on her shoulder and sighed, “What exactly do I need to do to convince you that you’re definitely not a casual match for me?”
Bella thought, “If you dare to say it to Freya’s face, then I’ll believe it.”
Sure enough, Kevin was silent.
She plucked his hand away, “Every time I want to be serious, you answer me with silence.”
“Good. I promise you.”
Bella had only taken two steps before she heard Kevin’s affirmative reply.
She turned back uncertainly, “Really?”
“Yes.”
“You won’t go back on your word after one night, will you?”
“Do you want me to swear?”
She finally smiled, “Well, I’ll just trust you for once. When are you going to say it?”
“It’s the weekend. I’ll make the date with Freya, and you make the date with Conrad.”
“Do I need to call Conrad?”
Bella asked cautiously, thinking about their fight on this afternoon, and was terrified that they would fight again then.
“Yeah.”
“Well then. Pinky-swear.”
Kevin stared at her outstretched little finger, “Do you have to be so childish?”
“It’s a pact. How can it be childish? I’m still afraid that you’ll flee away.” Bella grumbled as she hooked his little finger.
After the appointment, Bella was happy, took Kevin’s arm, “Let’s go, eat hot pot.”
Kevin smiled, “How realistic you are!”
Bella began to look forward to the weekend coming soon and to Kevin determining his feeling so that she would no longer have to worry about Freya.
In the midst of her anticipation, Lena’s birthday arrived.
Early in the morning, she came to Lena’s room with the new clothes she had bought the day before when she went shopping with Kevin.
“Lena, are you up yet? May I come in?”
“Come in.”
With Lena’s permission, she walked straight in and raised the gift box in her hand, “Happy birthday.”
Lena smiled slightly, “Thank you.”
“What’s this?” She peered in confusion.
“It’s the mysterious gift that can turn you into a princess.”
Bella took out clothes from the gift box, “Put it on quickly.”
“No, what’s the point of dressing so beautifully at home anyway?”
“It’s a birthday, only once a year. No matter where you are, you have to dress up.”
Bella pushed her into the dressing room, and after Lena changed her clothes, Bella combed a nice hairstyle for her. Within half an hour, Lena had completely changed. She was originally a beauty, and after being slightly modified, she actually was delicate and charming.
She was a little embarrassed, “Bella, won’t this be a little too mature?”
“No, you’re already an adult. All those childish habits should be changed, whether clothes or make-up. You should be measured by a woman’s standards.”
As soon as Bella finished, the phone in her pocket rang. She glanced at the number and said with a smile, “Let’s go. Let’s go for a walk outside and breathe in the fresh morning air.”
Lena was led by her hand downstairs and out of the living room door, only to be surprised to find that Alvin was guarding the door.
She just wanted to run away, but Bella stopped her back and leaned over to whisper, “Don’t run away. You have to show her ladylike style.”
Alvin came over and handed over a beautiful gift, “Happy birthday, Lena. Didn’t you say you wanted to go to Ivy Park last time? I’ve got the day off today, so I’ll go with you.”
Bella winked at her, showing her to be natural and graceful.
Even if you couldn’t be lovers, you could still be friends.
Lena pondered for a moment and said to Alvin, “Let’s talk.”
As Alvin followed her to a quiet corner, Lena looked straight at him and said, “I’m sorry. I can’t go out with you.”
“Why?”
Alvin was surprised.
“I know you are surprised that I refuse. I refuse not because I don’t want to be with you, but because I’m already grown up and have self-respect that you can’t see. So even if you don’t like me, please stop treating me like a child.”
She paused, “I will never go to Ivy Park again. Even if I meet someone who loves me in the future, I won’t go to that place again. It’s already a thing of the past.”
Lena slowly turned around after saying that and left.
Alvin looked at her back, and for a moment, he felt a lot of emotions, as if that little girl who chased after him back then and called her brother Alvin had really grown up now.
Bella saw Lena come back alone and asked in surprise, “Where is Alvin?”
“I told him to go back.”
“Why?”
“I don’t want to go out.”
Lena was tearful, so she didn’t ask any more questions, “If you don’t want to go out, later I will accompany you to watch a Korean drama.”
The day after Lena’s birthday was an even more important day that Kevin promised that he would announce his feelings for her in front of Freya.
The night before, she had called Conrad, not stating the purpose of asking him out, only saying that they would have dinner together.
Conrad seemed to have expected something when he met Freya at the entrance of the hotel, but Freya clearly didn’t expect anything.
At 9:30, Bella arrived at the hotel on Kevin’s arm, and before entering the compartment, Kevin’s steps suddenly paused, so Bella was nervous, “You won’t regret it, right?”
She’d asked that three times already. She was just too worried, so she kept asking.
“No.”
A hint of coldness flashed across Kevin’s deep eyes. He arrived and as the door creaked open, they met each other as expected.
Bella was staring at Freya, very calm and relaxed. In fact, her heart had been jumping non-stop since she stepped through this door. After all, Freya was not an ordinary person.
At the very least, in Kevin’s heart, she really wasn’t an ordinary person.
Freya stared at her woodenly without greeting her, and by this time, she already had a bad feeling in her heart.
It was a despairingly pain. Those secrets that were hidden by time were going to be exposed today.