Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 1193

The seasons changed, and another year passed in the blink of an eye.

After a day's work, Willy's gaze was lost on the calendar, "Happy birthday!"

It was exactly that day when she disappeared from his life a year ago! If their child were alive, they'd be almost one year old now, wouldn't they?

Their little one...

Laurie, where in the world are you?

Shutting his eyes in pain, he placed his hand over his heart. He wasn't sure when, but a hole seemed to have formed there, and he couldn't fill it up no matter how.

The empty office was so quiet that a low pressure seemed to be sweeping through, suffocating.

He got up, picked up the car key on the table, and strode toward the door.

He got a small gardenia pot from a greenhouse and made his way to Roman Western Restaurant, where he would go on every occasion. It was the last place they rendezvoused. She said she wanted to spend her birthday with him; he never forgot.

In the same private room, Willy put down the pot and ordered a few dishes and a delicate small two-tiered cake.

He unwrapped the flower pot after signaling the server to leave him be. The white petals gave off a faint fragrance that reminded him of his Laurie. Every time he smelled the scent, it felt as though she was still by his side, and only did his heartache alleviate.

Willy poured some red wine and lit two candles.

"Happy birthday! In the future, I'll spend every year this day with you! Didn't you say you wanted to spend your birthday with me, Laurie? Why haven't you come back?"

His voice turned husky after downing the entire glass. "Where in the world are you? Laurie..."

Why were there no records of her entering and exiting any stations and airports? Neither could he find any signs of her in any of the colleges. He had searched every place that she would possibly be at, but why couldn't he find any clues that would lead to her?

Why did it seem as though she had suddenly disappeared from Earth?

As various maddening thoughts flashed across his mind, he blew out the candle but knitted his brows tightly together, downing a glass of red wine after another.

He sat blankly in the private room until ten before he belched and took out a pair of pearl earrings from his pocket, which laid inside a red box, atop a black velvet cloth. The diamonds on the studs formed two adorable dogs, one bigger than the other; though a little different, it wasn't obvious, and a pearl hung below each earring. Willy's lips curved into a bitter smile as he stroked it.

"You loved dogs so much... Do you not miss me and your Tutu and Poey?"

"Happy birthday! By the time you come back, little Poey would've become big Poey!"

His heart panged as he muttered. "Come back? Will you still come back?" he wondered.

Why was he so uncertain at the moment?

"Laurie! You loathe me, don't you? Then why won't you come and find me? You'd even return to check on Zedd, so why won't you check on me when I've been waiting all this while? Why..."