Dustin chuckled and replied, “It’s fine. I bought a lot of food so that you can learn to cook for yourself. I mean, you can’t ignore your health due to work. Good health is the most important thing for all of us. Without good health, everything we possess worth nothing in the end.”
Later, Joan tried to bargain with the hawkers like how Dustin did. However, she didn’t realize that someone was observing them some distance away. As soon as Joan turned around, Dustin met the person in the eyes. Suddenly, a sense of cunningness flashed across Dustin’s piercingly sharp eyes.
When they arrived at Joan’s house, she opened the door and invited Dustin to come in. It was a little dusty as she hadn’t cleaned up the house for quite some time.
Even Dustin, who was courteous, couldn’t help but wave his hands about to get rid of the musty smell.
Joan immediately said to divert his attention, “I’ll clean the stove now.”
Buzz!
The phone in Dustin’s pocket vibrated. He took it out and unlocked the screen only after Joan left.
It was a short and concise message from S.
The photos are sent.
“Mr. Norton, this is the partnership proposal couriered by Hilbert Group. Please take a look.”
“Okay.” As Larry took the pile of documents in a paper bag from his assistant, he couldn’t help but feel curious. Why did he say that the documents were couriered? Which company would courier the documents to us?
He opened the paper bag and took out the documents carefully. Apart from the word “Partnership” on the cover page, an email address was written on every paper.
In the past, Larry would think that it was a prank made by one of his disgruntled employees. This time around, the email address appeared to have some magical power that enticed him to open it.
He quickly typed the email address on his laptop. The next moment, several emails popped out, of which the first one showed the word “Welcome”. He clicked on the arrow with his slightly shivering hand.
The next word that came into sight was “Search”. Although it seemed like a boring prank, Larry somehow felt that he would discover more information soon.
As he opened the next email and saw the word “Truth”, his heart skipped a beat.
It was the last word that he saw. The subsequent emails contained pictures depicting the ordinary life of a man and a woman. In some of the pictures, they chatted and took care of each other. The man also pared an apple to the woman lovingly. Besides, some photos also showed that they seemed to be rather intimate.
They looked indeed like a husband and a wife who visited the market, bought food, and bargained with the hawkers.
Larry’s heart went cold as he looked at the pictures one by one.
At this moment, he didn’t feel sad, devastated, nor angry. After all, he had felt totally drained whenever he read the news about Joan every day. As he felt exhausted, he didn’t want to think about or be mad at her anymore.
Nonetheless, there was one thing that he had to do—he had to go to the hospital. He wished to find out if she was still there and waiting for him.
Once Larry made up his mind, he rushed out of his office without shutting down the laptop. To avoid the heavy traffic, he even made a detour to the hospital where she was admitted.
He felt that everything on the streets moved swiftly because he ran as fast as he could. After a while, he finally arrived at the hospital, panting and covered in sweat. However, she had moved out of the ward, and nothing was left in it.
“She’s gone.”
He couldn’t help but laugh at himself. Larry, you already have the answer before this. Why do you still waste time taking a look in person? Will you be satisfied only after witnessing everything that you loathe? Is this how you’re finally willing to give up on her?
