Her Friday class was in the evening. She followed Elijah to his office in the morning. And now, Elijah went down for a meeting.
"It's raining so heavily!" Esther muttered to herself.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Hello!" Esther answered it. "Lance, what happened?"
"What? I'll be right there. Where are you guys? Okay, I got it. I'll be right there!" Esther couldn't wait for Elijah to finish his meeting. She rushed out without taking her bag.
She took a cab to the hospital. She saw the person who was standing in the rain from afar. She didn’t know what happened. She hurriedly got off the car and rushed over. "Hudson, why are you standing in the rain? Do you want to die?"
Hudson opened his eyes blankly and looked at Esther. At this moment, his blank gaze seemed not to have pain anymore, but only deadly loneliness which was blank. It seemed like he had given up. Nothing mattered to him anymore.
"Say something, what happened?" Esther suddenly felt scared when she saw Hudson being in such a state. She wondered what had happened to him. Why his eyes were all blank without any sense of life as if a soulless person?
His stare had remained vacant. Hudson looked numbly at Esther who was gradually getting anxious. He was in silence. He was like falling into the darkness. He could no longer find any reason to live. His life was meaningless without Esther. Even his father who was the closest person to him also used and framed him. He felt life was meaningless.
“Lance, what happened?” Esther had no choice but to ask Lance. Soon, she was also getting wet in the rain.
Hudson’s face was pale. His eyes looked hollow yet numb. It seemed that it could see through the world, the only thing left was the lifeless sight. The eyes were so dark that it could devour his soul.
"Hudson?" She called him softly and her tears rolled down instantly. Esther stretched her hand and held his arm, she whispered, "Hudson, tell me what happened? Don't scare me, okay? Tell me, okay?"
He remained silent like a puppet. Hudson’s eyes looked hollow and were quietly staring far away. The eyes seemed to be able to see the end of time and understood all the misery of human beings.
"Lance, what’s wrong with Hudson?" Looking at Hudson's numb and hollow face, Esther wiped her tears and looked worriedly at Lance who was standing at the side, "What’s going on?"
"Miss Price, you are not real siblings!" Lance sighed. "DNA results came out today. The young master had seen the results and knew that everything was a conspiracy by the old master. The previous DNA report wasn’t real. The young master was tricked by the old master!"
Esther was dumbfounded. "Everything you said is true?"
"Miss Price, I didn't read the report. The young master must feel truly hurt. He loves you so much, but he was tricked by the old master. He can't accept this fact at this moment. That's why he acts so abnormal!" Lance dared not to talk nonsense.
No wonder Hudson suddenly behaved as if he was overwhelmed by death and became numb until expressionless.
Esther took the towel from Lance and helped Hudson to wipe off the raindrops from his body. Hudson's eyes could slowly reflect her face, but they were the coldest and hollowest eyes.
Looking at Hudson who was in silence, Esther spoke worriedly, "Hudson, can you not be like this? I know you’re sad. I understand but don’t torture yourself, okay?"
Lance left some space for them to communicate and left the house quietly. The house fell into deadly silence. Hudson came back to his sense and looked at Esther. That was the face of the girl he loved the most.
But he lost her! Because of his father's conspiracy! Everything was so ironic and ridiculous.
After experiencing great pain and suppressed for too long, Hudson suddenly lost control and grabbed Esther's arm, "Esther—"
"Hudson!" Esther was surprised as he finally spoke. "You scared me, scared me to death! Promise me that you will never get wet like this again!"
Hudson hugged her fiercely.
Both of them were completely soaked. Esther was being hugged tightly in Hudson's arms. The embrace was so tight, and the strength was so strong making Esther’s emotions began to evoke, and her heart ached.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...