The street lights were on, the electric lights and car lights turned into flickering spots before Nancy's tear-filled eyes. She knew clearly that even if she gathered all her savings from selling copyrights and her savings over the years, it wouldn't be enough to compensate Dylan.
She had never been in such a desperate and miserable situation. Stopping in front of a roadside bar, she went in, trying to get drunk to temporarily forget everything.
Not far away, Dylan sadly watched the girl he loved turn into a drunkard. He didn't want to hurt her like this, but reason couldn't overcome his heart.
Three hours later, empty bottles were piled up around where Nancy was sitting. After paying, she stood up, staggering, and falling back and forth.
Unable to walk anymore, she tried to bend down, holding onto the table and chairs to walk, looking like an old woman going to the market in the rain.
Seeing that, Dylan quickly got out of the car and walked to her side. Because the bar owner was suspicious and asked this and that, he had to take out the wedding photo from his wallet to show her to prove that he was Nancy's relative before he bent down to pick her up.
Feeling her whole body lifted off the ground, she tried to open her eyes to see. When she saw the face of her tormentor, she thought she was dreaming, immediately grabbed his collar, and cried while talking.
“You damn president, why did you force me into a corner? How can I have enough money to compensate you? Even if I sell my heart, liver, intestines, lungs, small intestines, large intestines, it still won't be enough.”
After saying a series of words, Nancy immediately closed her eyes and slept soundly. Dylan hurriedly carried her into the car, avoiding the prying eyes of the people around, and quickly drove straight to the villa.
Occasionally, he glanced over to look at her for a few seconds. This girl had no money to compensate, but she dared to be so eloquent this afternoon.
When they arrived, Dylan took off Nancy's high heels and carried her upstairs, placing her on the bed. He couldn't imagine where she would go if he hadn't shown up. Gently stroking her chubby cheeks, he sighed softly.
“Selling your heart to me is more than enough, why can't you?”
Dylan had just finished speaking when the music playing from the phone in Nancy's bag made him stop, quickly reaching into it to search.
Seeing Stephen's name appear, he glanced at her and pressed the answer button. On the other end of the line was a gentle, warm male voice.
“Nancy.”
“It's me, Nancy is sleeping so she can't answer the phone.”
“Sleeping? Dylan, what did you do to her?” Stephen hissed.
“Tell me what I will do. If you have anything to say, call her tomorrow, I have to sleep too.”
Stephen knocked the glass of water on the table to the ground. Last night, he was so shocked and sad that he got drunk and didn't wake up until almost noon.
He intended to call Nancy and tell her to take back the goods so he could find a way to resell them to other units and exchange them for models with higher specifications, and if there was any shortage of money, he would quietly make up for it. However, it seemed too late.
The work here was still stuck, not finished yet, so he couldn't leave halfway. He hated himself for being useless, unable to protect the person in his heart.
Glancing at the watch in his hand, he lazily got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom. The meeting with the project management board would take place at two o'clock in the afternoon, so he wanted to take a walk to regain his spirits.
No matter how annoyed he was with Dylan, he couldn't neglect his work even when his father's shares had been transferred to Dylan.
The autumn sky of Y country seemed higher and bluer, and the sweet scent of ripe fruit wafted in the wind. Walking along the rows of trees in the red maple garden, listening to the rustling of leaves above and the cracking sound of dry leaves underfoot, watching the flock of doves flapping their wings in the gentle sunlight, Stephen's mood also improved, he felt his heart calm down.
He followed Nancy for many months, although she acted close but always kept her distance from him so he realized that she still missed her ex, and did not want to open her heart.
Perhaps she was like him. Even at this moment, when he knew she was next to Dylan, he still couldn't convince himself to forget her. The feeling in his heart was no longer pain but disappointment and emptiness.
At the same time, in country T, the clock showed nearly eleven o'clock at night and Laura was still sitting on the sofa waiting for Nolan to return.
In recent months, the work of AS Group has been progressing smoothly, so Nolan has also jumped in to help Michael manage the company, supervise employees, and handle diplomacy and customer service.
After Laura liquidated her contract with Global Group, she did not join any company. She agreed to live with Nolan and stay at home like a soulless person, leaving everything for him to take care of.
Today, she happened to see a news report about an upcoming jewelry exhibition at the Imperial Hotel, so she immediately came up with the idea of ​​taking revenge on Lyle.
While she was sleeping, the sound of the door opening woke her up. When Nolan saw her suddenly waiting for him to come home today, he felt happy and quickly walked over to kiss her lightly on the forehead.
“Why don't you go to sleep first? Why are you waiting for me?”
“I have something to tell you. Nolan, do you know about the jewelry exhibition coming up at the Imperial Hotel?”
“I heard about it in the newspapers and on TV. But what's the problem?”
“I want to attend, please find a way to get me an invitation card.”
“Laura, why do you want to go there? Do you want to see him?”
After hesitating for a moment, Laura told Nolan about her plan to steal the Sancy diamond from the crown. She wanted Lyle to suffer because of this because that would relieve her anger.
Nolan immediately jumped up after hearing this.
“No, do you think it's easy to get the room card from him?”
“He doesn't want others to know that he has a relationship with me. If I come to ask to talk, he will tell me to go to a secluded place, I will find a chance to drug him and take it.”
“Even if you get it, there are a lot of security forces there...”
Before he could finish speaking, Laura interrupted to reassure him, saying that she had seen the plan as well as the location of the room where the crown was placed, that room had no guards because Lyle didn't want to attract attention, it was just like any other normal room and that precious crown would be brought down to the exhibition area by Lyle when the exhibition opened to ensure safety.
“Isn't it good for us to live peacefully like this?” Nolan looked at her with sad eyes and asked.
“Not good. I hate him so much that I'm no longer human. Don't you see? He was the one who made me fall down the stairs and have a miscarriage. How can I forget?”
Nolan sat down on the sofa without saying a word. The girl he loved hated Lyle, and he hated Dylan very much. Although Dylan had helped the AS Group come back, Dylan was also the one who destroyed his father's company, causing his father to throw away all his dignity and kneel to beg. To be honest, he also wanted a chance to make the chairman of the Global Group lose his reputation.
Although Laura had seen Lyle's plan, there was no guarantee that it wouldn't change. He was worried that if something went wrong, she would pay for it with the rest of her life behind bars.
Seeing him silent, Laura quickly rushed over and hugged him.
“Nolan, just this once. After getting the Sancy diamond, let's go abroad together, I promise to be with you for the rest of my life, okay?”
“Let me do this.”
Hearing Nolan agree, Laura thanked him and kissed him passionately. He also responded enthusiastically. Since he had known her until now, this was the first time she had taken the initiative to be intimate with him.
Although he felt a little heartbroken because he understood the reason behind this passion, he didn't know what to do because he loved her too much.