Seven Years a Fool One Day a Queen (Kristine and Colton) novel Chapter 377

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But even hurrying as fast as he could, he still missed it.

Airport staff told him the plane had taken off five minutes earlier.

Gideon immediately looked up other flights while still trying to comfort him.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. There’s another one in two hours. Once you’re both back in Washington, you’ll be in the same city. There’ll be plenty of chances in the

future. There’s still lots of time.”

“I don’t want to wait even one second longer.”

Gideon: “…”

Fine.

Pretend he hadn’t said anything.

As the two of them bought tickets and headed toward security, the airport announcement sounded with information for a departing flight to G City.

Calvin’s steps paused for a moment.

Gideon asked, “What is it?”

Calvin shook his head. “Nothing. Let’s go.”

In G City, Vega came to pick her up in person, which surprised Eliza a little.

Vega explained that he had also only just returned to G City. Since he knew she was coming, he had come by on the way.

On the drive back to the estate, Vega asked about ASKHEART.

He said that some time ago, a middleman had tried to introduce him to the person in charge of ASKHEART.

It’s nothing.” Eliza said.

“When interests come together, they eventually come apart.”

If even relationships between people could only be temporary, then partnerships were even more so.

Seeing that Eliza’s mindset was steady, Vega didn’t ask further.

Of course, he had already made arrangements. ASKHEART had no path forward on the G City side anymore.

if the people in charge of ASKILART

were smart enough–if they could see the situation clearly–they wouldn’t entertain other ideas again

Of course, some things were always beyond control.

As long as Eliza was meritally prepared for that, it was enough.

The cer had only just pulled up to the Vege residence when Vega’s phone rang.

He answered it, and his expression changed In the end, he sold only.

11 be right there

“I was going to have dinner with you, but it looks like I’ll owe you that meal, Vega sald apologetically.

“It’s alright. You’re busy.” Eliza didn’t mind details like that.

After saying goodbye to Vega, she went to find Ophella

Ophelia had deliberately stayed awake for her arrival and even ate dinner with her.

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Seven Years a Fool, One Day a Queen

Chapter X

That night, Ophelia once again hugged her pillow and went to Eliza’s room.

ira patted the empty side of the bed generously. “Come on, sleep with me.”

Delighted. Ophelia climbed into bed beside her, wrapped her arms around Eliza’s waist, and breathed in the faint scent on her body. It made her feel especially safe.

The two of them chatted for a while, and close to midnight, Ophelia finally started to get sleepy.

Just as she was drifting off, there was a faint sound from downstairs.

Vega was back.

Eliza asked Ophelia. “Do you want to go say hi to your dad?”

Ophelia shook her head. “It’s too late. If I go, Dad will worry that I still can’t sleep again.”

For a child. she really was considerate.

After things outside quieted down again, Ophelia burrowed a little deeper into Eliza’s arms and said, “Dad still hasn’t forgotten Mom all these years. I’ve seen him staring at her photo lots of times. Sometimes he just sits there for a whole day.”

Eliza remembered that before Mrs. Vega passed away, she had specifically asked for everything related to her to be burned after her death-

including her photos and wedding ring.

She had been afraid Vega would suffer from looking at reminders of her.

Ophelia added. “It’s a picture from one of Mom’s charity galas. Dad keeps lots of photos of her hidden in his safe.”

At that. Eliza could only sigh softly.

How could forgetting ever be that easy?

Even if every object had been burned away, memory itself endured forever.

Ophelia soon fell asleep.

But Eliza, instead, found herself unable to sleep.

Maybe it was jet lag. Maybe it was something else.

Whatever the reason, she stayed awake for a long time.

In the end, she simply messaged Belle and told her about Vega.

Belle sighed. “If I were him, I don’t think I could let go either. Compared to death, I’d rather the other person just stopped loving me.”

Because the pain of death was this: once they were gone, they were gone forever.

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