Chapter 501 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

Chapter 501 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

I gaped at her, having no retort for that.

She was spurred on by my silence. “You’re just pretending to be a good guy, but you hate me more than they do, don’t you? That’s why you kept quiet when Dante chose me. Because you’d feel less guilty if I was the one who’s hurt. Because you never liked me. Am I right?”

I kept quiet, for I thought she had a point. Humans would tend to be sentimental, and even though I knew some part of her answer was fueled by her own rage, I couldn’t help but feel that I had the same thought at some point too.

I wanted to save them, yes, but I didn’t do my best either. I just went with the flow and didn’t do everything I could. even though I knew Anthony might be looking for me in Venria, I was still staying in Western Europe without a care.

“What? Got nothing to say to that?” She sneered with disdain.

I got up and left without saying anything. Not many people could face their own darkness head on. Me included.

The morning sun shone through the glass and covered the bed with golden dust. It was already August before I knew it. Fall’s around the corner.

Everyone gathered in the lobby early in the morning to prepare for the return. We managed to get to Western Europe from Venria without any passport or ID since the security was lax thanks to Armond, but it wouldn’t be so easy the other way around. Fortunately, Nora and the girls called their families and asked them to send the necessary documents over.

Not mine though. I couldn’t call anyone else, since the only number I memorized was Anthony’s. That proved to be a headache for Armond, and he had to talk to a lot of people in power to get the authorization for me.

We came to the airport, and Armond sent his men to take our flight tickets. At the same time, he went to settle his matters, leaving us alone.

Nora and the girls were exhilarated. Nora held my hands. “You can’t imagine how happy I am right now.”

“We can go home! Yay!”

“Yay for me too!”

The girls held each other’s hands, looking excited. Tabitha suggested, “Our flight’s one hour away. Why don’t we buy something to bring home?”

“Sure!”

And then everyone was silent. Laurel said carefully, “But we don’t have money.” Well, that killed the mood.

“Get Sienna to lend you some then. She’s friends with Mr. Murphy, and the Murphys are rich. I don’t think she’d refuse, would she?” Tessa blurted.

Everyone looked at me. Well, this is awkward. Nora gave me the puppy-eye look and said nothing. Tabitha hesitated before speaking up, “Sienna. I know it’s a bit much to ask, but can you lend us some money? I really want to bring something home with me. It’s been a while since I left, and my parents must be worried sick. I want to get something for them.”

“Yeah,” Laurel said carefully. “Same here. They must be worried sick. I know they must have searched high and low for us.”

I couldn’t help but sigh. After looking at Armond, who was on the phone, I handed the bag to Nora and said, “Alright, I’ll go get it. Wait here for me.”

“Wow! Thank you, Sienna.” A joyful smile spread across her face.

Armond spoke into the phone with a low grunt. “I’ve taken the goods and handed them over. Recently you…”

When he glanced back, he saw me and was taken aback. Then he quickly said into the phone, “I’ll talk to you later. I’m hanging up now.”

After that, he turned to me and asked, “What’s wrong?”

I was a little embarrassed. All this while I was staying at his place and being a burden to him. Right now, I was really pushing my luck by asking him to lend me some money.

But I’ve already made a promise. I couldn’t return empty-handed now.

After some thought, I said, “Mr. Murphy, can I borrow some money from you, please? My friends would like to buy some stuff to bring home to their family members.”

He was stunned for a moment, but he smiled and replied, “Sure.”

From his pocket, he whipped out a black card and said, “Here you go. There’s no credit limit.”

I looked at the card in his hand and felt a little confused. “That’s too much. All I need is just a few thousand. I…”

“Don’t think too much of it. I only have this card on me,” he said as he looked at me indifferently.

I was surprised, but I reached out and took the black card from him. Sighing inwardly, I said, “I can never understand the rich.”

Some of the women lost themselves with the card. They bought a lot of products after going around a dozen of the branded stores in the airport.

Fortunately, they managed to control their shopping impulse. That was only because they were in a hurry to make it through security checks to board the plane.

At the security checkpoint, I rummaged through my bag for a long time and realized that my air ticket and entry letter were lost.

The paperwork that Armond had spent an effort to get for me was completely lost.

“Wasn’t it in your bag just now? I watched you put it in the bag. It’s impossible for you to lose it.” Nora took the bag from me and searched the bag again. She couldn’t find the air ticket and letter in the bag either.

Nora pondered for a moment and said, “I was holding the bag just now, and I didn’t overturn it. Could it be that it was lost at one of the shops we visited just now?”

Tabitha grew anxious. Looking at the time, she said, “We only have half an hour left. This is a big airport, and it’ll take us a while to get to the boarding gate. If we delay anymore, we might miss the plane.”

Laurel nodded and began to panic.

Tessa looked at me and said, “Sienna, why don’t you continue to find the documents here by yourself, and we will wait for you at the boarding gate?”

“No way! What if she can’t find it? Do you want to leave her here all by herself?” Nora said angrily.

I looked at the time. There was not enough time, and that’s considering that we would need some time to get to the boarding gate after passing through the security check.

After thinking about it for a while, I looked at them and said, “You guys go ahead, go find the boarding gate first. I’ll go back and look for the documents. It won’t be a problem.”

“But…” Nora looked worried. “But what if you can’t find it? We won’t be able to come out once we go in.” After a pause, she said, “How about this? I’ll go with you to find it. Anyhow, I’m not in a hurry to go back. I’ll stay here to accompany you if we can’t find it. There’s nothing much to do back home anyway, so it’ll be just like a few days of holiday over here.”

Tessa laughed. “I didn’t know you have bonded so well with Sienna. Are you using her to climb the ladder because of her connections and family background?”

“You…” Nora fumed at Tessa’s ridiculous remark.

I stopped her and said, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine by myself.”

“I’ll go with you,” Nora said stubbornly. She was a strong-willed person and would never allow anyone to tell her what to do. After saying that, she took my hand and pulled me out.

I was helpless and I said nothing more.

I felt someone was following us, so I turned around to take a look. To my surprise, it was Armond tailing after us. I said to him, “Go ahead to the boarding gate.”

He replied blandly, “No. The plane might be delayed. No worries.”

“How would you know that the plane will be delayed?” Nora asked. “You don’t own the airport.”

Armond smiled and said, “It’s going to pour soon. They will definitely delay the flight for safety reasons.”

Nora was stunned. She leaned closer to me and said softly in my ear, “I find Armond unfathomable. Are all young rich men like that?”


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