Chapter 229


    The door of his room was mmed closed and Ste slowly withdrew her lines of sights.


    She pressed her lips and said, “Emmett, actually, I’ve been considering whether to try to be with you


    during this period. But I’m sorry, I…”


    “Ste, you also said it, we can try to be with each other. It’s just the beginning. You don’t have to


    refuse me so quickly.”


    Ste shook her head.


    She couldn’t try to be with Emmett when she herself was having an entangled rtionship with


    rence. It would be unfair to Emmett.


    Emmett said, “Ste, I know what you’re thinking. You and rence are different. I can distinguish it.”


    “It’s not so, Emmett. I didn’t mean it.” After pondering for several seconds, Ste continued, “I once


    thought that I know clearly about what I want. When I divorced rence, I thought I won’t regret it. But


    now…”


    “Do you change your mind now?”


    Ste was suddenly lost for words.


    It was true that she changed her mind now.


    In the past, she thought that she was even less important than a document in his office to rence.


    But now, she realized that rence was serious.


    She saw his sincerity tonight.


    Seeing that Ste was silent, Emmett knew that his guess was right.


    He paused and then continued, “You lived with rence for three years before and it’s normal that you


    still have some feelings for him after divorcing him. Ste, I can wait for you. I can wait until you decide


    to forget him and start your new life.”


    Ste would tell herself to ‘start a new life’ before. She thought that as long as she started a new life,


    she could wholly say goodbye to the past.


    But today she finally realized that this wouldn’t work.


    No matter how she wanted to start her new life, the things happened in her life would never be


    removed out of her memory.


    In her three-year marriage life with rence, even though she knew clearly that he detested her so


    much, she still gradually fell for her after living with him every day. Even though she criticized him


    wickedness every day, she still uncontrobly became soft-hearted.


    It would be so good if the things in this world were all as simple as they were in imagination.


    Emmett said, “Ste, it’ste now. Have a rest early. We can talk about itter.”


    Ste also felt tired, so she nodded her head, “You should go to bed early too.”


    Aftering back to her room, Stey down on the bed and looked nkly at the ceiling, seeming to


    be pondering something.


    Half an hourter, the doorbell rang.


    She slowly walked to the door. When she opened the door, she saw a staff of the hotel.


    The staff handed her a gift box and her phone, “Miss, these are the things you left in the vi.”


    Ste abruptly came to her sense when seeing her phone. She left it on the sofa before and forgot to


    take it back.


    As for the gift box, the staff that drove her up the hill said that it was a present from the hotel.


    But ording to what happened tonight, she guessed that it was presented by rence.


    Ste took the gift box and the phone from the staff and said, “Thank you.”


    The staff bowed to her and then turned around and left.


    Ste closed the door and found that the wounds on her feet were opened again. So she could only


    jump to the bed.


    Lying onto the bed again, Ste took out a charger from her bag first and charged up her phone. Then


    she turned around to look at the gift box that was ced on the bedside table.


    Lying face down on the bed, Ste studied the gift box, hesitating about whether to open it or not.


    Oh, let it be.


    After all, they had sent the gift here. There would be no difference no matter whether she opened it or


    not.


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    She should satisfy her curiosity rather than directly throwing it away.


    Ste pulled open the ribbon on the gift box and then took away the lid.


    There were a box of chocte, a ne and a card in the gift box. When rence came back from


    the business trip from Belgium before, he casually threw a box of chocte on the table and she ate it


    and told him that she wanted more.


    Ste opened the card and saw a line of words – the third anniversary,


    It was rence’s handwriting. And she thought only that wicked man would write these.


    Ste was in a trance when looking at the car. An idea suddenly popped into her mind.


    Was this gift prepared by rence half a year ago for their third wedding anniversary?


    That should be the case. Otherwise, why did he write ‘the third anniversary’ on the card?


    She had toin that this wretched man was so mean. He told her tonight that it was a


    compensation for their first wedding anniversary, but the gift sent was the one he prepared for the third


    anniversary before.


    Ste subconsciously smiled when thinking of this. She opened a chocte and put it into her mouth. It


    tasted sweet and agreeable.


    It was the familiar taste.


    Right at this moment, her phone vibrated.


    Ste picked up her phone and found that there were many missed calls from Emmett and a lot of


    messages from Sherry.


    Ste took a nce at the time and found it was not toote. She guessed that Sherry hadn’t gone to


    bed now and called her.


    The call was connected soon.


    Sherry said, “Ste, are you okay? Emmett told me that you came to find rence and that he couldn’t


    reach you. What happened?”


    “It’s a long story.”


    “It doesn’t matter. I’m sleepless now. You can tell me slowly.”


    Ste, “…”


    She coughed awkwardly and tried to shift the topic, “How’s your date today?”


    It was so useful to mention this because it hit straight to Sherry’s heart.


    She said angrily, “If I have expected it earlier, I would rather help that university student carry his


    luggage. Daniel must have some problems with his brain.”


    “He invited me and Channing to have dinner together. But when we prepared to go to the restaurant,


    Channing suddenly said that he had to deal with something and that he couldn’t go with us. Then it


    became a meal between me and Daniel. I also felt it awkward, but after all, it was a chance. But guess


    what he said when we arrived at the restaurant.”


    Ste asked tentatively, “Did he tell you that his canned food is going to expire?”


    Sherry sneered, “It’s more ridiculous than this excuse. When the dishes we order were all served on


    the table, he suddenly told me that he follows the teachings of Buddha. As today is the first day of this


    month, he shouldn’t eat anything. After finishing the words, he stood up and left, leaving me alone in


    that restaurant. He must have some problems with his brain, right? Why did he invite me if he didn’t


    want to have meal with me? How could he find such an imusible excuse? I’ve never seen such a


    weird person.”


    “…”


    Ste thought that Daniel was normal in usual times, but she hadn’t expected that he was such kind of


    people.


    Afterining about Daniel, Sherry shifted the topic back, “Stop here, this is nothing to speak of.


    Tell me about what happened to you today. What did that wretched man do to you again?”