Seven Years a Fool One Day a Queen (Kristine and Colton) novel Chapter 388

Chapter 388

The world seemed to fall silent from this moment onward.

Even the sound of the rain grew soft and lingering.

Gideon, with great tact, passed the umbrella to Calvin’s hand, and quickly ran back into the car to avoid the rain.

Calvin, holding the umbrella, walked towards Eliza step by step. His face, calm and clear, stirred ripples in his heart.

Eliza’s hand had just brushed the car door handle.

Before she could open it, Calvin spoke first, his voice taut as though it had been unused for a long time.

“Don’t get out of the car. It’s raining, you’ll get wet.”

Eliza curled her fingers and looked up at the man, now just a step away.

The sky was darkening, the streetlights casting their light from a diagonal angle. Calvin stood in the intersection of light and shadow, half of his face bathed in the soft light, the other half immersed in darkness.

“Calvin, what exactly are you trying to do?” Eliza finally spoke, her voice full of helplessness, but more so confusion.

This was the Vega family’s estate.

Right now, her identity was Vega’s fiancée.

Calvin’s behavior was an intrusion to her.

It might even bring her trouble, so she had to remind him.

“Did you have dinner?” Calvin asked, somewhat off–topic, but his tone was gentle.

Eliza furrowed her brow. “I already made myself clear at the hospital. Is this some sort of game to you?”

Calvin sighed, his voice hoarse as he spoke, “Then tell me, what should I do?”

He was at a loss.

That five–word text message had made him think he saw hope.

But she refused to meet him and tossed away the seafood porridge he had carefully prepared for hours.

She didn’t even stop when passing by him.

He truly didn’t know what to do anymore.

“I told you not to do such meaningless things. With your looks, you could easily find someone better, someone younger and more accomplished. There’s Miss Wynn, Miss Shelton, Miss Woods…”

“Anyway, there’s no need to waste time on me.”

Calvin’s breath became heavier, his chest rising and falling, almost as if mocking himself. “Maybe it’s because I’ve fallen for you.”

Gideon had said similar things to him.

He said that if Calvin let go, there would be plenty of women lining up after him.

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But what could he do?

He only wanted Eliza.

He could only have Eliza.

Eliza gazed through the mist, looking far into the distance.

“In the past, you had countless opportunities to prove what you just said, but you did nothing. That shows we’re just not meant to be.”

Very well.

Two days ago, she said she wanted to cut ties with him.

Today, she said they were not meant to be.

She was truly returning all the hurtful things he had said to her before.

It was karma.

It was all karma!

Eliza’s car had just left when Gideon immediately opened the car door and rushed out to find Calvin.

Although he hadn’t heard their conversation, seeing Calvin’s expression…

Yeah, it seemed like he had stabbed a few more knives into his heart.

Calvin was probably exhausted, even unable to hold the umbrella properly.

It eventually drooped, letting the rain pour down on him.

His heart was gray, heavy, and cold.

It felt like the rain had seeped into his heart.

Gideon was in a rush.

He hadn’t fully recovered from his cold, but still insisted on going out.

“I told you you’d regret it! I told you to leave in the morning, but you didn’t listen. Now, you’ve spent the whole day just to let her stab you in the heart again?”

What a masochistic tendency!

“I don’t regret it.”

He muttered, his voice soft.

“Just seeing her for a moment, hearing a few words from her, that’s already a win for me.”

After all, he no longer even had the right to see her.

He even asked Gideon, “After she’s said all the harshest things to me, will she finally be willing to talk to me?”

Gideon,

How was he supposed to answer that?

Chapter 388

The next two days, Eliza was quite busy, coming home late and leaving early,

But thankfully, Calvin didn’t show up at the Vega family estate or the company.

He seemed to have calmed down.

Eliza sighed in relief.

Belle arrived on Thursday, and Eliza personally went to the airport to pick her up.

It was clear that Belle had been well taken care of. Apart from her skin being a little darker, her face now had a bit more flesh.

Nicolas came with her.

Even though Eliza didn’t specifically ask, he knew Eliza would worry about Belle, so he volunteered to escort her.

“Ladies, what would you like for dinner tonight? It’s on me.”

Belle raised her hand. “I want a big meal! But no seafood, I’ve had too much of it lately.”

Eliza smiled beside her. “Don’t be polite with him. Pick the most expensive restaurant. That project he invested in recently has doubled its market value! He made a lot of money.”

Belle rubbed her hands together eagerly. “Then I won’t be polite!”

Seeing the two of them so happy, Nicolas smiled too. “Alright.”

Belle had specifically researched a popular restaurant online and chose it for their meal.

It was indeed good.

Eliza especially liked the restaurant’s signature dish, Lobster with Pear.

Belle, on the other hand, snapped photos in a cool way, edited a few, and posted them on her social media.

[Met my ‘sugar daddy‘ again!]

She even changed Eliza’s contact name to “Sugar Daddy” since she was now completely dependent on Eliza for her living.

Eliza thought the photos were good, so she saved them and posted them too.

At the hospital.

Gideon was extremely worried.

I knew something would happen!

He had caught a cold after getting drenched at the Vega family estate, and now he was in the hospital.

He had been running a fever for two days… but at least he had calmed down.

After all, he didn’t have the energy to cause any more trouble.

But being calm didn’t ease his worry. He was still anxious because Calvin hadn’t eaten for two days, surviving only on nutritional fluids.

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