Catherine’s voice held no surprise, only fear and disgust at Jerome’s sudden appearance.
Her expression made Jerome feel extremely painful, and the strength in his hands unconsciously
by increased.
“Come back with me! Now!!”
Catherine gasped in pain and struggled hard.
“Hisss… Let go of me, Jerome, it hurts!!!
Upon hearing her say “ouch,” Glenn, who had been standing beside her the whole time, suddenly pushed Jerome away, his eyes turning cold in an
instant
“Let gol Can’t you understand what she’s saying?!”
ok at him, staring at Catherine intently, forcing himself to calm down,
Jerome didn’t even look at
“Catherine… let’s talk.
At that moment, Catherine finally exploded. Her eyes red with rears, she pushed Jerome away and shouted at him in despair.
“Jerome, wake up! We have nothing to talk about anymore! I stopped loving you a long time ago!”
Upon hearing this sentence, the two men present were both stunned.
There was a huge crowd at the school gate, and every passerby was watching the excitement. Catherine seemed unable to bear it, her voice choked as she accused Jerome.
“I clearly wanted to part ways with you amicably, why do you still have to come and disturb my life.”
Upon hearing her sobbing, Jerome finally woke up.
“Cathy… I’m sorry, L..”
Every word of hers was like a knife, stabbing deeply into Jerome’s heart. He quickly lowered his posture, wanting to hold her hand.
But this hand was avoided by Catherine.
“Don’t call me Cathy anymore…”
“Jerome, you always treated me as a substitute, as a plaything, as if I were the canary you kept in a cage. 1 had had enough!”
Watching Catherine step back, tears streaming down her face, Jerome’s heart was tightly twisted.
“No, Cathy, I didn’t come here to argue, I came to ask for your forgiveness…”
“I only love you, it’s my heart that I didn’t realize all along. Can you give me another chance, please? I really know I was wrong, Cathy”
Jerome’s eyes seemed to fog over, even though Catherine was right in front of him, he felt like she was getting farther and farther away.
Catherine’s expression was unprecedentedly indifferent, and she let out a cold laugh as if she had heard a huge joke.
“Do you love me? You just realized that you love me now?!
“When you locked me in the cold storage back then, why couldn’t you remember that you loved me? When you were partying with Jenny every night back then, why couldn’t you remember that you loved me?”
She almost shouted out these two sentences, and each one seemed to be like revealing her own sear
That year, Jeroine said he would accompany her every day in the future, Catherine belleved it, but now she no longer cares about the love Jerome gave her.
“Jerome, it’s all too late. My love for you had long been worn out by you yourself…”
“The past is all–in the past, I will never be with you again…”
After saying that, she bumped into Jerome’s shoulder and left the campus, while he stood frozen in place, his eyes red.
The two words “forever” seemed like a knife, stabbing fiercely at Jerine’s heart.
Everything was set in stone
tone and would never change.
The autumn wind was bleak, swirling up a pile of fallen leaves, making Jerome standing in front of the school gate look even more helpless.
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Jerome regretted it. He regretted not driving Jenny away when he was tempted by his old feelings.
He regretted not helping her when Catherine was being excluded.
He regretted not insisting on telling Catherine that she was not a canary but the woman he loved the most.
“No!!”
Jerome landt at the entrance of the camps, tears of remorse streaming down his face, and let out a cry of despair.
Glenn stood in front of him, looking complex. After hearing the conversation just now, he really wanted to punch this man. His clenched fist slowly
relaxed
Before passing him, she finally lowered her gaze and left a word.
“Catherine had already started a new life, if 1 catch you trying to find her again, it won’t be as simple as today,”
After saying that, he left without looking back, following Catherine.
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since meeting Jerome early in a
the morning at school, Catherine has been completely dazed.
She was in a bad mood all day, breaking the pencil lead three times while drawing the design draft, and the lines were crooked.
Even when boiling coffee at the coffee machine on campus, it was so hot that I almost burned my hand. Fortunately, Glenn noticed it in time and I wasn’t
Injured.
“Catherine, where are we going to eat later?”
Glenn was talking to her on the side, but Catherine was staring blankly without any response.
“Catherine?”
It wasn’t until Glenn reached out and shook her in front of her that she suddenly woke up.
*Sorry, I just zoned out.
Catherine’s low spirits were so obvious that Glenn felt uncomfortable
“Catherine, let’s not go to class this afternoon, let’s go to the amusement park together.”
“Amusement park?”
Although Catherine did not understand why h
he did this, she still followed him to the amusement park far away
y from the city center.
The car parked steadily at the entrance of the amusement park, and those entering the gate were all accompanied by parents with their children, or student couples.
“Glenn, why did you bring me here?”
Seeing her puzzled expression, Glenn unbuckled the seatbelt, smiled, and ruffled her head.
“Because if you are always so absent–minded, I will also be very worried.”
She looked into his eyes as if all the unhappiness with Jerome just now had been dispelled
“Thank you…
He took her on countless thrilling and exciting rides: pirate ships, spinning chairs, and bungee jumping.
They played all the thrilling rides in the amusement park, and that sudden heart–pounding feeling shattered Catherine’s worries,
And when the roller coaster reached the highest point, Catherine tightly gripped the handrail and suddenly heard Glenn’s shout beside her.
Ah!!!!!!
“Catherine!! Let out all the unhappiness!! From now on, completely forget about the unhappy past! Embrace the new life!!“.
Looking at the man beside her, Catherine suddenly felt her eyes stinging and screamed involuntarily.
The howling wind Filled Catherine’s throat, and she made up her mind to blow away all the shadows about Jerome!
And at that moment, she finally laughed heartily.
The night grew darker, and the two of them gradually became a little tired without realizing it.
After eating some food at the themed restaurant, they took a stroll to the bottom of the Ferris wheel
“Catherine, we’ve been crazy all day, let’s finish it with this.”
Glenn put on a gentle smile again and took Catherine’s hand,
The two of them sat on the Ferris wheel, enjoying a rare quiet and peaceful moment. The transparent glass cabin was slowly rising, with the lights at the whole Vashop flowing beneath their feet
Watching the moving scene outside the window, Glenn gazed at Catherine’s beautiful profile leaning against the window, and gently spoke.
“Are you feeling better now?”
Catherine came to her senses at the sound and smiled as she nodded at him.
The two of them enjoyed the night view for a while, until the Ferris wheel was about to reach its highest point, Glenn suddenly spoke heavily
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“Catherine, there is something
nething I have lopt f
kept from you for many years.”
Catherine turned her bead innocently, with stars twinkling in her eyes
What’s the matter?
The usually mature and steady Glenn suddenly became timid and nervous, with sweat breaking out in his palms as he slowly spoke.
“The day after you left, I was planning to confess my feelings to you, but before I could tell you that I liked you, you had already left without saying goodbye,”
“Later I tried many methods to find you, but at that time I was too young and really powerless, so I could only hide this liking in my heart.”
Seeing Catherine’s astonished look, he paused for a moment and then spoke again.
“But I never forgot you, until I met you again in Vashon, I felt like it was a gift from God.”
“I know you just came out of a painful relationship, and you have always treated me like a brother. I have also thought about just being by your side to accompany you..”
“But now I am becoming more and more greedy, I am not satisfied with just being by your side.”
“Would you like to be with me?”
At this moment, the cabin of the Ferris wheel rose to the highest point, and the entire night view of Vashon was right beside them.
After listening to these words, Catherine stood still in place, listening to him slowly recounting the buried emotions for many years, suddenly feeling her eves moist.
The next moment, the sky suddenly burst into a grand fireworks display, as if it was creating a magnificent backdrop just for them.
“Catherine… where is your answer?”
Watching Glenn’s ears turn red, Catherine’s breath stopped.
She fantasized about the day she was forced to move, 15–year–old Glenn waited anxiously, even trying every possible way to find her, but all in vain, that sense of emptiness.
It seemed that Catherine was moved by the scene, and she couldn’t help but shed a tear,
“I was willing…”
In an instant, Glenn’s eyes widened suddenly, and he excitedly trembled as he stepped forward and embraced Catherine.
And the fireworks bloomed behind them, like a witness to their regained love
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The plane landed on time, and Jerome got into the car that his assistant had sent to pick him up.
The car drove back to the familiar street smoothly, but he couldn’t feel happy at all
Every corner of this city bore the traces of Catherine.
The high–end Western restaurant on the street com
as where C Catherine and Jerome went to eat when Catherine celebrated her birthday one year.
Corner WHE
There, they kissed under the blessing of the band.
They often walked past the bridge by the river. In winter, Jerome would put Catherine’s hand in his pocket to keep it warm, and she would smile and kiss his cheek,
Every moment of their relationship was deeply engraved in Jerome’s heart, and could not be erased no matter how hard he tried.
Recalling the past, Jerome finally arrived at the doorstep.
He hadn’t been back here for a long time because the traces of Catherine’s life here had long disappeared
He pushed open the door of the basement, which he had not opened for a long time, and a musty
There came a rustling sound from the basement, as if someone were mattering to themselves.
sty smell
mixed with a faint fishy odor hit him in the face.
In the corner, there was a dark shadow curled up into a ball, crawling on the ground and eating something.
Jerome couldn’t stand it and turned on the light, Instantly brightening the room.
No one knew about this basement, during the days when Jerome was not around, no one brought food for Jenny. She was hungry for too long, so she found a few boxes of expired mineral water and some canned goods near the warehouse to survive.
Jenny had become so thin, and the iron chains that Jerome had bound around her ankles had already rubbed her ankles bloody,
Hearing the sound, she looked up in terror, her face devoid of any color.
She had been locked in this dim and narrow place for too long, with none of her former arrogance at the moment, but rather a dazed look.
Jenny was still wearing the “wrap skirt she wore at the bar, but she was thin as a skeleton, without the charm and grace.”
“Jerome. Jerome… let me out…
Her voice was hoarse and terrifying, as if she had turned into a different person, crawling towards Jerome’s feet.
Jerome stood in the shadow, his eyes as cold as if looking at a pile of garbage.
“I beg you… let me go. I won’t do it again..”
Jenny shivered, holding onto Jerome’s trouser leg, her forehead hitting the ground heavily, as if she couldn’t feel any pain.
Jerome glanced at her indifferently and kicked her away.
He grabbed her hair, his eyes filled with undisguised malice.
“You’re lucky, I found Catherine
“Really?! That’s great! You’re going to let me out, right?”
Looking at her smiling face, Jerome immediately thought of Catherine standing next to Glenn
His facial features instantly became ferocious, raising his hand and fiercely slapping her across the face.
“Because of your instigation, she ended up with another man and said she would never be with me. Are you happy with this outcome?””
Jenny was slapped so hard that her ears were ringing, and a buzzing sound filled her mind, with blood oozing from the comer of her mouth,
“No, I’m sorry. I misspoke..”
Jerome’s eyes turned scarlet, and suddenly he slapped back with a resounding slap!
“Bang!”
Jenny was slapped again and hit the wall, her mouth cracked open, and blood trickled down her chin
At this point, Jerome was already feeling jealous. The moment he saw Jenny’s face, all he could think of was the tearful Catherine from that time, and the
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man by Catherine’s side.
He was so angry that be almost bit his teeth off, and slapped Jenny several times in a row to vent his anger
Jenny’s face swelled up high, and her once beautiful face has become somewhat unrecognizable.
A mouthful of thick blood was spit out, the already weak body, almost like a dying fish lying on the ground, not moving at all.
At that moment, Jerome suddenly noticed the cabinet in the corner where Catherine used to store her painting supplies.
Suddenly an evil idea was born.
He viciously grabbed formy’s hair and dragged her to the bottom of the wooden cabinet.
In a fit of rage, Jerome violently overturned the cabinet while she was powerless to resist!
With a loud “boom“, the heavy solid wood cabinet crashed down on Jenny, she let out a piercing scream, and then never moved again.
He went downstairs to the dining table and poured himself a glass of water. Last night, he had spent the whole night dreaming, with Catherine repeatedly saying she hated Jerome, which caused him to wake up with his clothes soaked in sweat
With five fingers tightly gripping the water glass, he set down the cup and prepared to go to the basement to deal with the body.
He slowly walked down the stairs, but he felt a hint of something wrong
The door to the basement was wide open.
Last night he seemed to have not closed the door properly, just gently pushed it closed. Could it have been blown open by the wind?
He walked in, turned on the light, but found no one inside,
Where did you go… Where did you go….
Jerome ran back upstairs in terror. The living room seemed unchanged, but upon closer inspection, some bloodstains could be seen on the floor.
Didn’t Jenny die? How could she have run away!
Jerome came to the study, turned on the computer to check the surveillance.
Last night, the solid wood cabinet tired over. Instead of killing Jenny, it broke the old iron chain around Jenny’s ankle
In the middle of the night, while Jerome was sound asleep, Jenny limped up from downstairs, grabbed the first aid kit, bandaged herself up quickly, and changed into a fresh set of clothes.
The following scene was even more terrifying, Jenny took a knife from the kitchen and stealthily sneaked upstairs, arriving at Jerome’s bedroom.
She walked to the edge of the bed, raising the handle of the life high as if she was about to strike. However, the landline downstairs suddenly came to mind
Jenny, who was scared, no longer hesitated and immediately grabbed her backpack all fled.
Jerome was horrified by the scene he saw, and couldn’t help but shudder afterwards.
If it weren’t for that phone call, he would have died under her life long ago.
However, her passport and identification documents were taken by Jerome, where can she go?!
Jerome was so scared by the surveillance footage that he immediately called his assistant.
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“Find out for me! Where did Jenny go! Make sure to contact the police in advance, absolutely do not let her call the police!!!!
After hanging up the phone, Jerome angrily smashed his phone against the wall.
Why was she so careless last night that she “ran out“!
Jerome smoked one cigarette after another in the study, and the ashtray quickly piled up with a high layer.
Just as he was anxiously waiting, the assistant’s phone rang
“Mr. Lawrence, there is news!”
“The coast guard salvaged a blood–stained coat in the domestic waters, which was the one Jenny was wearing when she escaped! She had no identification docvements, so she must have smuggled abroad.”
e, rest assured, for someone like her without any status, no one will investigate even if she dies.”
*Mr. Lawrence, rest
After listening to the report, Jerome expressionlessly formatted the surveillance video of Jenny escaping with injuries.
Since she was able to escape on her own ability, he decided not to blame her and let her go.
Since she left, Jerome couldn’t be bothered anymore, and his mental state deteriorated even more. He spent his days in the bar drowning his sorrows
He began to change women as easily as changing clothes, each time consuming the most expensive champagne tower, and then selecting his desired target among the crowd of ladies
“Mr. Lawrence, according to your goal, everyone is here!
A row of young and beautiful girls stood in front of Jerome, and the bartender gathered all the girls who looked like Catherine in the bar according to the photo Jerome provided
At this point, Jerome was already heavily drunk, his eyes blurred. He pointed to the girl who looked most like her and asked her to stay, while everyone else was driven out.
The selected girl was very happy. It was rumored that Mr. Lawrence from the Lawrence Group had a long–term girlfriend and never went out with anyone else. Others who wanted to flarer him had no chance.
And now that woman has disappeared, many people are waiting for an opportunity that he has set his sights on.
She obediently sat by Jerome’s side, taking care of him as he was already losing consciousness
“Come, Mr. Lawrence, I’ll have a drink with you.”
“Cathy. Is it really you… Have you forgiven me?”
