A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 380

After sitting in the car, Leila heaved a sigh. She turned around and looked at Vincent.

He got a punch on his chin, which was reddened and a bit swollen. With her hand touching his chin, she whispered, “Does it hurt?”

He was taken aback for a moment. Looking deeply at her, with his hand stroking across her cheek, he lowered his head and kissed her lips. He answered in a gentle voice, “No matter how much it hurts, I know you have suffered more than I do.”

Biting her lower lip, Leila mumbled, “I’ve never expected that you are so skilled in fighting.”

“If I didn’t spend so much effort in bed last night, I believe my performance would be much better,” he whispered again in her ears. Seeing that she blushed again, he chuckled and fastened the seat belt for her.

He took her for dinner. After that, he took her to have a walk in a park. Along the road, there were all French sycamores. Under the breeze, they felt quite relaxed and romantic. They walked shoulder-by-shoulder, his big palm holding her hand all the way.

Under the light of the street lamp, his side face looked particularly hazy and handsome. She smiled faintly. They had been through extremely hard times until today. She wondered what they would experience again in the future.

She just wished that they could always go on no matter what would happen.

When they walked out of the park and reached a lane, Leila heard that someone was playing piano, and the song was “Afterwards”.

Then she heard a familiar voice. After being startled for a moment, she recognized that it was Renee who was singing --

Afterward, I finally know how to love someone.

Unfortunately, you’ve gone long ago,

Vanishing in the crowd.

Afterward,

I finally understood while shedding tears,

If I missed someone, then nothing could be done.

The white petals of gardenias,

Fell on my blue pleated skirt.

“I love you,” you whispered.

I bent down my head, smelling the fragrance.

The eternal evening,

In the mid-summer of my seventeen,

In which you kissed me...

For some reason, Leila felt quite sad. When she pushed the door open, both she and Vincent was startled at the spot.

They froze...

They couldn’t believe what they saw.

Renee had become so haggard. They hadn’t seen her for a few days, but she looked like a walking dead. Her face was pale and her hair was messy. She looked skinny.

“Renee, what happened?” Leila rushed to Renee, looking at her face.

“Hi, Leila.” Renee stopped playing the piano, putting on a bitter smile on her face. She forced herself to smile and say, “Why are you here?”|

“I’m having a walk with Mr. White. What’s wrong with you? Why have you become so bony?” Leila felt sorry for her. When she walked closer to Renee, she felt sorrier. “What happened?”

“What a coincidence...” Renee just turned around to cast a glance at Vincent as a greeting to him.

Vincent fell into the silence. He was also shocked why Renee had become so bony while she was still lively a few days ago.

Leila was more worried. “What on earth happened to you?”

***

Perhaps it was because Vincent was standing aside, Renee kept silent.

Leila could see that she was embarrassed. She walked over and whispered to Vincent, “Mr. White, could you leave us alone, please? There’s something wrong with Renee.”

Vincent’s expression was stiffed, becoming a bit gloomy. After casting another glance at that woman, he frowned. He looked as if he was a bit angry, but he didn’t have the heart to refuse Leila. He nodded in agreement. “Be quick. You’ll only have five minutes.”

“Okay,” Leila answered gratefully although she was bitching that he was way too petty. After she looked up and smiled at him, he walked out in satisfaction like a child.

Leila turned around. Before she could ask anything, Renee immediately shed tears. The teardrops flew out and fell on the ground.

Leila was in a panic. “What’s wrong, Renee?”

“Ah--” Renee cried out and burst into tears. Her cry was so loud that the owner of the musical instrument store was frightened.

“Don’t cry, Renee. What happened? Tell me!” Leila was more anxious when seeing her crying.

However, no matter what Leila said, Renee couldn’t stop crying at all -- her teardrops fell like unchained beads, keeping dropping on the ground. It seemed that she was aggrieved so much. Her tears ran out all of a sudden. As soon as she saw Leila, as if she had seen a family, she couldn’t stop shedding tears at all.

“Speak!” Leila was so anxious.

“Leila, tell me... Why does God have such a plan on me?”

“What on earth happened?”

“I’m pregnant!” she answered while sobbing.

“What?” Leila was startled. “Whose baby is it?”

“Don’t ask, Leila. That heartless man is getting married. I don’t want to love him anymore. I won’t!” Renee whined. Her words made Leila more confused. It had just been a few days only. She couldn’t help wondering whose baby Renee was carrying.

“Renee, it’s useless to cry. Stop crying, please. Let’s figure out what to do.” Leila heard such news as if she was struck by a lightning bolt. Her mind was blank, and she couldn’t figure out a way at all.

Renee’s tears kept dripping onto her collars while running through her cheeks.

Sobbing, she muttered, “He’s getting married, but I’m not the bride.”\

“Who the heck is it?” Leila was taken aback.

“Who else could it be? Callum West!” Renee was crying miserably. “What should I do? Leila, tell me what I should do.”

“What? It’s him!” Leila could roughly guess that Callum was the father of the child, but still, she was somehow surprised when hearing the answer. “Then, you should go to tell him that you’re pregnant. You should ask him what to do.”

“No! Please don’t!” Renee shook her head. “I don’t want to do that. Leila, is it useful if I told him that? He’s a heartless man. Do you think it would be useful to trap him with our child?”

Her words made Leila helpless. Indeed, why would a woman want a heartless man? It would become a tragedy eventually. “But, Renee, are you sure he’s heartless to you?”