Chapter 85: I’m Going To Send You Off
In fact, what really bothered her was Chester’s judgment of her life in the past few years.
In the past ten years, she always put herself in the position of a victim and a martyr, and she took it for granted. She once hated Travis Cooper from the bottom of her heart, regarding him as the murderer of her youth.
But she did not re-think that she might have another option at that time.
She never thought about what she would do if it was an ugly old man with a bald head and a big belly who forced her to sell her body.
Following this kind of thinking, when she agreed to make a deal with Travis, she hated him but somehow also was obsessed with him? He was the first man in her life, and she used to be obsessed with him. Since he was a testimony of her first fall, so she easily chose another form of decadence in front of him?Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.
Did these assumptions, which she would never want to admit, influence her choice and were hidden under the splendid coat of her own self-righteous noble sacrifice?
Meanwhile, although she did not accept him psychologically and did not accept his money with a very high posture, she used him after all. She used him to save the company and retaliate against the traitors. She used his resources for the treatment of her grandfather. She even put all her dissatisfaction with this world on him so that she could live with a peaceful mind.
But she would never admit the authenticity of such assumptions because she would collapse mentally. If she had to admit it, then she was not pitiful and innocent at all. Grandfather also used something similar to “vanity” and “cowardice” to define her action at that moment. Although she refused to admit it, it sounded reasonable when she thought it over.
When she wanted to find someone to hate, to transfer her heavy depression, she found that she did not even have this channel anymore.
She sat for a long time and still did not feel sleepy. She got up and went to the mobile phone to see the time, but saw a missed text message on the screen. It was sent by Charles saying, “Sleep well.”
Charles often could not give her a call when he was busy, so he would usually leave a message to her when it was late at night, and Arianna would read it first thing in the morning.
The text message was sent ten minutes ago. Arianna looked at the words for a while and called Charles, “It’s me.”
Charles was very surprised, “Why haven’t you slept yet? It’s so late now.”
“I had a dream. And I woke up and saw your text message.” Arianna said, “If you are not sleepy, could you talk to me for a while?”
Charles smiled, “I usually want you to say a few more words, but you always refuse. So, you like to talk in the early morning. But I am really sleepy now, and I still have a thick pile of documents to read. I still need to go to the airport several hours from now. I’ll probably have to do some sleep on the plane. When this trip is over, can I take two days off to accompany you? You just name the time you want by then.”
“Good. What time is your flight? I am going to send you off.”
“The flight is too early, and the airport is too far away. No need for that. It’s not my first business trip.”
“I’m going to send you off.”
Arianna forced herself to close her eyes for two hours, took a shower and brushed her teeth hurriedly, and then drove to the airport. She didn’t want Charles to sense the smell of alcohol and tobacco in her mouth, so she sprayed a strong perfume on her body. She seldom used perfume since she was with Charles.
She felt that her behavior was a bit funny. Although she was not frosty, her action looked like what a girl in love would do. She had not done such stupid things for so many years. In fact, she only did it once in the past twenty more years.
She suddenly didn’t want to say anything to Charles. After a night of self-torture, she was already physically and mentally tired. Before yesterday, she felt that she was worthy of understanding, so she wanted Charles to know. But today, she changed her mind and lost the courage to speak.
Charles said that he was on a business trip for three days. She had no idea what Chester would do. Maybe when Charles gets back, it’s time for them to break up.
Since they were with each other, Charles had always been doing all kinds of things for her, and she only needed to wait and accept, so this time she took the initiative to approach him. Probably she would not have a second chance to do so. She does not want to leave too much regret.
When she arrived at the airport, Charles and his two companions were waiting there. Both of them were much older than him but very kind to him.
Charles didn’t have breakfast. He said he’d like to eat on the plane. She bought breakfast for the three of them before she got to the airport.
The oldest person smiled when they saw her, “Such a nice and stunning girl, no wonder Charles is so serious.”
Charles smiled at them, pulled Arianna aside, and whispered to her, “I am the one who hasn’t slept overnight. How do you look gaunter than I? I said that you don’t have to come.”
“You don’t want to see me?”
“I’d rather not see you if you look like a national treasure.” Charles covered her eyes with his palm, “It seems you had a nightmare last night. Please take a day off today and have a good rest, my dear.”
Charles kissed her goodbye.
*****
The next two days were quiet.
Arianna thought Chester would’ve harassed her if he was short of money, but she didn’t hear from him.
Maybe Chester found a new buyer. But according to her understanding of him and her speculation about his words that day, she felt he was only bluffing. Perhaps he did not have the evidence of her affair with Travis Cooper.
Just when she felt too peaceful, Chester called again. To her surprise, he did not mention the matter of extortion. Instead, he talked to her about the old days, referring to her childhood.