Chapter 507


    The moment their eyes met, Rickard looked away.


    Hesper looked at him with a faint smile then propped herself up. He went over to help her and put a


    pillow behind her back.


    "Is there nothing you want to say to me?" she said. "I thought with the flowers and kind gesture, you''d


    say that you wanted to repay me."


    Rickard cleared his throat when he remembered telling her he was going to repay her.


    Hesper watched as he avoided her eyes and smirked. "Do you know where you messed up?


    Rickard wasn''t sure how Hesper was feeling. She couldn''t be angry because she was looking at him


    with amusement.


    However, to say that she was happy… He lied to her again and again, and she caught him. How could


    she possibly be happy?


    "I don''t know." Rickard kept his head low. The usually bold Mr. Duval had his silent moments. "I''m sorry


    for lying to you again… But whether you believe me or not, all I wanted to do was to treat you well…


    Hesper, I''ve never been so—"


    So nice?


    Hesper frowned but Rickard continued. "I''ve never been so flustered before anyone before."


    Hesper chuckled when she heard that, but her eyes weren''t smiling. "You''ve learned so much, but have


    you not learned about flowers? Like the difference between a rose and a China rose?"


    Rickard paused, but a second after, Hesper grabbed his sleeve with a smile. "Aren''t you going to


    defend yourself? I vaguely remember someone confidently saying that he''ll get my forgiveness. Why


    isn''t he talking?"


    Hearing Hesper''s teasing tone, Rickard raised his brows just to see Hesper''s eyes turning red. "Say


    something nice instead of just saying you want to repay me or iming you felt some vague jealousy.


    Say you''ve fallen for me. Is that so hard?"


    Rickard hesitated, then said, "I don''t know what love is."


    That sentence was like cold water that poured over Hesper''s heart. The courage she built up


    disappeared because of Rickard''s ''unsure''. Yes, he didn''t understand.


    He didn''t know how much courage she had to muster to believe in him one more time.


    ***


    "Hesper really said that?"


    Zikmund Gunther heard Rickard''s confirmation and wanted to punch him through the phone to wake


    him up. He panted. "My brother, did you trade emotional intelligence for your ability to do so well in


    business? All you had to do was say something nice, and everything would be resolved."


    Rickard frowned.


    He stood up and noticed the China Roses in the garden. Hesper''s teary face was vidid in his mind, and


    he couldn''t help but revisit his memories of when she used to live in the Duvals'' manor.


    Hesper was very careful back then. Thinking back, Rickard couldn''t remember what she looked like


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    when she smiled happily. All he could remember was her crying face.