Becky stumbled against a floor lamp and crashed down to the floor.
"Ow..."
She groaned in pain. Becky was lying face down on the ground. The floor lamp directly fell on her back. For a moment, she could hardly breathe.
Brian turned around and saw her on the floor. He ran back towards her in concern. As soon as he reached her, he quickly got her up and looked at her anxiously. He asked,"Are you hurt?"
"Leave me alone!" Becky roared and her cheeks were bathed in tears. She waved her arms frantically as she couldn't see him to shove him away. But Brian held on to her tightly so that she couldn't shake free. "Go away! Please leave! Just leave me alone!"
Becky choked. She couldn't hold back the tears which had welled up uncontrollably in her eyes and it pricked her retina which was not restored yet. Even though she was suffering from immense pain, she just couldn't stop crying. It took a lot of courage for her to make the decision to come back. And when she arrived, Brian ought to have been waiting for her in the airport, but he wasn't. Even when he came to the hotel to meet her, he didn't show any concern for her. All he did was sulk. It seemed like a trifle issue, but it was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Her desperation, grieve and all the misery she had been bearing for such a long time collapsed on her all at once.
Brian looked at Becky who was in some kind of deep sorrow. The sight of her sobbing wrung his withers. He fastened her waving hands and asked in a deep voice,"Becky, tell me, are you injured somewhere?"
"I… I… I don't need your concern!" Becky gasped out and her voice cracked. She was so heartbroken and she felt like she would lose her breath any minute.
Brian's lips compressed into a thin line with his brows knitted close together. He rose up and lifted her in his arms, then walked towards the bedroom. He gently put Becky on the soft bed. As she was about to get up, he held her down and asked coldly,"Do you really want me to leave?"
At that instant, Becky suddenly became immobile and her strength faded away. Her eyes were still full of tears. The eyes used to be bright and beautiful. But now, they were covered in a grey blur. She bit her lips. After a while she said sniffing,"Brian, would you really leave me if I asked you to?"
Brian was annoyed by her meaningless questions. Though she used to be somewhat petulant in the past, she was certainly not the same now. Brian answered,"Yes."
She was grief-stricken. Struck by a thousand needles, she said with trembling lips, and eyes filled with loss and despair,"Well, fine! Get out! I don't need your care anymore!"
Though she knew that she shouldn't say things like that to him and what she had said would be the last line for Brian, she still did. She bet that Brian still had feelings for her. After all, he had doted on her for so many years and she thought that he was just irritated by her stubbornness. And no matter how stubborn she was, he would always forgive her.
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