Leo's driver took charge of taking him and Emily home. As a matter of experience, Leo wanted to bring
Emily back to his own home, but this time Emily rejected.
"I won't go home with you, and please send me home to avoid bringing burdens to you."
When Emily said this, she felt bitter. Although she was drunk, she still remembered that the man in
front of her was the jerk who deceived her.
Since he was a liar and not her man, she'd better be self-disciplined and not cause troubles for him.
Leo kept silent for a moment and asked the driver to go to Emily's.
After telling the driver, he became concerned about Emily.
"You were drunk. How are you feeling now?"
"No, I’m fine. I like this feeling. I feel dizzy and don't have to think about anything."
Emily continued.
"Thank you for taking me home. The next time before I drink, I will subscribe the designated driving
service and try not to trouble you."
"Emily, don't say so. You are talking to me as if we were strangers. I know you can't forgive me and it’s
my fault to cheat you. But we were lovers before, and we still share so many good friends. We don’t
need to act as strangers that are unfamiliar and polite with each other."
Whenever Emily said so, Leo felt that his heart was pierced by a needle. He knew that he did wrong,
and was trying to compensate her. Her words were undoubtedly a rejection to his compensation.
But he could bear it, because it was indeed his fault. And he could keep on because he loved Emily.
After torturing her, it was fair to endure the torture by himself.
"We were lovers before, but we are not now. So, we don’t have any relationship with each other. We
are now..."
Emily stopped, thinking about what would be the most appropriate description of their relationship.
"At best, we are acquaintances, not even friends, and I don't want to continue to develop our
relationship."
Yes, acquaintance was the proper word to describe their relationship. When she left the country, he
would disappear from her world. She would not need to worry about him anymore as well as their
friendship.
Thinking of going abroad, Emily felt a bit helpless.
"Why there is always something wrong with my materials for going abroad? Would you help me for the
last time? Forget it, I don’t want to bother you again. I will ask my dad to help me tomorrow."
Emily wanted to ask for his help, but she didn’t finish it, because she thought there was no need to
create a chance for herself and Leo to meet.
Leo was sure that even if she asked her father to help, he could still persuade her not to go abroad.
What Leo feared most now was Emily's indifference towards him and her alienation from him.
"Do you still love me?"
Leo asked directly and suddenly, leaving Emily in a complete daze.
She looked at Leo dumbly, wondering why he asked so all of a sudden. It seemed that this had nothing
to do with what she said.
"Does this have anything to do with going abroad?"
"Yes, if you insist on going abroad, it means that you don't love me anymore. Emily, I’m also drunk
today, but I have to ask. Do you still love me?"
Leo asked seriously, and looked at her both panickily and expectantly. He was expectant because he
looked forward to the answer that would make him excited, and he was panicky because he was afraid
of hearing the opposite answer that would make him painful.
"Of course, I love you. How couldn’t I love you. It is because I love you that I want to go abroad,
because I will feel painful each time I see you."
Emily answered without hesitation, and she was so firm that she admired herself for saying so.
She was a straightforward girl, and she was drunk today. So, she said what she had wanted to say but
couldn’t.
"Are you sure you love me?"
Leo couldn’t restrain his excitement, but he was still trying his best. Because he thought it would not be
late to be happy after reconfirmation.
"I’m sure. I’m drunk today, but I still know whether I love you or not."
Emily gave Leo an affirmative answer once again, but after a pause, she continued.
"It's useless to love you. It wouldn’t change anything. You don't need to put this on mind. It's a fact that
you have lied to me, and I couldn’t forgive…no, not forgiveness, but I couldn’t accept you again
because I'm afraid of being deceived again."
"Now..."
"Emily..."
Leo was about to make a promise and comfort Emily, but Emily didn't give him a chance to speak. As if
she didn't hear Leo's interruption, she continued.
"Now about Winnie... I believe in her. But who knows if you will deceive me for any other woman again.
Don't spend time on me and go to deceive the others."
After Emily finished, she turned her head and looked outside the car, with sadness in her eyes.
Each time the word deception was mentioned, Emily couldn't help feeling sad. She loved Leo with all
her heart and mind, but what she finally got was a deception. She could not accept the grievance in her
heart until now.
"I apologize for what I have done to you. Now I have let go of Winnie, and there is no other woman who
needs my protection."
"Emily, I drank much but I am sober. I want to tell you solemnly that I love you, and I will never deceive
you again. If you don't believe me, I can swear."
Leo professed affectionately again and stopped for a moment. He saw that Emily didn’t respond, so, he
continued to swear.
"I, Leo, swear that if I lie again, I will…"
Before Leo could finish swearing, Emily covered his mouth with her hands. So, the rest of the words
were kept to himself.
"You choose such an old-fashioned way. I wonder in which age you were born."
Emily pretended to be joking.
She didn't hate the swearing clichés, but she couldn't believe Leo. She was afraid that his swearing
would come true.
She loved him so much that she couldn’t bear this to come true.
"Emily, I am sincere."
Leo took Emily's hands away from his mouth and put them in his own. But as soon as he finished
speaking, Emily retracted her hands.
"Okay, don't say it anymore. No matter you are sincere or not, and no matter what you say, I couldn’t
believe. I don’t disbelieve you but I don’t believe in myself. Even if we were together again, I might also
be suspicious. Then we may break up again when I finally break down."
Emily rejected Leo again, and this time she attributed the reason to herself. It was because she didn’t
have the courage to accept Leo's love, and because her wounded heart was not recovered yet.
"Emily, you..."
"Oh, I'm home. Thank you for sending me home."
Emily didn't give Leo a chance to speak, and got off the car and left.
In fact, the car had stopped at the gate of her house for a while, but she put all her attention on Leo, so
she didn't even realize it.
When Emily got off the car, Leo chased her hurriedly. He didn't continue to talk about their relationship,
instead he wanted to see Emily go home safely.
Although he was rejected again today, he still gained something. Emily still loved him. It was enough to
enable him to move on.
Brian and Winnie came home together with the kids. Such a happy scene made people envious. Rufus,
who was sitting in the living room was even more relieved.
"You came back so early. I thought you were going to play until late."
Rufus was overwhelmed with joy and happiness.
"The kids need to rest early, and Daenery’s kid is too young to play until late."
Winnie replied tenderly. Although she was a little drunk, she was still sober.
"Well, go to rest. I will pick up Vanessa."
Rufus got up as he said. At this time, Winnie walked to Rufus and gave him a hug by surprise.
"Thank you, Rufus. You did a lot for me and Vanessa. You are so kind to us, giving us the warmth of a
father. Thank you, thank you so much!"
If Winnie hadn't been drunk, she could not show her gratitude in this way. But hugging Rufus at this
time, she felt like snuggling in the arms of her own father. She felt the similar sense of security and
warmth.
Rufus was taken aback first, and when he heard Winnie's word, he was touched. But he was afraid that
Winnie would mention her family history, so he brought back to himself and responded.
"Winnie, this is what I should do. Both you and Vanessa are good girls. I like you both. It's not a big
deal. If I can give you the feeling of a father, I won't be stingy with my hugs."
Rufus moved away from Winnie as he spoke.
"Go to bed early. I must go now, or it will be too late to pick up Vanessa."
Rufus asked Brian to take care of Winnie and then he left.
But Winnie was so moved that she threw herself into Brian's arms and burst into tears.
Being touched was only part of the reason, and the major reason was that she missed her parents.
"What's wrong with Mommy?"
Megan asked worriedly.
"Mummy misses grandpa and grandma."
Brian petted Winnie's back and answered Megan in a low voice.
"Don't worry, Mommy will be fine soon."
"If my parents were still alive, Vanessa and I would not live like this. We were also the apples in the
eye. I would not be looked down upon by your family. If they were alive, no one would dare to bully me,
so why should I...?"
Winnie could only stop here.
If her parents were alive, she would not have met Brian, and her fate would not be so tortuous. What
was more, she would not love the person who would make her painful for a lifetime.
She could not say these, or Brian would feel uncomfortable. She cried only because she couldn’t bear
the pain for the moment, but she was still sober.
"Winnie, don't cry anymore. Although I don't know what your family was like before, and I don't know
what your parents have gone through. But now it's all over. No one in the Bennet family looks down
upon you. Grandpa allows you to live with our kids because he accepts you."
"You are an outstanding and kind-hearted little girl. Everyone in my family likes you. I was thinking that
if my mother was still alive, she must be the one who likes you the most."
"We all like you, so, don't say the Bennet family looks down on you anymore."
Brian comforted Winnie. He wanted to know what happened to Winnie's family in order to comfort her
effectively and make her forget the pain of her parents’ death.
But asking about her family background at this time would add fuel to the fire, and might make her cry
even more fiercely.
However, even without asking about the reason, Winnie cried more uncontrollably after listening to
Brian's words.
No matter how the Bennet family had treated her, what Brian said was warm and comforting so she felt
even more wronged and wanted to cry all it out.
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