Alice totally blanked, shocked at the man who had sat upright in front of her and looked grave.
She was so overwhelmed with panic that she didn’t know what to say, and hurriedly lifted the glass of wine in front of her, raised head and drank it all, then said, taking advantage of the strength of the wine, “I’m drunk. Don’t get me wrong.”
Louis looked directly at her with mixed feelings, and after a moment of silence, he sighed slightly, “I’m sorry. I never knew it, and asked you about Bella. I’m really sorry if I hurt you.”
“It’s okay. I told you I was just drunk. All I said were boozy talk. Don’t mind.”
“But you’re clearly sober now.”
Louis nakedly exposed her lie, making Alice even more embarrassed and uneasy. She stuttered and explained, “Because I said boozy talk that I shouldn’t have, so I’m a bit soberer now.”
“A person can get drunk. But will tears lie? If you’re just talking drunk, why are you crying?”
Alice couldn’t say anything. She could no longer treat Louis as a fool.
Seeing her silence, Louis understood everything, and they fell into silence for a while. Only after a long time did he take the lead to break the silence, but he was sorry again.
“I’m sorry. Even though I know how much you love me, please forgive me for not being able to accept you because …”
“I know.”
Alice didn’t want to hear the words that he had someone else in mind, so she hurriedly interrupted him, slowly looking down to hide her tears that were bursting out of her eyes.
“Well, you know better than anyone that the person I like is Bella, and you’re a good woman too, you can definitely find a better man than me.”
“I’ll try.”
She nodded with a blank expression, but felt heartbroken like never before. She may don’t break Louis’s illusions, but Louis did.
“Eat something. You’ve been drinking, and you haven’t eaten food after ordering so many dishes.”
“No, it’s getting late. I’ll go back.”
Alice stood up, picked up her own backpack, hurriedly said goodbye, and left the compartment where she was sad quickly.
Out of the hotel door, there was a cool breeze, and her tears fell. The city’s neon lights shone freely, shining on her teary face. She covered her mouth with both hands to keep herself from crying out, and kept walking forward. Under the streetlight, she was heartbroken and desperate, and finally, no longer had a little hope.
Louis’s rejection destroyed the last illusion in her heart. She could no longer live in the illusion, and must face the reality that man didn’t like her.
She came to a footbridge with tears streaming down her face, squatted in the middle of the footbridge, cried bitterly, and then cried out loudly to the endless stream of traffic under the footbridge, “Alice, that man didn’t take a fancy to you. It’s not that you’re bad, but he doesn’t have a good taste!!!”
Louis had been sitting in the hotel box and did not leave. Her mind was in turmoil. Because Alice’s true feelings let him feel very embarrassed. The relationship between him and Bella, and Bella and Alice should not be like this.
He looked askance at the ceramic people he casually threw on the table. He reached out to pick up, carefully watched it, and actually found that the ceramic doll looked very similar to him. He almost forgot Alice was a mathematics and art teacher. Her drawing skills was great.
It was really annoying life. He couldn’t get likes the person he liked. But the person he didn’t like was in love with him. He could say something that would hurt her, just because from his own standpoint, he could better understand the feeling of being ruthlessly rejected.
Bella had been thinking about the progress of Alice’s dinner with Louis. After wandering around the room for a while, she still decided to make a phone call to ask about it.
Alice was sitting next to the steps of a shopping mall, no longer crying, but her eyes were quite blank.
“Hello?” Her voice sounded weak.
“How’s it going? Are you guys still together?”
“We have been separated.”
Bella’s heart thudded. Hearing Alice’s voice, she could feel the strong sadness and ask nervously, “Did you confess to him?”
“It was not exactly a confession, but he already knew.”
“And what did he say?”
Bella regretted as soon as she said this. She shouldn’t have asked this. If it had turned out well, or if there had been even a little hope, Alice wouldn’t have been dispirited like this.
“He refused, saying that the only person he likes is you.”
“I’m sorry …”
Bella was very guilty and didn’t know how to comfort her.
“It’s okay. It’s not your fault. It’s good that he could say it, so I won’t expect anything anymore.”
“Where are you now? I’ll come over to keep you company.”
“No, I want to be alone right now. I’ll see you at school tomorrow.”
“Okay …”
Bella hung up the phone and Kevin came out of the bathroom and casually asked, “What’s wrong? Why are you sad?”
“I seem to have done one thing wrong today.”
“What is it?”
She didn’t hide anything and told Kevin the whole story. After he heard it, he snorted, “Come on, he really thinks he’s a treasure, and still rejects Alice. In my opinion, Alice is more than enough to match him.”
Bella was annoyed, so she rolled her eyes, “You are prejudiced against Louis, so you would belittle him like this. Louis is the dream lover of many teachers and female students in our school.”
“There are only two kinds of people who take him as their dream lover. They are blind and their brains don’t work correctly.”
“I think you’re insane. If you’re so jealous of him, you don’t need to resort to personal abuse”
Kevin was so jealous and said, “Who is your husband in the end? Why do you always speak for that guy? The last time I fought him, you were also extremely protective of him. Do you have a bit of a stance?”
Bella snorted and turned back, “It was long ago and you still remember it.” She asked as she headed to the bedroom, “Where did you hide my medicine?”
“I don’t know.”
“Hey, you’re the one who hid it and you say you don’t know. Is there a ghost in the house?”
“Only the devil knows.”
“Come on, just tell me, I have to take it on time.”
“Why do you have to take that pill?”
“I want to conceive a child as soon as possible.”
Bella did not conceal the desire in her heart. Kevin came to her with his hands around his chest, and said sincerely, “If you want to have a child, go find me. You take that medicine won’t let you conceive a child. Without me, your wish to have a child would never come true.”
“But only with you, I can’t do it. I have to get physical conditioning, so you give me the medicine.”
“No, I am your medicine. I can help you get pregnant, but also help you take care of your body. Did you not listen to the experts that having harmony and perfect sexual life is the best medicine for women. The most critical thing is that I am naturally safe and don’t have negative effects.”
Bella rolled her eyes, “Yes, and you’re free.”
“That’s right. So with such a good resource, you have to make good use of it instead of taking any Chinese herbs.”
Kevin said, then bent down and picked up Bella, then kicked open the bedroom door, then lifted his foot and closed it, throwing her onto the bed and pouncing on her like a vicious wolf.
“Stop it.”
Bella’s sensitive spot was tickled by him. She giggled and flopped around the bed laughing.
“Do you want to use me as a natural resource?”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Bella nodded repeatedly, smiling so hard that her face got cramp.
Suddenly, there was a cell phone ringing and she pointed to the suit jacket that he had thrown on the floor, “It seems to be your call.”
Only then did Kevin stop, picking up the clothes on the ground and took the phone from his pocket. It was a strange number. He pressed to answer, “Hello? Who is it?”
There was silence on the phone. As he thought whoever someone had dialed the wrong number and he was about to hang up, there was a voice from the phone, “Kevin, it’s me, Freya …”
“What’s wrong with you?”
He asked with concern, hearing something wrong in her voice.
“Can you come take me to the hospital? I seem to have a high fever right now.”
Kevin glanced at Bella, who was still smiling on the bed, and said with embarrassment, “Where is Conrad?”
As soon as he asked Conrad, the smile on Bella’s face disappeared, and she was already able to guess who the caller was.
“Conrad has gone to perform out of town. I don’t have anyone I can contact right now.”
Kevin pondered for a few seconds and agreed, “That’s good. Where do you live? I’m going over now.”
“123 Purple Garden Road.”
“Okay.”
Hanging up the phone, Kevin once again looked askance at Bella. Seeing her gloomy face, he sat over to reassure, “Don’t be upset. Freya is sick now, and Conrad has gone out of town to perform again, I can’t leave her in the lurch.”
“Won’t she go to the hospital when she’s sick? Does she have a heart disease and has to be treated with heart medicine?”
“It’s supposed to be serious. I hear her voice is weak. Why don’t you come with me?”
“I’m not going.”
Even if Bella wasn’t sensitive, there was no way she would go with Kevin to see Freya. Since ancient times, only the wife dueled with the mistress, but didn’t go to visit the mistress.
“Then be considerate, okay? The truth is that Freya is going through the same thing as you, and you should be able to understand her better than anyone else.”
“If she didn’t miss my man, I would be very understanding and could even be friends with her. But how do you want me to be understanding now? She only declared war on me a week ago to take away what is mine. If I’m understanding her now, it would be like giving you away.”