Chapter 221
If he loved her enough firmly, maybe he would still be with her, even though he was injured.
Zayden’s expression was gloomy. Even he didn’t know how ugly his expression was at this moment. He asked Nelissa with difficulty, “Did Edward manage to meet your requirements?”
Nelissa didn’t say anything and didn’t want to say anything. She stared at the ground with tears in her eyes and thought, “Yes. Will Edward meet my requirements for love?”
He liked to bully her so much that he might not be better than Zayden in the past. At that time, Zayden listened to her in everything.
But there was one thing that was best for Edward. He was very determined and very determined to love her. Even more and more, she increasingly believed that his firmness would last until the end. She could see eternal life with this man in this changeable world.
Perhaps the two people in love had to be determined in the end. Only then could this love truly bloom.
After a long time.
Nelissa gradually calmed down, and Zayden finally let go of her hand. She slowly stood up. After squatting for a long time, her legs were a little sore. She sat beside the hospital bed and looked at her mother, but neither of them spoke.
The silent atmosphere was between them.
Before long, Zayden turned and opened the door, leaving the ward.
Nelissa didn’t move, as if she didn’t care.
She thought that Zayden had left. In fact, it was good that he had left. Otherwise, Susan would have asked him to come here again. The three of them had already walked into a strange circle. They were very embarrassed and stiff. They couldn’t talk nicely when they saw each other.
In less than 20 minutes, Zayden returned with a lunch box in his hand. He handed it to Nelissa and said, “Eat first.”
Nelissa was stunned and didn’t respond. She thought she didn’t want to see him. He put down the lunch box on the table and turned to leave.
There was a soft “clang” sound of the door closing, and it beat hard on Nelissa’s heart.
She sighed deeply, picked up the lunch box, opened it, and ate it. She didn’t mean anything else just now, but she was not used to Zayden’s care for her at the moment.
They had been separated for five years, and time was the cruelest thief.
After dinner, Nelissa went into the bathroom to wash her hands. Her eyes were slightly red and swollen from crying in the mirror. Fortunately, Edward had no time to come tonight, so she felt a little guilty. She was already a married woman, so she should not be entangled with other men.
Sigh.
She scooped up the cool water with her hands and washed her face, hoping to remove the swelling in her eyes. Then, she pulled out a clean towel and wiped her face. After that, she washed her face with a hot towel and took it out to wipe her mother’s face, hands, and feet. After that, she sat next to the bed and talked to her mother and herself. She said whatever she thought.
Time passed by unknowingly.
It was nearly 9:30 p. m. before Nelissa packed up and left with her bag. She usually stayed at this time, then went to the bus station near the hospital and took the last bus home.
At the end of the train, it was more comfortable than sitting in a car. The road was empty and the road was smooth. The most important thing was that there were only two yuan, which was much better than a car.
Nelissa went out of the elevator and found that Zayden had not left. He was smoking in the smoking area of the hospital, as if he had been waiting for her. Seeing her coming out, he put out the cigarette butt, pressed it on the trash can, and said to her, “I’ll take you home.”
Nelissa shook her head. “No need. I’ll just drive back.”
Zayden looked at the ventilation window in the smoking area. The rain was not heavy, and it filled the whole night sky. He looked down at the white-collar clothes and asked, “It’s raining outside. Do you have an umbrella?”
Nelissa didn’t say anything.
The elevator came, and they went in first. As a result, when they reached the first floor, no one spoke again. They were silent, as if this was the only way to get along with each other for a while.
The lovers who had talked about everything now needed to think twice before saying a word.
At the gate of the hospital, it was still raining, and it was not small. The ground was covered with dense water. Nelissa thought in her heart that she might as well go back to the hospital, but she had to go out to stop the car outside.
Zayden suddenly said to her, “Wait for me.”
He rushed into the rain and ran in the direction of his car. After a while, he came back with an umbrella and handed it to Nelissa. “Take it.”
Nelissa didn’t take the umbrella and noticed that Zayden’s body was wet. There were drops of water on his forehead and his hair was wet.
She frowned and asked, “What about you?”
Zayden softened his tone and said, “Where are you going to take the car? How about I take you there?”
Thinking about it, Nelissa could only do so. There was a shed at the bus station that could shelter her from the rain. So she said, “I’ll take the bus back, or I can take a bus.”
Zayden nodded slightly. “Let’s go.”
They shared an umbrella, and the rain fell on the umbrella. It seemed that the outside world was separated from theirs, leaving only the sound of the rain.
In the past, Nelissa and Zayden used to be like this. Zayden always said that she couldn’t hold an umbrella well and was used to holding an umbrella for her every time it rained. The two of them shared it. At that time, Nelissa was still young, and the skinny one was just a young man. At that time, Zayden felt that there was a lot of room for them to use the umbrella together.
Now, it was extremely crowded. It had grown up and changed.
On the way, Zayden asked Nelissa, “Can I do the surgery tomorrow?”
Nelissa quickly shook her head. With Edward around, it was enough. “Don’t come. If you come, Susan will come too.” She said seriously, “This operation is very important. If there is an accident, I really can’t stand it.”
Zayden looked towards the road in front of him. There was a street lamp a short distance away, and there were some flashing lights in front of him. It was the bus stop in the rain. After a long while, he replied, “Okay.”
When they arrived at the bus station, Nelissa hid under the shed and hid in the rain, but Zayden did not leave. He said that he was tired and had no energy to drive in the rainy night, so he planned to take the bus.
Looking at his high-class suit of international brand, Nelissa pursed her lips and said nothing.
There was only a man and a woman standing under the empty bus stop. Their gazes met, and the distance between them was so wide that it seemed like they were separated from each other. In front of them, there was a rain from the curtain, which set off the dim night sky and outlined a sense of sadness and sorrow.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
A black luxury car sped across the opposite road, splashing water.
Edward suddenly straightened his upper body and glanced out of the car window in surprise. He said sharply, “Stop the car!”
“Ah?” Andrew did not understand, but he quickly grabbed the door and hurriedly stopped the luxurious car. As soon as Young Mr. Hales finished his business, he said that he would come to the hospital to pick up Miss Nelissa.
He turned his head to look outside the car. It was raining, and there was a spare umbrella in the car. When he was about to take it out, the rear door suddenly opened, and a gust of wind and rain poured in.
Andrew yelled, “Young Mr. Hales, umbrella…”
With a bang, the car door was closed and Andrew’s voice was cut off.
Edward stared at the opposite side of the road. Through the dense rain, he saw Nelissa and Zayden together. She only had eyes for him and did not see him.
At this moment, time seemed to have come to a standstill, and there was only the sound of heavy rain around. Edward realized that he was far away from Nelissa and Zayden. It was a crisis and he was unwilling to give up. However, all of this happened suddenly. When he was about to react, time came to life again.
A bus came and stopped in front of the bus stop…
“Young Mr. Hales, umbrella.” Andrew got out of the car and quickly held up an umbrella to shield Edward from the rain. After that, he looked in the direction that Edward was looking at. There was no one at the bus stop across the road.
Edward slowly withdrew his gaze. His suit jacket was already wet. He smoothed his hair and some strands fell down. He lowered his deep eyes, and the rain flowed along with them. It was slightly spicy, and his corneas were burning with pain.
The cold was getting worse.
The bus was neither too fast nor too slow. Perhaps it was because of the rain at night, the driver did not dare to drive too fast for fear of accidents.
Nelissa kept looking out of the window and said nothing.
Zayden couldn’t stretch his long legs in the narrow seat. He seemed to have been used to it before, and now he was no longer used to it. He tilted his head and asked Nelissa, “Did we take the bus before?”
Nelissa raised her eyebrows slightly. In the past, in the distant past, in the distant childhood and young age.
She thought for a moment and said, “I don’t think so.” There used to be cars everywhere she went, so there was no need to squeeze into the bus.
Zayden said, “I used to… I meant to meet you before. I took a bus every day. Later, in order to save money, I bought a second-hand bus. It seemed to be only a little over 100 yuan. It was very shabby, but I rode it to work and earn money in various places every day. I rarely went to school.”
Zayden smiled when he said these words. He looked very beautiful.
He was a very handsome man himself. When he was still a poor boy, he was also born with red lips and white teeth. Among a group of boys who were full of hormones, he was favored by girls. Others felt pity for him. Why was such a good-looking boy so miserable and poor?
Nelissa saw the side of Zayden’s face through the reflective window. She felt a little sad and couldn’t help turning to ask him, “You… after your mother passed away, didn’t you have any relatives?” Wasn’t Norah his aunt?
Zayden shook his head, still smiling. He laughed as if he didn’t care at all. “I’m not very close to my relatives, and I’m not familiar with anyone. There’s no reason for them to adopt an outsider who’s in his teens and is unfamiliar with them. In addition, their environment isn’t that good either. They don’t have any spare money for me to read.”
Zayden only had one mother. He had never seen his father before. Back then, his mother had been cheated by a man when she met him. She had gotten pregnant before she got married. Soon after she gave birth to him, she had been chased out by her family and started to raise him on her own. It had been extremely difficult.
After a long silence, Nelissa thought that if she could give Zayden a good birth environment, he would be a good man.
What a pity…
The bus slowly leaned against the station. Nelissa arrived and pressed the bell, ready to get out of the car.
“Here’s the umbrella.” Zayden handed the carefully folded umbrella to Nelissa. The rain outside had yet to reach her ears.