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She took a moment before calmly saying, “What you said, isn’t it you who said I can date? As long as that person isn’t you, anyone is fine.”
“And he’s great, not some ‘messy‘ person you think. I’ll be with him and when the time is right, I’ll bring him back to meet you guys.”
Paulette spoke slowly, surprisingly calm in her heart, no resentment, no
regrets.
She thought, she had really let go of Nelson.
So…
“Nelson, goodbye.”
With that, Paulette hung up the phone.
Nelson was still caught up in her words, and when she snapped out of it, there was no sound on the other end of the line.
His neck meridian twitched twice, making him instantly annoyed, almost smashing the phone out, “Damn girl! Addicted to hanging up on me?”
Nelson threw it on the passenger seat and stepped on the gas, ready to go back and give Paulette a good talking to.
I got back to Emberglade Villa around ten o’clock, the whole house was pitch black, couldn’t see any light.
Nelson parked the car in the yard and walked in with big steps.
As soon as the light in the hallway turned on, he felt that something was
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Paulette always stayed up late, why did she go to bed so early today?
His eyes darkened, he went in and turned on all the lights in the living room, but the next moment he froze in place.
Emberglade Villa was a house that Nelson bought a long time ago, with a neutral decoration style, black, white, and grey minimalist style. It was not until Paulette moved in that she started to gradually transform it into a cozy home.
But the living room in front of me seems to have gone back to many years
ago.
The fluffy stuffed animal on the sofa was gone, only the cold gray cover left.
The small ornaments on the table also disappeared without a trace.
Even the green plants by the French window were gone.
This house was empty and it made me feel anxious.
Nelson didn’t know how long he had been standing there. He closed his eyes heavily, the headlight shining on him, casting a lonely dark shadow below.
Suddenly, he looked up at the upstairs.
“Paulette!”
The empty house seemed to still have echoes.
Nelson took a few steps upstairs, Paulette’s room door wasn’t closed at all. He pushed it open and it was pitch black and empty like a big hole,
swallowing everything up.
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His eyes turned red, and he turned on the light.
No…
He’s not here.
The clothes in the wardrobe disappeared out of nowhere.
“Paulette! Don’t play this boring game with me, get out!”
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Nelson searched through every room in the house, but still couldn’t find
any
trace of Paulette. She was like a gust of wind, a dream, with no signs of the years they had spent together, as if she had never been there.
This feeling made Nelson’s heart skip a beat. He quickly pulled out his phone, his fingers trembling so much that he almost dropped it.
WhatsApp was still there, and the phone was too.
He let out a sigh of relief, calmed his breathing, and then made the phone call.
Didn’t pick up.
Call again.
Still no one answered.
By the third time, the call was still not going through… Paulette had blocked him.
Nelson gritted his teeth, and suddenly a surge of blood rushed up, leaving only a deep sense of powerlessness. He leaned back on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling with his dark eyes, without blinking for a long time.
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Paulette had a good night’s sleep. Nelson called several times last night, but she didn’t answer. She had already made herself clear, and arguing further would be pointless. It’s better to let him calm down and think things through.
After finishing washing up and walking out of the room, Jeremiah had already prepared breakfast.
Bagels and eggs were her favorite.
“How did you sleep last night?”
Paulette had just stuffed her mouth, and her cheeks puffed up like a
hamster.
She quickly swallowed with wide eyes, and then took a big gulp of soy milk.
“Good, and you?”
Jeremiah had a smile in his eyes, reached out and handed her a tissue, “I have never slept so peacefully before.”
This seemed to have a hidden meaning, and Paulette’s heart skipped a beat.
She buried her face in the bowl with her head down.
What does ‘never slept so peacefully before‘ mean?
Why did she…?
Paulette put a layer of gold on her face, but then she thought it was unlikely. With someone like Jeremiah, what kind of woman wouldn’t he
want?
She calmed down and quickly finished her breakfast.
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ade restoration expert.”
The man took a sip of water and said, “He used to specialize in artifact restoration at the Salituna Museum before he retired, he was a veteran in the field. Maybe your mother’s jade pendant can be fixed.”
Paulette was stunned for a moment, then came the ecstasy.
She didn’t know what to do, but Jeremiah had already come up with a
solution!
“Jeremiah, you’re so amazing!” Paulette exclaimed, patting her face excitedly, and then stood up saying, “Thank you so much! I’m going to change clothes now!”
The girl bounced back to her room.
Jeremiah gave a little smile, then got up to clean up the dishes.
Paulette picked out a
