That was the house where he lived with me for six years.
Every corner was once filled with our laughter and joy.
Now it was so deserted as if I never appeared before.
He just sat at the head of the bed.
Lighting one cigarette after another.
Until the cigarette butts fell to the floor.
His phone rang. It was his father.
A video projected on the screen at the wedding venue.
That was every night he spent with me.
On the screen, I was nestled in his arms like a well–behaved rabbit.
He pressed the answer button and his father’s solemn and low voice came.
“Gustav, can you explain this video to me? What exactly does it mean?”
“What have you done to Quinna in recent years? Does her departure have anything to do with you? Speak up!”
“How could I have a son like you? You are worse than a beast!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the wedding guests‘ endless discussions and scolding could be heard from the other side.
Gustav panicked.
He had clearly stopped the video from being played, so why was this happening?
In an instant, Jennifer’s smug face appeared in his mind.
If the camera was just accidental, then this video was the clear evidence of her guilt!
He didn’t know how to explain it to his father.
He didn’t know how to stop the scolding at the wedding.
All kinds of emotions pressed down on him.
Gustav hung up the phone.
Soon, he called Jennifer.
“Gustav, you finally contacted me?”
“Did you play the video at the wedding?”
Jennifer chuckled lightly, with a shy tone.
“Yeah, I saw you couldn’t be tough enough, so I gave you a hand. You’ve been planning for six years and now the arrow is on the line and I have to shoot it. I’m doing it for your own, good.”
Anger surged in an instant and Gustav’s whole body trembled.
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“I said, it’s not your turn to intervene in the affairs of the McNamaras.
“Even if I want revenge, it’s between me and Quinna. Who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to do good for me? You know in your heart whether it’s for me or for yourself!”
“Don’t think I don’t know what you said to Quinna that night. I didn’t expose you to save your face. Since you started this yourself, don’t blame me for being cruel!”
After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly sent a message to his assistant.
Ordered him to bankrupt the Winston Group within a week.
The moment he turned off his phone, Thomas and my mother came in at the same time.
He knelt down straight at the two of them.
He raised his hand and slapped himself wildly in the face.
“I’m sorry, it was me who caused harm to Quinna.”
“I just… thought Auntie had intervened in your relationship with my mom, I … didn’t mean
to.”
Thomas was so disappointed with him that he kicked him in the chest.
“You know nothing! Your mom divorced me because she was diagnosed with advanced cancer. It was not an interference at all!”
“She insisted on living her own life in the last moment. I advised her, but she didn’t want to receive treatment because she was afraid you wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure. So I kept it a secret from you.”
“I only met Quinna’s mom after your mom passed away. What’s wrong with her? What’s wrong with Quinna?”
Thomas never let him know the truth.
He always thought that it was the appearance of Quinna’s mother that caused his own mother to die with resentment.
But he never thought that she was the one who left him behind.
The belated guilt and regret weighed heavily on his heart.
Gustav felt that even his breathing was painful.
His lips kept trembling, but he couldn’t speak.
After a while, Thomas presented a divorce agreement.
My mother signed without hesitation and chose to leave the house with nothing.
He knew, it was to protect me.
It was about making up for one’s own mistakes.
But he couldn’t say anything to keep her. Because he, as the initiator, was not qualified.
He knelt at her doorstep for a day and a night.
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Burned by Love, Destroyed by Revenge
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As soon as he arrived, he saw me who had an accident.
My mother and I sat on the swing in the park, swinging back and forth.
He restrained his desire to rush forward.
Hiding in the corner, listening to the conversation between us.
“Quinna, I know you have feelings for Gustav. I’ve divorced Mr. McNamara. If you really can’t let him go, you can ….”
“Mom, it’s all over. Thank you for not telling him about me.”
“This is already the best ending.”
“I’m sorry, it was me who caused
you
trouble.”
Watching the two of us hugging each other and crying together, he left without saying a word.
Before leaving, he sent a message to me using another account.
[May you be happy for the rest of your life…
Love,
Your brother.]
Until “Read” was displayed on the screen.
He turned around and boarded the plane back to his home country.
(The End)
