Early in the morning, Kevin and the woman last night came out of the room. Freya was already waiting outside the door, looked angry, and rushed to Patrick, raising her hand and gnashing her teeth, saying, “You’ve gone too far!”
Kevin squeezed her wrist that was held up in the air and said coldly, “If you can’t stand it, leave. If you won’t be able to stand it anymore, you’ll be able to stand it even more later.”
“You want to force me to leave by provoking me. I’m not leaving. I’m telling you even if you bring ten women back to sleep, I’ll never leave!”
Kevin sneered in mockery, “I know that you won’t leave. You live up to the old saying: A woman is invincible until she is cheap.”
The woman beside him giggled and said coquettishly, “Mr. Jones-Sharp, you’re so bad.”
They went downstairs side by side. Looking at their close backs, Freya once again let out a hysterical roar. The beautiful blueprint originally planned in her heart began to shatter a little bit.
For more than a week, she couldn’t get through to Bella. Alice felt a little strange, and on this day, she finally felt worried and came to the Cloud Mansion after work.
The guard informed and led her into the living room. On the sofa in the living room, Blanche got up and greeted her warmly, “Miss Lee, please sit down.”
Alice sat on the sofa when the maid brought a cup of hot tea. She nodded slightly, “Thank you.”
Looking around, she asked politely, “Mrs. Jones-Sharp, isn’t Bella at home?”
Blanche’s eyes were a bit unnatural, and she answered with difficulty after a moment, “Bella has already left our family.”
Alice’s hand shook and the hot tea in her hand scalded her thigh. She couldn’t care about the pain and asked in shock, “Gone? Where did she go?”
“She got divorced from my son. I don’t know where she went.”
Divorced … Alice was confused, “Auntie, are you joking?”
“I’m not joking.”
Blanche’s eyes were wet with tears and her voice choked, “It’s our family that’s sorry for her. She was sad when leaving.”
“What happened?”
Alice suddenly felt like something was blocking her heart, and she was unpleasant.
“Here’s the thing …”
Blanche began to tell the whole story.
After coming out from the Cloud Mansion, Alice was like out of her mind and couldn’t believe that Freya was pregnant with Kevin’s child, not to mention the fact that Bella and Kevin were divorced.
Muddleheaded back home, Alice couldn’t help crying. Bella was poor. How desperate and sad she was when she left!
Why? Why did Bella never tell her such a thing but silently endure it after it happened such a long time ago …
When Alice thought about the desperate days before Bella left, she couldn’t stop shedding tears. As her best friend, Alice didn’t know she went through so much. She was very guilty, very very guilty.
The more Alice thought about it, the more she felt sad. Her parents were far abroad and she only had Bella as such a good friend. Now she didn’t know where her only best friend had gone. She suddenly felt very lonely.
That kind of feeling was just like the heart was hollow.
When Louis went home, he just happened to see Alice crying sadly. He was surprised and walked over and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Alice looked up in tears at him gloomily, unable to say a word.
“What’s going on?”
Louis was very anxious and frowned as if he had guessed something, “It’s not like my mom is coming to trouble you again, right?”
Alice sniffed and shook her head, “No.”
“Then what is it?”
“It’s … Bella has one. She left Kevin. I don’t know where she went.”
Louis’s expression suddenly stiffened. Even though he had been married to Alice for several months, when he heard Bella’s name, his heart still trembled slightly.
“Freya was pregnant with Kevin’s child, and Bella was disheartened and left in despair …”
Alice cried loudly once again.
But Louis suddenly stood up, turned around, and ran out of the house into the wild night.
Alice was startled and chased after him.
She stopped two taxis and followed closely behind Louis’s car, which was parked at the Cloud Mansion. Alice’s heart inexplicably aching.
Louis said to the guard, “Let Kevin come out immediately.”
A moment later, Kevin came out, and his face under the moonlight was like a knife, sharp and cold, making one shudder at the sight of him.
“What is it?”
With a bang, Louis gave Kevin a fierce punch before speaking.
“I told you long ago that if you can’t give Bella happiness, you should let go before it’s too late. But you’re holding on to her, and as a result, you’re now leaving her in despair after torturing her all over. Are you still a man!!!”
Bang, it was another punch. Kevin was smashed to the ground, and several guards quickly rushed over, but he waved his hand and let them retreat, “None of your business.”
He wiped the bloodstains from his lips, hit him hard, and said coldly, “So far, do you still love Bella? What kind of man are you then? You still miss another woman after marrying.”
Alice’s heart ached once again. She could never see Louis being so impulsive at home, and only in the matter of Bella could she could see the true side of Louis.
They wrestled together until they were both injured, only to be stopped by Patrick who happened to be home.
Louis returned home in a mess. Alice had been following him. After arriving home she did not ask anything, silently holding the medicine box for him to clean the wound on his face.
After cleaning up the wounds, she went back to the house to sleep while Louis sat in the living room for a long time. It was late for him back to the bedroom. Alice closed her eyes, but she did not fall asleep, just pretending to sleep.
Late at night, Louis suddenly shouted Bella’s name and woke up from a dream. He sat up quickly with cold sweat on his forehead. He dreamed that Bella was in danger, and his heart almost stopped beating. So he pressed the bedside lamp, ready to go out for a cigarette, but was surprised to find that Alice was looking at him.
“Did I wake you up?”
He asked guiltily.
Alice sat up with a blank expression and said quietly, “No.”
“Then why are you awake?”
“I haven’t been sleeping.”
Louis’s eyes flickered, “Do you want some water? I’ll go get you a cup of water.”
“No.” Alice endured the soreness in her heart and asked leisurely, “You dreamed about Bella, didn’t you?”
Louis didn’t say anything, and she added, “Actually, I didn’t just hear you call her name tonight. You’ve called her name several times, but I just didn’t say it.”
She lifted the quilt off the bed, went to him, took off the ring on her hand, and stuffed it into his hand, “I know you don’t have any romantic feelings for me, and I also know you haven’t forgotten about Bella. I originally thought we were married, so it’s okay to pretend not to know it, but now it seems that it’s no longer possible to pretend. If you’re worried about Bella, go to her. She’s divorced now, and it’s the time when she needs someone to comfort her. Your presence may bring you together. She is my best friend. I won’t hate you. I will only wish you the best and wish you happiness.”
After saying that, she turned around and walked out.
After being stunned for a while, Louis chased after her, pulling Alice, who was bowing her head and crying on the road not far from home, “Are you crazy? Why did you say things that shouldn’t be said?”
Alice shook away from his hand and said in a nasal voice, “I just say something that you want to say. It’s not something that shouldn’t be said.”
“I’m married to you. Legally you’re my wife and I’m responsible for you!”
“But I don’t need a husband who sleeps next to me while calling out another woman’s name!”
Alice glared at him fiercely and continued to walk forward. This was the first time Louis had learned of her stubbornness, and he helplessly yelled, “Are you going to walk back by yourself or let me carry you back?”
When Alice ignored him, he grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her onto his shoulders, turned around, and walked back. Alice cried out in horror, “Let go of me! Let go of me!!!”
She struggled, her body swaying on Louis’s shoulder.
“Do you think I’m going to let you wander around in the middle of the night? If you don’t want to make a fool of yourself, just shut up.”
“Ow …”
Louis just finished speaking, but Alice bit hard on his shoulder. He painfully put her down. Alice rushed to the side of the road, reaching to stop the taxi. There was no way, so Louis rushed to her, held the back of her head, aimed at her lips and wildly kissed down. Alice’s eyes suddenly opened wider. This was the first time Louis domineeringly kissed her and made her almost breathless! .
Alice initially panicked, gradually a little intoxicated, holding Louis’s neck in response to his kiss. Louis was in a mess. He didn’t know why he suddenly wanted to kiss Alice. He only knew that he didn’t want to let her go like this
The hot, lingering kisses continued from the road to the apartment, and in fact, they never touched each other once after the wedding night when they slept together.
Long after, the blankets still undulated and the big bed still rocked, but Alice’s voice was lowered as the man kissed her, grasping her hand and placing it on his strong torso …”
At this moment, Alice felt that her and Louis’s hearts were connected, and for the first time, she felt that she was one step closer to Louis.
Under the same sky, some hearts were close, while others were far away.
Kevin was sitting in his study, with red wine on his desk, and he held a group photo with Bella, which was their first and last photo together.
The beautiful woman in the photo smiled faintly, like a clear spring into his heart. She was gone, but the memory of her had been in his heart.
He poured a glass of red wine, drinking sadly, put down the only one group photo in his hand, and pulled open the drawer. There was a stack of all the photos of Bella he had collected.
All of them were her single shots, and most of them were found from her secret room. There were a few of them were her photos in college, youthful and eye-catching. Kevin looked at Bella like this and couldn’t help but feel some sadness. Since she married him, he rarely could see such a smile on her face. Was his love for her a kind of happiness or hurt?