Chapter 7
Gretchen bit her lip so hard that she tasted blood.
So, just to avoid embarrassing Veronica, does she have to swallow all this pain alive?
“I had to call the police.”
Howard was silent for a moment, then suddenly took out his checkbook and said, “Since you insist on pursuing this, I’ll compensate for them.”
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The sound of the pen scratching the check was especially clear in the ward, each one felt like a torture to Gretchen’s heart.
When he wrote down the first number, she bit her lip hard, the taste of blood spreading in her mouth.
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He saw that she didn’t answer, thought she was unhappy with the amount, tore that piece off, and wrote down a new number.
One time, two times, three times…
The amount on the check kept going up, and when that check with “one billion” written on it was handed to her, she suddenly remembered that rainy night three years ago.
Back then they lived in a ten-square-meter rental room. He worked overtime until 3 in the morning, came back soaking wet, but still smiled and hugged her, saying, “Grete, I will definitely earn enough to make you never suffer again.”
The vow was fulfilled, but in this way.
He could easily make a billion, but he did it to let her off the hook from those who were stepping on her.
“Is one billion enough?” He handed over the check again.
She took the light check tremblingly, and suddenly burst into laughter.
Smiling, tears started falling and splattered on the check, smudging the ink.
“That’s enough,” her voice sounded hoarse, not like herself. “Howard, your promise from years ago, has finally been fulfilled.
He paused for a moment, furrowed his brow, seemed like he didn’t understand what she was saying.
How could he understand?
That Howard who used to hold her tightly in the rental house and said he would make a billion to give her a good life, he’s long
gone.
He died clean, not a trace left behind.
After that day, Howard never came to the hospital again.
But every morning at ten o’clock, his assistant would always come in on time, carrying a beautifully packaged supplement gift
box.
Sent in various ways.
“Mr. Wiggins asked me to tell you that he’s been really busy with work lately,” the assistant stood by the bed, speaking respectfully yet distantly, “Wishing you a speedy recovery.”
Gretchen nodded, her eyes landing on the unopened supplements on the bedside table.
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The gold foil logo on the packaging was shining in the sunlight, just like Howard’s life was now dazzling and eye-catching.
After the assistant left, she opened her phone and saw that Veronica’s Instagram had been updated.
In the photo, she was leaning on Howard’s shoulder, with the blue sea and sky of Fracia in the background.
The caption is: “Thanks to someone for taking time out of their busy schedule to accompany me~’
She stared at the photo for a long, long time, until her eyes got sore.
He was “too busy” to go on vacation with Veronica to France.
Just as I was about to turn off my phone, a text message suddenly popped up.
“Dear Ms. Belton, your visa application has been approved. Your passport will be ready tomorrow. Please bring your original IC
card to collect it during office hours.”
Gretchen read it three times and suddenly burst out laughing.
As I was laughing, tears started falling down and landed on the phone screen, blurring the words “approved for review.”
Finally, everything was coming to an end.
She doesn’t have to count the seconds waiting for him to come home anymore, doesn’t have to swallow the cold dinner alone i
the late night, doesn’t have to endure Brianna’s contemptuous gaze.
The most important thing is-
Finally, I can let go of that me who was holding onto memories while feeling pain.
The next day at noon, Gretchen checked out of the hospital and then rushed to the visa center to pick up her passport and plane
ticket.
When she got back to the villa, she saw Howard and Veronica chatting in the living room, while the bodyguard was carrying
luggage to the guest room.
When she came back, both of them looked at her together.
Howard narrowed his eyes and explained, “Veronica’s parents went on a trip abroad, she was scared to stay home alone, so she came here to stay for a while. The Wiggins family and the Crawley family are old friends, and the two families also have
business dealings, so I should take care of her more.”
He didn’t actually need to explain to her.
From today on, they had no relationship at all.
Gretchen nodded and went upstairs.
“Oh, by the way,” Veronica suddenly stopped her, “there’s a musical later, Howard and I are planning to go together. Would. Ms. Belton like to join us?”
Before Gretchen could speak, Howard answered for her, “She still has injuries on her hands, so she should rest at home. Besides, she can’t understand these things anyway.”
Gretchen stopped and turned around with a faint smile, “Yeah, I couldn’t understand it.”
Not long after they left, Gretchen’s luggage was also packed.
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She stood in the center of the bedroom, looking around at the room that used to hold so many of her hopes and dreams, now just a barren wasteland.
The photo of Howard on the coffee table still, with a gentle look in her eyes, as if she was the only one in the world.
Gretchen gently stroked the frame, then turned it upside down on the table.
She walked to the door, left the keys on the cabinet in the hallway, and then gently closed the door. “Three years ago on that stormy night, she found a boy covered in blood at the end of the alley, like picking up a fallen star. Today, three years later, sh quietly left with her luggage, the lights of the villa behind her gradually dimming, as if that star had never shone in her life.”
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