Chapter 246


    What happened that night had been haunting Magnolia in her dreams, refusing to leave her alone.


    In her eyes, it was the most humiliating night of her life, but also the most lucky one.


    The humiliation came from the fact that she had always been proud of her talent, but due to her family’s


    sudden financial downfall, she was forced to use her body for trade.


    The good fortune, however, was because of the man she met – Leandro Reynolds.


    She had mentally prepared herself to endure even if the


    man turned


    door open, she saw Leandro.


    I to be a fat, balding middle-aged slob. But when she pushed the


    The tall man was sitting alone in the private room, young, handsome, with a face full of depth and


    solitude.


    At that moment, all her self-abandonment and despair evaporated. She was still nervous and uneasy,


    but perhaps at that moment, a hint of joy that she didn’t even notice herself shed in her heart.


    Meeting such an outstanding man far exceeded her expectations, let alone his attitudeter.


    He seemed to be waiting for someone, sitting on the couch alone, smoking calmly.


    Hearing the sound, he looked up at her and there was a sh of annoyance in his eyes.


    “You’re in the wrong ce,” he said.


    She stood at the door of the private room, one hand tightly holding the door handle, but her body didn’t


    move.


    She knew she wasn’t in the wrong ce.


    She heard the conversation of his friends who asked her toe.


    They said his behavior had been increasingly abnormal, his mood drastically changed, he even


    stopped attending gatherings and social


    activities


    They all knew about the changes in his family, but they didn’t want to see their friend, who they had


    grown up with, turn into this.


    So, they arranged for her to be there.


    Both suffering from family changes, both bearing everything alone, at that moment, she let go of the


    door handle and quietly replied, “I don’t think so. sir


    He looked at her, his eyes devoid of any emotion, and asked, “Who sent you?”


    “Mr. Lamont,” she said.


    He seemed to understand something when he heard this, and a cold smile hooked up at the corner of


    his mouth.


    “Then suit yourself, he said.


    After that, he ignored her, smoking, drinking, checking his phone, making calls,pletely disregarding


    her.


    She sat rigidly on the couch next to him for a long time, always keeping a distance of at least two


    people between them.


    Late at night, he put down his phone and leaned back on the couch to rest for a while.


    She couldn’t resist sneaking a few nces at him.


    He had drunk a lot that night, and under the effect of alcohol, was he already a bit dazed?


    What should she do?


    Just as she was lost in thought, her phone suddenly rang.


    In the quiet space, this sound was abrupt, and she took out her phone in a bit of panic, only to see a


    message from Mr. Lamont: [Did you finish your job?]


    The brief message was likely probing the situation.


    As for ‘finish your job”, as long as she didn’t reply, they probably thought it was “done”, right?


    But should she reply now?


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    As she held the phone tightly in her hand, unsure of what to do next, his cold voice came from the side,


    “You can leave now, and I still pay you”


    She suddenly paused, turning to look at him.


    He didn’t turn to look at her, just staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.


    “I won’t leave,” the words jumped out of her mouth before she even realized what she was saying.


    Her heart was beating so fast at this moment that it was almost unbearable.


    He finally looked at her again, his gaze indifferent and blurry.


    After a bout of frantic heartbeat, she miraculously began to calm down, looking at him.


    She wasn’t a timid person, but this was the first time she had the courage to face a strange man.


    After this short eye contact, he suddenly squinted his eyes..


    “How much money can you make tonight?” he seemed suddenly interested,


    “One hundred thousand dors,” she answered.


    “What do you need the money for?”


    When it came to this question, her courage grew stronger.


    She didn’t hesitate for long and quickly answered, “I want to learn the cello. I’ve been learning the cello


    since I was a kid, my lifelong dream is to hold my own concert on a world-ss stage. I was nning to


    study music abroad this year, but something happened at home. My family can’t support me to go


    abroad anymore, but I don’t want to give up my dream, so I have to rely on myself.”


    For some reason, after she said this, he was silent for a while.


    She didn’t know what he was thinking, but she felt, maybe he was moved by her dream?


    But then, he said that sentence to her-


    “I’ll give you some money so you can go abroad,” he said, “You don’t need to remember me, and you


    don’t need to pay me back, just pretend we’ve never met today”


    Perhaps he was genuinely moved by her determination and seriousness about her dream, and at the


    same time, he didn’t want the process of achieving her dreams to be tarnished by ack of funds.


    In her twenty years of life, there was never a moment more touching and joyful than this one.


    This precious moment, she remembered it for six years, until now.


    He only needed to mention it slightly, and she could recall the scene of that night in great detail.


    “I remember,” Magnolia said, ‘Every word you said, I remember.”


    Leandro suddenly looked at her again, his gaze cold as he said, “So what if you remember it?”


    Magnolia finally heard some deeper implications in his cold words.


    But… how could this be?


    Every day of living and studying music abroad, she was looking forward to seeing him again, she


    imagined what it would be like the day she saw him again. She had been imagining for six full years.


    The day had finallye, but why… why was it like this?


    Magnolia didn’t understand why.


    Before all this, Seraphina even told her that he had been in aplex mood since the night he saw her


    return, so why now that they were face to face, did he adopt such a cold attitude?


    Could it be… that he was ming her, ming her for seeing Seraphina?


    “I’m sorry” Magnolia was silent for a while, then started speaking again, “I know I shouldn’t have


    bothered you, but I really didn’t mean anything by it. You know, my thoughts have always been simple,


    you should understand what I mean…”


    “My idea is pretty straightforward, Leandro cut her off before she could finish. “I don’t want any


    unrted people or matters to affect me and my wife


    Magnolia’s face suddenly changed, her disappointment was as clear as day.


    “What… what do you mean?” She whispered, clearly thrown off.


    Leandro couldn’t even be bothered to lift an eyelid, “How much clearer do I need to be, Ms. Magnolia?”


    “I don’t get it…” Magnolia looked at him, utterly lost. “I don’t understand… why would you say


    something like this to me?”


    This wasn’t Leandro, not the one she’d been missing and waiting for over the past six years.