Ice and Fire novel Chapter 713

Maintaining a serious look on his face, Tim finally said,"Cassie was one of your classmates at college if I am not wrong? And you both were a couple at that time, weren't you?"

"Get to the point," demanded Greg, his head lowered down. He didn't want to look at Tim's eyes, but he knew in his heart that whatever Tim was saying was true. Greg knew that his friend would have done a comprehensive investigation.

"When she came back home, she told one of her friends who is a well-known journalist that she has come to China to find the missing part of her heart," said Tim, looking at Greg continuously. He paused for a second and went on,"You are the missing part of her heart, aren't you?"

Greg kept silent and didn't reply back.

Tim then continued,"I also found out that Cassie's parents are all abroad. She has come back to China all alone. No one takes such a big risk until they know what they want to get by taking that step. Cassie has always got what she has wanted and she would not want to lose her winning streak by any chance. If she has come back to China all alone, it means that she wants something or someone and she will go to any extent to get that person or thing back in her life."

Tim stressed the last few words of his last sentence rather emphatically. If his guess wasn't wrong, Cassie had come back to China only for Greg. From what he had learned in his investigation, she still loved Greg and wanted him at any cost.

Greg kept quite while Tim was telling him everything.

Tim became silent after he had said everything. He had told Greg the information he had and now it was Greg's turn to say something about the entire matter.

"When I went abroad, Violet called me up and she said she wanted to end our relationship. I realized that she was so eager to send me away so that she could break up with me," Greg narrated in a miserable tone. "I was frustrated and heartbroken, her change of heart had hurt me so much that I used to cry day and night."

"So Cassie was the one who helped you come out of that phase?" Tim guessed and asked Greg.

Greg nodded and continued,"She brought breakfast for me, and tried to console me with her not so fluent English. When I would see her smiling at me I used to think that Violet has come back to my life."

Greg then paused for a few seconds and continued,"And then I cheered up. She was always with me, trying to make me feel better. We went to parties together, had classes together and even had meals together."

Greg's tone of speech was grave, but he was still telling the truth. "And one day, after we were coming from a friend's party, she told me that she loved me and wanted to be my girlfriend. At that moment, I still thought about my true love i.e. Violet. Even though she had broken up with me, I still could not think of a life without her."