Chapter 41: Moved on


    “We still need to get it over with, right?”


    Julie thinks Alice is right, which is why she didn’t stop her from meeting Randall Collins.


    …


    Her skin is as clear as white jades. Gentle, yet clear eyes of hers made this meeting extraordinary,


    even if they are just sitting there.


    “Mr…Mr Collins…”


    “Yes?”


    Alice raises her bright eyes and holds tight to her nervous hands under the table, “I’m sorry Mr. Collins,


    there might be some misunderstandings…”


    “It’s the 1998 Chateau Lafite. Try it, it tastes great.”


    Randall Collins reaches out to the red wine bottle next to him with his long and fair fingers. He then


    pours a ss of red wine for Alice. His movements are so gentle as if he never heard what Alice said


    earlier.


    Such attitude pisses Alice off. She knows Randall Collins doesn’t want to hear what she wants to tell


    him and that he has a will on his own. Flowery words have got no use on him, it is best to be


    straightforward.


    Although Randall Collins tries to be as gentle as possible his emotions turn bad at the end of the


    dinner, and Alice’s rejections are the cause of his bad mood.


    “Let me send you home,” Randall Collins looks into Alice’s eyes.


    “It’s okay. Thank you for the dinner tonight, Mr. Collins. I have to say, you are very charming but I’m


    sorry. I feel bothered by your actions. Please don’t evere and look for me anymore. Goodbye.”


    Alice turns and leaves the scene immediately after she finishes her words, and she never cares to


    nce back.


    Randall Collins’s face turns cold after hearing what Alice said. There is a striking coldness in his dark


    eyes but his lips curve upwards. This game is getting more and more interesting…


    …


    After leaving the restaurant, Edward’s face and his dark eyese across Alice’s mind.


    Where is Edward?


    He has never been to the hospital for a long time. Has he…moved on?


    She should be happy about him moving on. However, the idea of this possibility stings Alice’s heart.


    Alice shakes her head and tries to clear her mind, “It must be the exhaustion. It must be.”


    …


    Although her schedule is booked, Alice still goes to work on time every day. Both of her babies are on


    summer break now, so she thought, why not bring them to work?


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    When her cute babies show up in the hospital, they immediately gain many fans, and their most


    passionate fan is Julie.


    “Aunt Julie!” Albert and Reba call her name together. Their kiddie tones and the cute faces make


    them irresistible.


    “Come, tell me what you want to eat. Your mother is in the middle of a meeting right now. Wait for her


    here, alright?”


    “Okay.” Reba smiles and takes the carton of milk handed over by Julie.


    “Aunt Julie, did mommy get bullied here in the hospital? The television programs I watch tell me that


    even hospitals have bad people.” Albert rests his arm on the desk and asks Julie.


    Looking at Albert’s cute face, how would Julie know he is trying to pump information out of her?


    She told Albert about what happened before, like how Edwards came to the hospital and embarrassed


    Alice, and that Randall Collins is courting Alice.


    The moment Julie realize she is ranting on inappropriate content to two innocent children, she covers


    her mouth and shakes her head, “Forget what I said just now. It is all nonsense.”


    A gentle smile shows on Albert’s cheek. He is only four years old but his smile…Julie thinks Albert’s


    smile looks very much like a sly fox.


    “There is more to the story, right? Aunt Julie?” That smile remains on Albert’s cheek.


    Julie shakes her head. She knows she shouldn’t be telling the children about these.


    Albert gives a signal to Reba then crosses his arm and leans on the desk. Not long after Reba


    put on her cutesy act, Julie spilled all the details including the flowers from Randall Collins and the


    invitation to have dinner with Alice.


    Albert''s brows furrow. He never considers this yboy to be so good in his courtship game. He must


    protect his mother from being bullied by these guys.


    Alice could never expect to be ‘betrayed’ by Julie in such a way when she returns to her office.


    …


    Night falls. After Alice finishes telling thest stories from the book, she looks at her slumbered children


    on their sky blue bed. Her heart is melted. She gently strokes Reba’s hair, quietly tune their bedlight


    to the dimmest and leave the room.


    However, what she couldn’t expect is her two slumbered children open their eyes, right at the moment


    when their doors are closed.


    “Albert, what should we do? Someone is going to take mommy away from us.”


    “Ask him toe back,” Albert provides a straightforward idea.


    Reba nods repeatedly when she hears Albert’s suggestion, “You are right! I will text daddy now and


    ask him toe back. He shouldn’t be loitering outside anyway.”


    Loiter? Albert’s lips twitch a little.


    It seems like his heartless father is out there working on some important project but from how Reba


    sees it, he is loitering…


    Reba’s efficiency is top-notch. Her fingers run on the keyboard and a message is immediately sent


    to Edward’s mobile.


    …


    Los Angeles, the United States.


    Edward has just settled the trading contract here. His mobile phone buzzed when he is about to pour


    himself a ss of red wine.


    Initially, he ns to ignore it. For some reason, a certain set of numbers cross his mind. He reaches out


    to his phone and looks. It’s the same set of numbers he had in mind.


    It is a text message that says, "A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first. The grass isn’t always


    greener on the other side of the fence."


    Edward gets dazed. Alice’s facees across his mind. He never stops thinking about her throughout


    this whole period of two months even if he is upied by this coboration project.


    He wants to see her immediately but this coboration matters a lot. In addition, he has already booked


    all of her slots in the hospital. He doesn’t need to worry aboutpetitors anymore, except for John


    ke.


    This message reminds him of her. A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first?


    Edward feels like this is a reminder message about something happening back home in China, and it is


    very much rted to Alice.


    Edward immediately calls up Allen’s number and ask him to book the earliest flight back to China for


    tomorrow morning.


    …


    On the other side the earth, Albert is speechless when Reba shows him the text message


    she sent to Edward. Looking at Reba at this moment, waiting to be praised for her cleverness.


    Albert nods, reaches out his hand and strokes Reba’s hair, “Let’s go to bed. We need to follow


    mommy to work tomorrow.”


    Reba put away her mobile phone andy down in her bed. She looks at Albert with her round eyes


    and asks Albert, “Would daddy knows what I meant in the message?”