Molly looked at the card, on which there was graceful and clear handwriting. She was able to feel Ximena's wishes for her sincerely. At the same time, Molly could also recognize her hopelessness and pain, but even so, Molly was able to feel a deep love within her, which she never regretted though she was not happy at present. No, maybe she was happy. She fell in love with Aaron, didn't she? She loved Aaron deeply, even though he had never loved her.
Molly folded the card silently. Her finger pulled the lid of the box and slid the bracelet in the velvet box softly. She gently picked it up and placed it on the palm of her hand, while the crystal in the bracelet shined faintly as she moved.
Even if she might get hurt, even though she might be fooled, should she still love him with all her heart?
Thinking of that, Molly's eyes turned moist. Ximena understood her well and knew that she only needed to be encouraged. Ximena knew that once she took a step forward, she would accept any result that might come.
Brian did not know what Ximena had written to Molly. When he saw the crystal in the bracelet, he frowned slightly. If he guessed it correctly, it should be the crystal pellet wrapped by the jade seal of the Leng Family.
The airplane flew steadily in the clouds until it disappeared at the other end of the blue sky. Ximena stood at the fence outside the airport, looking at airplanes taking off and disappearing in her sight one by one.
The wind was so strong that her silky hair was disheveled. She placed her hands lightly on the steel grate. As one more airplane took off, she raised one of her hands slowly to wave goodbye, until it disappeared in the sky.
"Well, are you that eager to be free?" an ice-cold voice coming from her back said. Aaron looked with his sharp eyes at her wrist, where something seemed to be missing.
Ximena withdrew her hand. With a bitter smile at the corners of her mouth, she said in a low voice, "Aaron, you know for a fact that I won't leave. Even though I want to be free, I won't leave you."
"Whoosh!"
Ximena's hand was grasped by Aaron all of a sudden. He looked at her with his cruel and cold eyes, gritting his teeth, he asked, "Where is the bracelet?"
His grip was too tight that she started to feel an intense pain, but she refrained from crying. Perhaps it was because she had cried too many times that she was tired of just letting her tears fall. She answered calmly despite the pain, "I've given it to Molly..."
"Are you getting so well with Mrs. Long? So well that you've given her your most important possession?" Aaron sneered while asking. "Do you think that Mr. Brian Long will help you for Mrs. Long's sake when he finds out what the bracelet is, so that you will have the chance to get back to him?"
Looking at Aaron and hearing his questions, Ximena suddenly burst into a laugh. She began to wrestle her wrist from his big hand, regardless of the pain. Then, she took a cold look at him, and turned around before walking towards the parking lot.
If they had to keep being suspicious of each other, so let it be. She was exhausted. She was so tired that what she only wanted was to finish quietly the remaining journey by his side. She didn't want to fight for anything, neither was she extravagantly hoping for anything.
She thought, 'Molly, I hope you and Mr. Brian Long will be happy hand in hand forever. Never allow suspicion to get between the both of you. Otherwise, you would fail to live up to the happy fate that God has arranged for you!'
*
In A City
It was drizzling. The air was filled with the smell of soil and grass. Different from the subtropical climate in QY Island, A City felt a little cold after the rain, even though it was in the middle of summer.
Brian and Molly got off the airplane and exited the airport straight through the VIP passage where Tony was waiting for them.
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