A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 816

Ernie saw Marley as well. He did not speak and instead, he walked towards the morgue.

Marley walked up the stairs step by step, his footsteps were heavy until he came before her. He lowered his head and looked at her, looking into her eyes very seriously and he asked word by word, “Don’t you have anything to explain?”

“Marley, it’s not what you think!” Sylvie explained anxiously.

“What am I thinking?” Marley asked in return.

“I have nothing to explain, Marley!” Sylvie lowered her eyes, attempting to hide the glimmer in her eyes.

Marley’s eyes were no longer saddened. His pupils darkened, his usual gentleness and softness have disappeared, leaving only a huge storm that was brewing quickly.

Suddenly, he pushed her against the wall. The force was so huge that it made her back aching. She frowned, knowing that his sudden anger was due to the hug between her and Ernie just now. She had nothing to explain about.

Marley’s hands clenched onto her shoulders tightly as his eyes darkened, and his entire body leaned forwards.

Sylvie was in shock, feeling a little flustered as she stuttered, not knowing what to say.

Marley did not wait for her to finish as his lips blocked her mouth with a penetrating heat anxiously, as if he had wanted to melt her down.

She stunned and lost all response, as her mind began to befuddle.

After a moment of frenzied kissing to release his anger inside, he began to become gentle. He left her lips slightly, teasing the corner of her lip with the tip of his tongue. She felt as if she had been struck by electricity, her body shuddering slightly. She looked at his face, looking at the dilemma in his eyes. Her heart was in a frenzy as well, but at the same time, it was filled with a pang of unmentionable guilt. It was originally a pure hug and nothing else, but it was yet ambiguous, she had to consider Marley’s feelings! But simultaneously she also felt that she had done no wrong.

Marley finally let go of her lips and pulled her into his arms, his grip so tight that she could not breathe. He said by her ear, “This is the last time, I don’t want there to be a next time.”

She stunned and nodded.

Marley let go of her body and held onto her hand, as if he did not want to continue that topic, “Where’s mum?”

“She’s there!”

Evie was buried!

The day after the funeral ended, Ernie had gone missing. No one knew where he went.

Sylvie went to the hospital to have a check-up and confirmed that a seed had grown in her womb, the child was hers and Marley’s.

The divorce battle between Aiden and Miriam had made its way to the court. Miriam refused to compromise towards the distribution of property, and Aiden too insisted that he wanted to take back a half. Marley was taking charge at the company, and the Hughes Group had once again entered a crisis due to his parents’ divorce case.

Jemima had mailed the things between her and Marley before through courier service, but Sylvie’s name was written as the recipient. Sylvie had not known what they were when she had received the things. But when she opened it, then only she knew that the things inside were the love letters that Marley had written to Jemima, their photos, the study notes that they did together, the cinema tickets that they had used and the tickets for various travel destinations! Every single thing was the bits and pieces of the days when they were still together. Even for the photos, they were very intimate, kissing together, and some of them were even adult-rated!

Although Sylvie knew that Jemima did so on purpose, but she still felt uncomfortable! Yes, she minded!

Yet she did not know that the day at the corridor by the door to the morgue, the hug between her and Ernie had also made its mark on Marley’s heart.

As she was pregnant, they had slept in separate rooms.

Sylvie had sent the things before Marley. It was a very large parcel. She did not take another close look at it but merely put the things onto Marley’s table, “Jemima had sent this here!”

Marley raised his head and looked at her. He then opened it before her, took a look, and took out the albums and looked through them one by one. His eyes were calm and composed, his emotions unreadable.

Sylvie stood opposite him and said nothing. Marley read through those things silently, as if he was reminiscing the path that he and Jemima once took. But he also looked nonchalant, as if he was merely looking at a piece of unimportant memory! Sylvie could not understand his expression. She clenched her finger unknowingly, and asked with her breath hitched, “It’s hard to forget, right?”

Marley paused, lowered his head, smiled and replied as if he was a bit exasperated. “Some memories are indeed, but I know clearly what I’m doing. Are you sure if you’re clear, Sylvie? Can you be wholehearted now, deep inside?”

“I can!” She answered without hesitation.

Marley merely smiled, but his smile was quite bitter. He lifted his face slowly from the photo albums, his tone serious, “Sylvie, you couldn’t be wholehearted. It had been long over between Jemima and me, but the five years of memories are not that easy to wipe away and I couldn’t conceal it as well. You saw it too, Sylvie. I know that you mind it, but I don’t want to explain anything, this is all in the past. There’s nothing ambiguous at all between Jemima and me now, she had mailed this just to let you know the past between her and me. I understand her motive behind this and I think you do too! You’re pregnant now, so don’t overthink!”

“I didn’t!” She shook her head and denied.