A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 304

“Mom, Mr. White said it’s not his son. I trust him,” Leila said so firmly, but she still wondered if she should trust him.

“He said that to you, didn’t he?”

“Yes.” Leila nodded. Looking up, she found Theodore’s car was going out from the entrance. She became nervous immediately. “Mom, I’ve got something to do. Got to go. Please don’t worry.”

As she spoke, she hung up the phone. She turned around and wanted to hide behind the stop board, but Theodore’s car had been pulled over. He also pressed down the window.

“Leila, where are you going? I can give you a ride.”

“No, thanks, Professor Hall.” Leila could only turn back. Then she saw the bus was approaching from afar. “The bus is arriving. See you, Professor Hall.”

“Oh!” Theodore looked back and saw the bus, a hint of helplessness flashing through his eyes. He didn’t insist. “All right. Be safe on the way. See you.”

“Bye!” Leila didn’t expect that he would agree so easily. Without overthinking, she got on the bus.

The bus stopped in the busy downtown area. Leila was thinking of buying the Armani jacket. She didn’t know how much it cost yet, and for a moment, she didn’t know how she could compensate it to Arthur.

She was wandering in the mall. Then she was in front of Pippa’s store. A saleswoman was standing there. She asked Leila with a smile, “Good day, Miss. Do you need anything?”

Leila was a bit surprised. She nodded. Then she looked around and asked, “By the way, isn’t your boss here today?”

“Oh, our boss? She went to Japan for a vacation. Miss, do you know her?”

“She went to Japan for a vacation?” Leila was taken aback, her whole body stiffened.

Mr. White went to Japan, didn’t he? The entertainment news said that the family of three boarded the plane. Leila wondered if Pippa truly had gone to Japan with Mr. White. What on earth was the relationship between them?

Leila was in a daze, turning around to leave.

“Miss, our boss will come back in a week. You can come to find her then.” The saleswoman was quite friendly.

“Oh, I see. Okay. Thank you!” Leila nodded, looking quite awkward.

After walking out of the shopping mall, Leila suddenly lost her confidence. She felt like a ghost without a soul, wandering around on the busy streets while feeling so empty in her heart.

She didn’t want to go home, because she would be alone after going home. Seemingly she was always alone from the beginning.

Pippa also went to Japan for a vacation, didn’t she?

A family of three?

Reechoing the words in the newspaper, Leila felt extremely depressed.

Passing by a showcase of a store, Leila saw her reflection on it -- she didn’t put on any makeup, looking quite childish.

Suddenly, she recalled Pippa’s elegance. Comparing herself, she looked like a typical student. She never put on the makeup, only makeunder. She had nothing on her hair. She always wore a t-shirt and jeans. When she went to work, she would dress in a shirt and jeans. In this way, she couldn’t be compared to any woman around Mr. White.

She wanted to buy something to vent her depression. However, she didn’t have much extra money in her pocket. She didn’t make much money from her job. All she earned from her part-time job had been used as the tuition fee for taekwondo. The allowance from her mother would be spent as her daily expenses. She still owned Arthur an Armani jacket. Although she has a bank card from Vincent, she didn’t want to use it.

In the showcase window, the gorgeous jewelry, beautiful dresses, a lot of pretty and delicate bags, and stylish shoes.

Those never belonged to her before. She never paid special attention to them before. However, until today, she realized that it was not that she didn’t love them, but she didn’t have time to pay attention to them because she had always been busy.

It turned out that she wished to dress herself up as most of the girls wished.

It turned out that she also had vanity.

Although she was leading a fulfilling life and she always told herself that she was quite satisfied, when she faced those things, she couldn’t help feeling down. ‘Leila, it turns out that you also long for those things,’ she thought to herself.

‘Daddy has planned to let me be a government officer. Should I go on like this? Leading a plain life without any change and earning an average income that wouldn’t starve me to death. But if I lead such a life all my lifetime, will I be willing to?’ she asked herself inwardly.

She couldn’t help wondering if she was willing to work in the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Municipal Government after graduating from the university. Then she would have a stable job and lead a boring life.

She passed by a jewelry store. A delicate and dazzling sapphire necklace was hanging on the model’s neck in the showcase window. It was so resplendent that Leila was totally obsessed for a moment.

She didn’t notice that a man was standing next to her for a long time. He was staring at her all the time.

“What a coincidence!” Arthur stared at Leila with a slightly evil smile. Although he was smiling, he brought her a strong feeling of pressure. She wondered how long he had been standing there and staring at her.

She raised her head and found it was already the dust. All the neon lights along the street were on, their colors overlapping and shining. She checked the time and found that the afternoon had passed already. She didn’t expect that she would wander for a whole afternoon.

“Oh, yes. It’s a coincidence indeed.” Leila felt surprised. “I didn’t expect to encounter you. I was about to find you.”

“Have you found anything that you like?” he asked Leila with a smile.

Leila blushed. Unexpectedly, when her gazes were glued on those luxuries, she was seen by someone, and that person was even Arthur. Judging from her look just now, anyone could see that she liked that sapphire necklace a lot.