Chapter 82 It''s All My Fault


    She had a boyfriend before, but they broke up. Now she was single.


    As for himself, he had a fiancee… After he realized he liked Ang, he made a decision. Like Teresa


    once said, "It''s all about good timing."


    The time was set. Before the end of the year.


    If Rosa couldn''t be found by that time, then he would disunite his past with Rosa and go after Ang.


    What good did endless hoping do?


    He knew that it might''ve been unfair on Ang, but he couldn''t help thinking about her.


    Lately, he had been madly missing Ang when he was busy at work. Missing the sound of her voice,


    saying her name, and her lovely small face...


    After a while, he finally opened his eyes and nced at the dinning table nearby. He saw a pair of


    chopsticks and the bowl.


    He marched toward the table to regard the food. After he saw through its bubbles of condensed water


    clearly, he smiled.


    Immediately, he ran out of his apartment without tasting a bite of the food, got in his car and drove


    toward Xinhe Garden.


    When he finally arrived at Xinhe Garden, it was Nancy who answered the door. She looked at Arvin in


    such surprise, "Dr. Gu? What are you doing here?"


    Arvin couldn''t exin why. He just asked, "Where is she?"


    She...? Nancy balked, but eventually she got who Arvin meant.


    "I called her a while ago. Isn''t she at your birthday party?"


    Arvin furrowed his brow. This was thest thing he expected. Arvin closed his eyes and pinched the


    bridge of his nose. "She told you so?"


    "No, I just saw my big brother''s Moments on my phone. I wondered why she was not in his group


    photo, so I called her. I assumed she went after that." Arvin screwed up his eyes, but he could tell


    Nancy wasn''t lying. She wasn''t the type who knew how to lie with efficacy.


    However, it seemed like something was wrong from the way Arvin''s kept his head dropped in thought.


    Arvin looked up with a frown. "Could you call her to ask where she is now?"


    He tried to call Ang, but she didn''t answer.


    Nancy was confused why Ang didn''t pick up Arvin''s call, but she let him know that. She couldn''t


    express it then, but she didn''t have much trust for the doctor. That didn''t mean she wouldn''t help him


    find Ang. She got to her room to get her cell phone. Then she dialed Ang''s number in front of


    Arvin. Ang answered Nancy''s call immediately. "Hi, Nancy."


    Ang''s voice sounded less mellifluous than it usually did. It felt like she was quite… Depressed.


    Worry strained Nancy''s face. She asked, "Where have you been, Ang? Didn''t you go to Arvin''s


    birthday party?"


    ''Why did she sound so unhappy?'' Nancy kept this to herself.


    "I''m already downstairs. I''ll be up soon."


    Nancy took a long breath. Her worrying heart rxed, "Okay, I''ll be waiting for you at home."


    "Okay."


    ...


    Downstairs, Ang pressed the elevator button, something half-hidden in her fist.


    It was not long before the elevator door opened with a bing. Arvin was obstructing the way to Nancy''s


    apartment. He obviously had been waiting for her a long time, because he looked like a skeleton, pale,


    worn, and bored.


    ''Arvin...'' thought Ang in sheer horror. ''Howe Arvin is here?''


    She knew she should have smiled at him and said ''happy birthday''. Howere, nothing couldpel her


    to smile in that moment, so victimized she felt.


    ''If you can''t smile, just don''t smile, '' thought Ang, trying to instill some sense of control. It made


    sense, then, to avoid Arvin''s eye. She tried to carry on walking without saying a word.


    Arvin would not allow this. He grabbed her hand and dragged her away from Nancy''s apartment, back


    into the elevator. Arvin had such a strong grip. She couldn''t get loose.


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    She fought and fought but could see it was useless. Ang didn''t try to struggle any more. Nancy was


    nowhere in sight and couldn''t be much help anyway. Arvin carted her out of the apartment building, and


    around the corner toward his car.


    He wrangled her belongings out of her grip, and put them into his trunk and fastened the safety belt


    over Ang.


    Arvin then drove to Shengfeng Mansion. No words passed between them all the way there.


    When they arrived at Shenfeng mansion, Arvin put on his slippers. He had put the bags on the shoe


    cab in the entryway and left them there. Then he brought a pair of slippers for Ang.


    In the dinning room, Arvin and Ang stood facing each other, the engorged tension only pierced by


    the sound of Ang''s involuntary gulping.


    Ang struggled a little, but finally she smiled sweetly. "Happy birthday, Dr. Gu!"


    Arvin was amazed by Ang''s smile. He couldn''t utter a single word.


    Only disappointment seemed to counsel Ang when he didn''t reply. It had formed the predominant


    theme of the day. She tried to get his birthday present which she had put on his table earlier in the day.


    However, there were two identical boxes where there should only have been one...


    Ang opened one of the boxes only to find it was also a brooch! The two brooches shared a tinum


    chain pattern.


    However, this new one had a maple design. And hers was also a brooch made by one of the Tahiti


    pearls that Arvin gave to her.


    Arvin saw Ang staring into space after seeing the present Nita gave to him. He took the box and put


    it aside. Quickly, Arivn remembered the most important thing. He hadn''t dragged her out to criticise her,


    to berate her, but to show sincere sorrow over the mistake. "Ang, I''m sorry."


    Somehow the apology made Ang even more wronged than before, as if the apology was the nail


    that cinched the deal.


    She pouted and her lips turned down. A tear washed her cheek moist. To cover her eyes, she bent to


    take the other box. She told Arvin, with her head lowered, "Well, Arvin, this... is... the birthday gift I


    bought for you..."


    Arvin was startled to see that Ang''s present was in the same box as Nita''s.


    He took this gift from Ang and gently lifted the lid. It was a male brooch used for matching with


    men''s business suits.


    The upper pattern was a wing made by tinum and the lower part was a Tahiti pearl with grain. The


    two parts were connected by two chains of tinum.


    Wing... Pearl... Arvin understood Ang''s meaning and heughed.


    ''Ang keeps reminding me of my nickname, big wing.''


    However, Arvin felt like the atmosphere of soothing balm between them was growing too tumultuous for


    in sailing.


    On a whim, he lifted Ang''s chin up. Her red cheeks were doused with tears.


    "Crack!" Arvin closed the box and put it into his pocket. And then, he hugged Ang in his arms tight.


    Arvin knit his brows as he wiped her tears away, repeating gently, "Don''t cry. It''s my fault. I''ll exin it


    all to you."


    Arvin didn''t expect his mum to do this to deliberately make Ang misunderstand him.


    Ang wiped her tears on her face as well. "You don''t like me, right?"


    Even if she was stupid, she knew that if a man really liked a girl, he would bring her into his circle of


    friends, and his life...not leave her in the dark...


    Arvin, however, didn''t bring her to his birthday party... Instead, she kept waiting for him, alone.


    Arivn shook his head and smiled at Ang, "Oh, silly Ang, would I allow you to approach me if I


    didn''t like you?"


    ''Sounds about right, '' Ang thought to herself.


    Arvin continued to exin, "My birthday party was held by my mother. I didn''t know about it at all until I


    went off duty. Don''t you believe in me?"


    Ang''s red eyes looked straight into Arvin''s deep ones. She unconsciously nodded, "I believe in you."


    Arvin raised the corner of his mouth into a smile. "Good."


    Ang clearly heard the word ''good'' but she didn''t think about it deeply. She pretended to be


    displeased and kept asking, "But you didn''t let me go when you knew your mum held a birthday party


    for you!"


    Arvin smiled at Ang''sint and added, "I just don''t like those asions. It''s torture for me. If I


    brought you to the party, you''d suffer like I did."


    Indeed, the embarrassing and time-costly birthday party had only wasted his patience, and made him


    hate birthday parties all the more.


    He stayed at the party only for the sake of his mother. Otherwise, he didn''t care a pin for it. He didn''t


    want to stay for one single minute.


    Listening through Arvin''s exnation, Ang nodded her head and spoke her true feelings with


    chagrin on her face, "Do not leave me alone. Even if it is torture. Don''t leave me alone, okay?"