BXBX NOVEL Chapter 325 - 325: Who Did She See After Work
The man was silently drying her hair, his warm face emotionless, no different from usual.
She squeezed out a pale smile, hoping to break the strange silence in the living room.
Gabriel’s hands paused. He lowered the curtains and stared at her pale face. Her lips had already turned purple from the cold. “Where did you go after work?”
“I was just walking around,” said she in a hoarse voice.
He didn’t see it earlier but now that she was right in front of him, he could see how red her eyes were.
When he kept staring at her, Serenity looked away. “I thought that it would be fine if I came back early. I just wanted to go for a walk. Who knew that it would rain?”
Gabriel did not ask any further and threw the towel on the sofa before pulling her upstairs.
Her hands were very cold as if they had been chilled in an ice cellar. His warm palm wrapped around hers and she felt as if it was all she needed to expel her coldness.
Mrs. Winstead had already filled the bathtub with hot water so she was about to go downstairs to call them when the couple came up. Gabriel looked at Mrs. Winstead. “Go make some ginger soup.”
The lady nodded and went downstairs. Gabriel brought Serenity into the bathroom and said, “You wash up first. I’ll go get your clothes.”
Gabriel walked out of the bathroom and closed the door for her. Serenity took off her wet clothes before she let the warm water flow down from the shower and washed her cold skin. John’s painful and desperate voice rang in her mind.
“Serene, 1 had no choice. At that time, 1 couldn’t give you the best. I know that you yearned for their care and love. I also wanted to help you, but 1 didn’t have the ability.
“Serene, 1 know I am wrong, but I did it for you. When we were in Willow Town, you laughed every day. But when you returned to the Rivers residence, you would always cry in silence. How could 1 tolerate others bullying you, even if they are your relatives?
“Serene, the few years you were in California were the hardest days of my life. I was worried you would be bullied, worried that you would not be doing well, but 1 could not find the time to see you.
“Serene, sometimes, I wish I could fly to California to find you and bring you back to Willow Town, back to the place where only the two of us belong so that we could live as if the Rivers and Grant families no longer exist.
“Serene, 1 thought you would always love me and wait for me. 1 never thought that it would end like this.”
The temperature of the water was just right, but she still felt so cold that even her bones were trembling. She raised the temperature of the shower a little more and the scalding hot water poured down from her neck, but she did not feel any pain at all.
Gabriel stood outside the bathroom with her clothes in his hands. Her slender figure was reflected on the matte glass door. When he thought of her dejected look earlier, he felt frustrated and anxious.
He habitually touched his pockets for cigarettes only to remember that the cigarette box was in the living room downstairs.
He returned to the room and took his phone to the balcony. He called Caleb.
“Find out who Serenity met after work and what she did.”
After hanging up the phone, he opened a box of cigarettes from the drawer and took a lighter to the balcony. The rain was still falling like a group of demons dancing. The entire night was dark without a trace of light.
When he finished smoking, Serenity had yet to come out. He stubbed out the cigarette butt and entered the room. The sound of water flowing in the bathroom was still there..