Chapter 182 Stepping Away is Also a Way of Expressing Love


    She may be suffering inside but she tried to put on a face of enthusiasm in the office. She has to act


    professional at all times for herself and also for Nicole.


    But Zoe could see right through the L''s outer self. He has known Zoe for a long time. He paused his


    thoughts and said, "L, if you are free tonight, why not have a drink with me to rx?" Zoe painfully


    stood in front of the window and looked at the view outside.


    Whenever L was sad, he was even sadder.


    Zoe wanted to say it even louder: L, please allow me to protect you for the rest of your life!


    But her mind was full of that man anyway. That man has everything one can ask for. Power, wealth,


    and fame among many others. Besides, what could he possibly give her to ensure her happiness when


    he himself was at a mess?


    He did not have the courage to tell her his feelings. He feared that once he opened his heart to her,


    everything would change between them! He could not risk letting her go.


    The office door slowly closed from the inside. Harry looked at the mess on the floor and instantly felt


    sorry for her.


    He was here tomence the turnover ofmand but ended up trying to fix all of these. L looked


    so upset while talking to someone in the phone. She has been like that whenever she was alone.


    Lughed dryly. She and Zoe could still hang out like the old times, merrily drinking in the bars in D


    City. However, she and Harry could no longer go back to the times when they were intimate with each


    other, passionate about making one another happy.


    In a burst of harsh reality, her dryugh finally broke into a sad weep. No matter what she do and will


    do, Harry was no longer hers to keep.


    "Zoe, I really love him. I love him very much." Her voice was incredibly weak and the words hurt both of


    Zoe''s and Harry''s hearts deeply.


    "L, I love you very much as well." Both of them had a moment offortable silence.


    "L, sometimes stepping away is also a way of expressing love." There are different ways of showing


    one''s love. Some would show it by being faithful and loyalpanion. Others express it by stepping


    away for greater courses.


    L paused, looked at Zoe with tears in her eyes and then said, "Stepping away?" She murmured to


    herself, "I thought of it, you know, I tried to let go of him. But it never worked. Never once did I


    sessfully let go of him." She was really happy whenever she was with him. The happy feeling was


    the most genuine feeling she had in her lifetime.


    Sometimes, they get into heated argument. Even then, she still felt safe and at home when her eyes


    linger on his handsome face.


    Zoe heard how her voice has been so weak and his heart became filled of sorrow as if someone was


    cutting his flesh with a sharp knife. If L was unhappy, how could he just stand right here and do


    nothing about it?


    "Don''t be sad. Do not give up until thest moment!" In his mind, L is a tough, strong girl who would


    never quit. She never gave up!


    Do not give up until thest moment? She knew that. She was just very heartbroken right now.


    "Let''s find a ce and drink all these sorrows away!" She refused to keep her feelings inside. The


    loneliness will just burn her from the inside. It will slowly kill her and she needs to stay sane for Nicole.


    She needed to find a ce to drink and dance, so that she could feel better and vent her sadness out.


    Somehow, she sensed that there was someone else in the office. She could trace a scent she was very


    familiar with. L quickly looked up and found no one but her own reflection on the office window. The


    office was empty and she was still alone.


    Only the sign that read "Knock before youe in" hung on the doorknob and it was swaying slightly.


    She was too caught up in her thoughts. She could not even be aware of her surroundings anymore.


    She has to do something about this.


    In the night club.


    The dance floor was full of beautiful people. It smelled of sweat, but the lively music made you forget


    that. Lots of women and men were dancing their hearts out on the floor. The music was bing so


    loud and fierce. The whole floor was boiling with excitement.


    L was in the booth seat at the corner. She was holding a liquor bottle and there was another empty


    bottle lying in front of her. She had been drinking nonstop since they arrived here.


    Zoe lit up another cigarette and gazed at her in silence. He did not drink anything tonight.


    He could not afford to drink as he still needed to drive her home safelyter. He might not have the


    attention of L but he had promised himself that he will protect her at all times.


    L finished another half bottle of liquor and was now too drunk to understand anything.


    L was nowpletely drunk and Zoe grinned bitterly. She had been uttering the word "douchebag"


    for so many times tonight and had gradually bing her favorite word.


    He knew very well who she referred to. Until thest moment of her passing out, she was still


    murmuring one name: Harry.


    He envied Harry so much. Not because of his wealth and power, but because of all the love and


    attention he got from L. He thought Harry did not deserve all of these.


    Zoe put out the cigarette and carried the sleeping L out of the club.


    He walked towards to his Benz, opened the car door andid her down on the back seats.


    He stood by the car and instantly remembered something. He forgot a very important one! "How could I


    forget to ask about her address when she was still sober?"


    If he turned to his so-called father for help, he would sure to get more unnecessary trouble to himself.


    All right, fine. He would simply bring her to a hotel first.


    But Zoe did not know that everything was seen by the man sitting in the ck Maserati not far away


    from them.


    Zoe checked L into a hotel room andid her down on the luxury suite bed. He took off her shoes


    and tucked her nicely into the sheets.


    Then he sat quietly on the sofa by the bed and let his eyes linger on the beautiful woman in the sheets.


    L was quiet at first, and then she started turning around restlessly as if she was in great pain.


    She tossed around in the bed for a couple of minutes, then suddenly, she sat up and walked on the


    floor with bare feet.


    Zoe quickly brought a pair of slippers for her and muttered, "What''s wrong, wear your slippers first."


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    L covered her mouth in a quick motion and stepped into the slippers. She anxiously pointed to the


    bathroom and Zoe immediately understood.


    He stepped over and opened the door for her.


    L vomited hard in the bathroom. Zoe felt sorry for her and opened a water bottle for her to drink


    when she''s done.


    He also went out and asked for hot tea from the hotel service desk.


    L was in the bathroom for over ten minutes. When she finally came out, she confusedly took over


    the water bottle from Zoe. She staggered back to the bathroom and rinsed her mouth there.


    L was really drunk and could not tell who was standing in front of her. She opened her mouth and


    asked with a goofy smile, "Harry, is that you? You came back." She ced a hand on Zoe''s right


    shoulder.


    Zoe looked at the red-faced L and a sense of painpletely seized him. After all, in her eyes, she


    only saw Harry.


    Zoe helplessly shook his head but to his surprise, L giggled and circled her hands around his neck.


    "Harry, please do not be with Ynda, alright? She is the most evil woman!"


    Zoe pulled away L''s arms and gently hugged her, "Girl, you should behave and go to sleep now."


    Patiently, he sweetly whispered in her ear.


    L walked towards the direction of the bed. But it was not long before she got up and walked into the


    bathroom again.


    She struggled back and forth the bathroom and the bed for over two hours. She drank all the hot tea


    but it was not very helpful. She kept on throwing up.


    In the end, Zoe gave up and decided to send her to the hospital. Hearing this, L miraculously felt


    asleep on the bed like a peaceful angel.


    She held on to Zoe''s arm and was no longer murmuring Harry''s name.


    Zoe scratched his ear. He really had heard enough tonight to the point that he thought his ear was


    going to bleed.


    L''s phone started ringing inside her bag. Zoe carefully pulled his arm out of L''s hands and


    reached for the phone.


    He did not hesitate to answer the phone for her.


    Outside the hotel.


    The ck Maserati was parked by the road. Next to the car were a dozen of cigarette butts. Harry was


    standing here since the moment the two walked into the hotel.


    Harry tried very hard to convince himself that he should not go inside the hotel and interfere with L''s


    life. He has done this to himself. After all, she deserved to have her own life.


    However, his clenched fists revealed his true feelings. L went into a hotel room with a man! What''s


    more, that silly girl was drunk to begin with!


    He could not possibly imagine what was going on inside that room. Who was he to judge and to take


    her away from that man?


    2 and a half hourster.


    A military car urgently pulled up next to the ck Maserati. The people stepping out of the car all


    walked straight into the hotel in a hurry.