Chapter 37 How Long Have You Planned to Leave?
Ariana Sutton’s POV
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Amid the contradictions and entanglements, I didn’t fall asleep until the sky turned pale. When I woke up, it was already a sunny afternoon.
1 thought the dean would call to give me a mouthful if I didn’t go to work, so I was surprised to find that no one spammed me
with calls
Thereafter, I opened the door and went out to wash up. Lukas followed behind me and declared triumphantly, “I told you that you couldn’t leave?
Brushing my teeth in annoyance, I was desperate to spit toothpaste onto his face. Why is he so confident about reading my mind?
Though I was in a dilemma, I was more inclined to not leave for the time being.
Even if I wanted to leave. I had to wait until Stefan left, lest he thought the reason I left was him.
Good weather never lasted too long. After several consecutive days of bright weather, continuous torrential rain ushered in,
The raindrops hit the grape trellis hard, and the vines with fruits seemed unable to withstand the pressure. Soon, unripe fruits came falling to the ground.
The only downside of the house was its sound insulation. The noise of the rain made it impossible for one to sleep. I grabbed an umbrella and walked under the grape trellis, stepping on the cold rain, and suddenly recalled the time when I was scolded by my mother for playing in the water when I was a child.
She was a gentle person, so even when she was reprimanding me, she sounded very tender.
It was a pity that my mother had only been with me for five years. I didn’t even have the chance to note down many details about her.
Suddenly, the door of Stefan’s room opened.
He walked to the door and smoked under the eaves. The flames flickered on and off, reflecting his handsome face. The smoke slowly rose into the air and was quickly washed away by the rain.
I subconsciously stood up straight, no longer allowing my playful instinct of stepping on puddles to take over,
No matter the time and place, one would always try to keep a decent image in front of someone they admired.
Stefan finished smoking his cigarette but didn’t enter the room. Instead, he seemed to be looking at me.
The noisy rain was still going on, and I didn’t know when it would stop, but Stefan seemed to have said something that I didn’t catch. I merely saw him turning around and entering the door without shutting it.
Perhaps, he wanted me to enter his room?
I hesitated for a while before going under the eaves and putting away the umbrella. “What did you just say?”
He walked to the coffee table and poured two cups of hot tea before picking one of the cups and taking a sip. “Stepping on puddles at this age! Childish,” he uttered nonchalantly.
Well I did seem a little childish…
Feeling awkward, I stood at the door without entering and felt at a loss for words.
Due to the incidents that happened before leaving Crimsdale, I thought that we would never be able to talk face–to–face calmly like this again.
When everything became so calm, I couldn’t help feeling a little lost as I couldn’t read his mind.
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Chapter 37 How Long Have You Planned to Leave?
I walked into the room in a daze, and before I could stand still, he added, “Close the door. The wind is strong and might bring
the rain in
Fase. With that, I turned around to close the door. As soon as I did that, however, I noticed that the room was tiny. Even though I was standing at the entrance, it felt as if I was very close to him.
There were four rooms in this house, and Stefan lived in the largest and best–equipped room, but compared with Jablonsky Residence, this place was still far behind.
Silence soon enveloped the whole room!
didn’t do so
was a great opportunity for me to explain Figaro’s incident to him, but I
After all the incidents that had unfolded, an explanation didn’t seem necessary anymore.
If the explanation was not done at the right time, it would lose its original meaning.
It took a long while before Stefan broke the quiet atmosphere. “How long have you been planning to leave me?”
