Gerben blinked his eyes and asked, “Was it always unforgivable when men made mistakes?”
Amanda was curious. It wasn’t the first time Gerben asked her this question. Why was that?
“You wanted me and him to get back together?”
Gerben cleared his throat, “I’m only curious about how much a man would pay for their mistake. If you could forgive him this time, then it meant he could make a bigger mistake.”
Amanda felt speechless.
“I was joking,” Gerben started the car engine, “Are you going back to the hotel?”
“No, we’re going to J&Y Group,” said Amanda.
“You can leave work for tomorrow. You should take a rest today,” said Gerben. He was worried that it would be overwhelming for Amanda to face Stanford right after she got off the plane.
Amanda looked outside the window, “Let’s just go to J&Y Group.”
Amanda wanted to solve everything as soon as possible. Her parents were worried about her. It was time for her to go back and visit them.
Amanda wanted to take revenge on Stanford, so she had been hiding from her parents for the past year. Her parents cooperated with her and stayed hidden, but Amanda knew that they were missing her all along.
Amanda didn’t want to stay in this place. She wanted to get it over with and start a new life.
Amanda didn’t want the past to haunt her.
After all, life was a long journey.
Gerben said, “I’m not sure if Stanford is in the office. Let me call and ask them.”
Then, Gerben gave a call to Stanford’s secretary to ask if Stanford was in the office today.
The secretary answered Gerben, “Mr. James isn’t in the office.”
“Ms. Flores came back. She needs to talk to Mr. James,” said Gerben.
The secretary paused for a while then replied to Gerben Harvie, “Let me come back to you, alright?”
“Sure.”
The secretary quickly contacted Atwood after hanging up the phone.
Atwood almost couldn’t stand it. He wanted to go upstairs and check on Stanford. He had been hiding upstairs for too long.
There was an empty glass in front of Atwood. He could still drink some water when he felt thirsty, but Stanford had been hiding upstairs for more than a day without eating or drinking.
Atwood was worried.
At the same time, Atwood’s mobile phone rang. Stanford’s secretary called to ask if Atwood knew where Stanford was. “Mr. Harvie called to tell us that Ms. Flores came back and she needs to see Mr. James. Do you know where Mr. James is at?”
“She came back?” Atwood was excited.
Perhaps she was the only one to motivate Stanford.
The secretary was stunned. Perhaps she was startled by the excited tone Atwood displayed over the phone, “Yes, Ms. Flores wanted to see Mr. James.”
“Alright, I’ve got the message. Ask her to come to the office. Mr. James will be there soon.”
“Sure.”
Atwood then ran upstairs and rushed to Stanford’s room upon hanging up the phone. He saw Stanford sitting on the ground with a piece of paper in his hand.
Atwood was stunned by the door.
He had never seen Stanford looking like this before.
Atwood slowed down and walked into the room softly. He lowered his voice and said, “She’s back.”
Stanford raised his head. Atwood repeated, “Mrs. James came back. She’s waiting for you in the office.”
Stanford wanted to see Amanda so much earlier, but now, he was sacred.
Stanford didn’t dare to face her, and he didn’t even dare to ask if the baby was still alive.
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