Although Charles hadn't gotten married, he was a physiologically normal man. Looking at Matthew, he narrowed his eyes and seemed to guess something. He didn't say anything else except for saying in a calm voice, “Tiana, let’s go.”
Tiana obediently pushed his wheelchair, turned around and walked towards the car which was parked by the roadside.
Charles was clear that he shouldn't act like this. He knew clearly there was no possibility between him and Dolores since she was married, but he still couldn't control his emotions.
He wanted to approach her and see her.
He also hated this aspect of himself.
“Tiana, shall we go?” He didn't want to come back, not to mention to face the Meyer family. He just wanted to calm down himself.
Tiana agreed to it. Pushing his wheelchair, she walked by the roadside, while Tom drove the car and followed behind them slowly.
“Charles, are you in a bad mood?” Although Tiana was not smart, she could still feel Charles’ depression at the moment.
Charles looked at the front without any focus and asked, “Tiana, do you love me?”
Tiana felt him very weird. Why did he ask this question again?
“I told you before. I love you.”
Charles asked after a while of silence, “If you can’t love me, what will you do?”
“Why can't I love you?” Tiana couldn't understand this question, feeling it very weird.
Charles explained it to her patiently, “If you can't love me because of some reasons, what will you do?”
Tiana finally understood it. She pondered for a while and then replied, “If I can't love you, I think I will be very sad. But I will try hard to control myself so that I won't think of you and love you. It’s too tortuous if I love you yet I can't get you. I would rather forget you than suffering the pain.”
Charles looked up at her, “Who said you’re not smart? You are smarter and more thoughtful than any person.”
Tiana chuckled, “You're the first one who praised me as a smart person.”
Charles reached out to hold up her hand, “Tiana, come here.”
Tiana obediently walked towards him and squatted down in front of him. She put her hands on his thighs, looked up at him and said seriously, “Charles, I don't want to see you being unhappy. Please tell me, how can I please you?”
Charles asked, still with a smile on his face, “Do I look unhappy?”
“You're unhappy.” Tiana looked into his eyes, “You have a smile on your face, but your eyes are crying.”
Charles became silent and stared at her quietly. After a long while, he reached out to pull her into his arms and stroked her hair, “Tiana, I feel so anguished, but I don't know what to do.”
“Can you try to love me?” Tiana lifted her head and repeated the words, “Can you try to love me?”
Charles was stunned and then replied, “I’ve fallen in love with you.”
Tiana shook her head, “You don't love me. There’s no trace of love in your eyes when you're looking at me. But your eyes look bright when you're looking at Dolores.”
Charles was lost for words.
Tiana held up his hand and put it on her face. She tilted her head and gently rubbed her cheek against his palm, “I will work harder so that there will be lights in your eyes when you're looking at me. In that way, you will not feel anguished anymore.”
Charles was accustomed to wearing a smile on his face, but now he finally maintained it anymore. He reached out to touch her face, “I will try hard.”
He would try to forget Dolores and try hard to fall in love with the one he should love.
“Let’s go home,” Charles said in a low voice.
Tiana agreed to it, asked Tom to stop the car and carried Charles into the car. Originally, Charles planned to live in a hotel after coming to City B, but Tiana’s mother didn't allow him to do so no matter what he said and insisted on letting him live in their home.
The car soon arrived at the community in which the Meyer family lived and stopped at the entrance. This community never allowed cars not belonging to its proprietors to enter the community. Tom carried Charles down the car and Tiana also got out of the car.
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