After listening to Benjamin’s account, I felt a pang of sadness.
“Thank you for helping me stay hidden.”
Benjamin sighed and said, “He brought this upon himself by letting you down. He deserves what he’s going through now, I won’t reveal your situation to him, but you must promise me you’ll take good care of yourself.”
“I understand, Benjamin. Please take care of yourself too, and don’t worry about matters between Daniel and me,”
“One day, he’ll figure it out on his own.”
I chatted with Benjamin for a while longer. When a customer came into the bookstore, I ended the call.
The two customers were browsing books and discussing current news, and Loverheard Daniel’s name.
“He’s the president of the Glory Group. A few years ago, I read about his sweet love story with his girlfriend. They seemed so perfect together.” “If their relationship was really that good, why would his girlfriend disappear without a word? Haven’t you heard about his affair with that female designer at his company? Rumor has it they spent hours together in a car in the underground parking lot on the day of his grandfather’s surgery.”
Hearing this, I quickly grabbed my phone and searched online.
Π
photos of me.
I hadn’t expected the news of Daniel searching for me to spread so widely. It was already trending, but thankfully, there were no clear photo
However, the video of Daniel and Awa in the underground parking lot had been leaked and posted online.
In the corner of the shaky footage, n
my figure was faintly visible. I couldn’t help but wonder what Daniel would think when he saw it.
At that moment, Daniel did see the video. He slammed his fist on the table in anger, and his hand began to bleed. But the physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his heart.
“Daniel, you deserve this!” he muttered to himself.
He gently traced the faint white figure in the corner of the video with his fingers, murmuring with deep regret, “Charlotte, where are you? Please come beck Please.”
The scandal involving Daniel and Ava continued to escalare, dominating the headlines. I often saw recent photos of him online, and it was clear he had lost weight, looking haggard and disheveled.
Despite the overwhelming criticism, he ignored it all, focusing solely on finding me.
With the White family’s resources, Daniel would eventually track me down, but I had no intention of leaving this place.
I knew him well–unless I made things absolutely clear, he would never give up.
Two months later, early in the morning, I opened the bookstore as usual and saw a familiar figure standing at the door.
Leven more worn out than in the photos. His eyes lit up with excitement and relief as he saw me, and he trembled as he called out my name,
Daniel looked even
“Charlotte.”
I hadn’t expected him to torment himself to this extent, but I felt no pity.
“Charlotte, I’m sorry.” With those words, Daniel broke down in tears, his regret palpable.
He approached me cautiously, his hand trembling as he reached out
I took a step back and said calmly, “Come inside to talk.”
This town was small and quiet, and I didn’t want Daniel’s presence to disrupt the peace I had found.
Daniel followed me into the store, his eyes darting around nervously. Suddenly, as it remembering something, he quickly opened his suitcase and began pulling out itens one by one
“Charlotte, look–this is the ring, the wedding dress. I redesigned them all myself. If you don’t like them, I can-
“Daniel,” I internated him.
He looked up at me, his expression tense and anxious
“Everything you promised me at eighteen, you gave to someone else. Trying to make up for it now is pointless. Go back. There’s no future for us
anymore.
