A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 289

Neither of them spoke anymore. Leila was eating the popcorn at random, but she was thinking about something else. When the movie was over, she had already finished half a bucket of popcorn. No matter what, in such circumstances today, she felt that the popcorn was extremely sweet.

The movie was over, and so was the ending song.

Leila looked at Vincent in secret. “Vincent, shall we leave now?”

“Continue watching the second episode,” he answered with a snort, unwilling to leave.

Leila’s mouth widened slightly. Vincent glared at her, sitting straight. He felt a bit annoyed, raising his eyebrows. “What now? Can’t I watch it?”

“Yes, you can...” Leila answered. “I’ll go out to tell the projectionist and ask them to play the second one.”

“Okay.” He agreed, frowning deeply.

Leila found a projectionist and the second episode was on. When she returned to the private box, Vincent was leaning against the back of the couch, looking quite lazy. He was holding his cell phone. Leila overheard that he was speaking English while answering the phone. Although her English was not good, she still understood something. It seemed that he was talking to a doctor, discussing the condition of an illness, probably heart disease.

She walked over, feeling a bit worried. As soon as seeing her, Vincent immediately said to the person on the other end of the line, “That’s it. Just continue with your original treatment. Leave the rest to me.”

Then he hung up the phone.

“Did someone get sick?” Leila was not certain.

Vincent pulled a long face. “Mind your own business. Don’t try to spy upon anything. Just behave yourself while being Mrs. White.”

Leila felt heartbroken. He didn’t allow her to enter his world. She couldn’t help wondering if his world was too lonely and he was hiding too deep, or he didn’t allow anyone to get close to him.

“Sit down!” Vincent waved his sleeve as if he just shook off the dirt.

Although the dirt would disappear, the dirt that stressed on Leila’s heart couldn’t be shaken off so easily.

Leila nodded in agreement. She still felt somewhat empty because of his ruthlessness just now. After all, he always could turn to be quite cold-hearted as if he had become a complete stranger.

However, she found that she couldn’t be the same cold-hearted at any time. Although he treated her ruthlessly, his ruthlessness couldn’t be compared with his occasional tenderness.

The emotion that flashed through her eyes was seen Vincent completely. Leila was in a daze for a long while and then pulled to sit down next to him. “It’s better for you not to know something.”

His tone was so tender as if the cold and overbearing man was another man.

Perhaps she would fall into his hands step by step because of his tenderness. At this moment, Leila wished that she could be immersed in the lie that his tenderness could last long only for herself, not anyone else.

However--

She wondered if that was possible.

Leila looked into his eye slowly. She asked in a soft tone, “Vincent, can’t I share your burden?”

He didn’t answer her immediately. Staring at her, he studied the expectant expression on her face. At this moment, Leila almost forgot to hide anything from him. She just stared at him without any dodge. She indeed wanted to enter his world.

He reached out and stroked her hair gently. Suddenly, he pulled her into his arms and whispered in her ears, “If you don’t want to get hurt, you should become smart and ignore everything. Then you’ll lead a happy life.”

Leila’s body was stiffened. She also whispered, “Would I truly be happy if I pretend to know nothing?”

“At least you could make the happiness long enough.”

“But it’s the most difficult for a human being to pretend to be happy.”

“But it’s also the smartest for a human being to pretend to be happy. You’ve been pretending for such a long time. Don’t you want to continue?” Upon hearing Vincent’s voice, Leila was taken aback.

“What do you mean by I’ve been pretending?”

“Are you really so calm as you look?” Vincent released her, stroking her slightly messy hair with his fingers. “You know what I’m talking about.”

“What do I know?” Leila was totally confused.

The more she was confused, the more mysterious Vincent looked. Leila wondered what on earth was going on.

His hand stroked through her hair gently and touched her tender cheek. Leila didn’t dodge. Instead, she pressed her ruby cheek in his palm, which was quite warm.

“If I’m obedient, would you treat me so gently always?”

“Woman! You can’t be so greedy!” He immediately withdrew his hand, looking a bit annoyed.

With a faint smile of mockery, Leila nodded. “I got it, Vincent.”

“I’ve told you not to call me Vincent.” He frowned.

“I won’t be too greedy. I know who I am. From now on, I’ll only call you Vincent,” she refused him in a soft and gentle tone, sounding quite persistent.

Neither of them spoke again. The second episode of The Lion King was played.

Leila didn’t dare to speak anything else. Inwardly, she felt extremely annoyed. She couldn’t get into his heart. He didn’t want to open it up, and she couldn’t enter. Nothing could be changed, and the grudge between him and her father couldn’t be changed either.