Bella hugged Kevin for a long time, and they didn’t say a word until the rain stopped and the wine ran out, and then Kevin staggered up and left the cemetery like a walking dead.
She followed behind him like his shadow, but he never looked back at his shadow.
After getting in his car, he still didn’t speak and just wanted to be alone and not be disturbed. Bella understood his mood, so she kept quiet.
To the urban district, Kevin indifferently asked, “Where are you going?”
She looked askance at him, “Are you okay?”
“Nothing. Where are you going?”
The cold voice was as cold as his expression. Bella bit her lip, “Here it is.”
Kevin stopped the car, and when she got out of the car, he didn’t linger on and drove away.
Looking at the direction of his car disappeared, Bella was doubly lost. Was she too presumptuous when he didn’t need her now …
As she walked down the street in a daze, the cell phone in her pocket rang, and it was Alice calling…
“Hey, Bella, are you still in B City?”
“Yes, what’s up?”
“Let’s meet. I’ll wait for you at the cafe where we last met.”
“Okay.”
She hung up the phone, hailed a cab, and arrived at the place she had an appointment with Alice.
As soon as Alice met her, she asked with concern, “Is Kevin still indifferent to you?”
“Yes.”
She nodded glumly.
“Hey, the spectators see the chess game better than the players … I’ve been thinking carefully if there something hidden as Kevin did this to you.”
Then Bella was suddenly stunned, “A hidden facts? What do you mean?”
“I mean if he has some unspeakable affliction for treating you so coldly. How could he change completely after two years even if he loves you so much? Even if he changes, do feelings change?”
“He might be angry that I insisted on leaving him in the first place despite that he kept me, and at that time he said, ‘if you leave, don’t come back’.”
“If it were someone else, I might believe it, but I definitely don’t believe it if that person is Kevin. Kevin is so sentimental that he couldn’t forget Freya even after she betrayed him back then. How could he forget you now? If he really hates you, he won’t have looked for you again after you left.”
Bella fell into deep thought, and Alice’s words gave her some inspiration. In fact, she had also been unable to figure out why Kevin would be so indifferent to her when he met her again two years later when he obviously cared about her.
“How is it? Are you trying to figure this out? Even though you may not get back together, at least you should make it clear, right?”
“Yes!”
Bella nodded heavily.
That evening, she dialed Quintin’s number.
“Hey, Haley, what’s wrong with you? Your phone wasn’t on all day.”
Quintin’s grumbling voice came from the other end of the phone.
“I’m here in B City, and I’ve been thinking about it, and I think it’s better for me to be in charge of the project with LoveBella Group.”
“Wow, you’re simply the chairman of the board now, and you’re free to move your work without reporting to me anymore, right?”
Quintin helplessly asked.
“No, you weren’t in the office this morning, and it just so happened that there were some problems here again, so I rushed over.”
“Isn’t Kathleen over there?”
“I’ve been taking over the new product from the beginning, and she’s not very familiar with a lot of places, so I’ll send her back tomorrow.”
“It’s been a month and she’s still not familiar with it, right? Are you trying to tell me that I have a bad judgment for picking people?”
“Of course not, I actually want to complete this cooperation myself, and you know that I have a strong sense of responsibility. I either don’t do anything or if I do, I want to do my best.”
Quintin sighed, “Then will I not see you again for a long time.”
“You can come to B City when you’re free, and I can come back to F City when I’m free.”
“What about the marriage proposal? You said you’d think about it. Have you thought about it yet?”
“Let’s talk about this after the new product is successfully launched.”
“Well, I dare you to be more dedicated than me, the CEO. …”
Bella came to LoveBella Group the next day and went straight into the president’s office. Kevin was startled for a moment and expressionlessly asked, “Why are you here again?”
“I’ll be working here and I’ll continue to be in charge of new product development. Is that okay with you?”
“That’s the partner’s decision. I have no problem with that.”
“That’s right. I hope we’ll have good cooperation.”
Bella gave him a meaningful glance, turned around, and walked out.
She began to pay special attention to Kevin. She asked her colleagues about Kevin, including what places he liked to go and what people he usually liked to contact. Gradually, everyone thought that she was in love with Kevin.
This day at noon, she stood in the pantry and called Alvin as she couldn’t get any useful information from those people in the company, who knew too little about Kevin.
“Hey, Alvin, has anything else happened to Kevin besides the incident with Freya in the past two years that I’ve been away?”
“Nothing else seems to have happened except that he had a fight with the Master and moved out.”
“Then why did he become so cold? Don’t you think he should be hiding some secret?”
“This …”
Alvin sighed, “I’m not really sure, but it’s true that Mr. Jones-Sharp has become different now. He used to tell me everything, but now he seldom reveals anything to me.”
“Does he have any strange behavior then?”
“I haven’t paid much attention.”
“Then from now on, you keep an eye out for him, and let me know as soon as he meets with someone or goes somewhere.”
“Okay, but why do you want to know that?”
“I just want to understand what made him the way he is.”
“Well, I got it.”
Hanging up the phone, Bella turned to get out of the pantry but was surprised to find Lily standing behind her.
She nodded politely at her and walked straight past her, but Lily suddenly said, “Don’t want to pry too much into his life. You’re no longer in a position where you can ask about his privacy.”
Startled, Bella turned around woodenly and coldly questioned, “Then what position do you have to say these things to me? Who are you to Kevin?”
“I’m the only one who knows anything about his life in the last two years. Miss Burne-Brown, so please don’t have a desire into Mr. Jones-Sharp’s life again. Because your curiosity is likely to put him in great pain again.”
“What do you mean by that? How could I have caused him pain?”
“I won’t tell you too much. I’m just reminding you out of kindness if you don’t want to see him suffer, then please stay away from him.”
Lily’s words made Bella very frustrated but reinforced her desire to understand Kevin’s inner thoughts.
On the evening of the fourth day of her stay in B city, she met Louis at the entrance of the company when she left work, and Louis walked up to her and asked lightly, “Are you free? Let’s have dinner together.”
Bella pondered for a few seconds and nodded, “Good.”
They came to a western restaurant, and after ordering, Louis feigned casualness and asked, “How have you been these two years?”
“Pretty good.”
“I didn’t think you’d change careers. How about it? Are you more interested in it than being a teacher?”
“Something like that. I’m not more interested in it, but I just see it as a job where I can support myself.”
They fell silent, and Louis cut to the chase, “I heard from Alice that you have a new lover.”
Bella didn’t deny it, “Yes.”
“Do you like him?”
“How can I fall in love with him if I don’t like him?”
Louis’s eyes flashed with a hint of hurt, “Is it anyone but me?”
Bella didn’t know how to answer his question, so he changed the subject, “I’m hungry. I’ll eat something first.”
Louis smiled sarcastically, “I originally thought it wasn’t because I was bad that you didn’t accept me, but Kevin is too lucky. Now it seems that not that guy is too lucky, but anyone could be lucky but me.”
After hearing it, Bella sighed deeply and said earnestly, “Mr. Hunter, you and Alice are married. What are the points of these words? No matter whether you are good or not, or whether others are luckier than you, we can’t change the fact that we don’t have predestination.”
Louis laughed at himself, “You may think too much. I am not complaining about anything. Alice is a good woman, and I will treat her well. I asked you out today to tell you that we will still be friends, and you can look for my help at any time if you have any difficulties.”
She nodded gratefully, “Okay, thank you.”
When they finished the dinner, Louis sent Bella back to the apartment, and then drove home. It was dark, so he turned on the lights but found Alice sitting on the sofa not moving. He was surprised to go over and ask, “What’s wrong?”
Alice slowly looked up and asked him glumly, “Are you still unable to forget Bella?”
“No, what are you talking about?”
Louis quickly squatted down and held her hand.
“I heard that, ‘Is it anyone but me …’.”
Louis’s expression stiffened, “Hoe could you hear it?”
“I’ve been following behind you since I got out of school this afternoon, and I saw you going to see her at the Victorian Restaurant where you were having dinner.”
“I think you misunderstood. I …”
“After two years, am I still not close to your heart?”
Alice interrupted his words with a sad question.
“Who says you haven’t come close to my heart?”
“A person’s heart can only fit one person, and if I came close to your heart, you won’t have gone to Bella behind my back. Bella might not hear what your words meant, but I could tell that you were unhappy that you didn’t get together with her!”