Stunned, Gideon looked up at Nell.
Immediately after, he said with a smile, "Maybe."
They talked for a while but then seeing that it was getting late, they went back to their room to rest.
At this time, on the other side.
Inside Shimon Flinders's villa.
Yuliana was sitting in front of the dressing table looking at her finely made-up face in the mirror.
She thought she was beautiful, yet why, no matter what she did, she could never win over that man?
Even if she had to risk her life just for him to come to this place and stay by another man's side, he would always and only have that woman in his heart.
When she thought of that woman, she could not help but feel a bitter hatred again.
‘Oh, Vickie Thomas, I wonder where you are.’
‘This time, it would be fine if you were dead, but if you weren't…”
Her eyes darkened uncontrollably. Just at this moment, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open from the outside and Shimon Flinders walked in reeking of alcohol.
Yuliana was shocked and she stood up in a hurry.
She turned around and squeezed out a smile before she walked over towards him.
"Mr. Flinders, you're back."
Shimon looked at her. He had drunk too much wine, and although he was still conscious, his mind was not clear.
He watched as the woman approached him slowly. However, as if the familiar face had flown through time, she suddenly appeared in front of him.
Shimon could not help but reach out to caress her face and cry out in a lovestruck voice.
"Elena..."
The smile on Yuliana's face stiffened.
She had been with Shimon Flinders all this time and everyone felt that she was being pampered. After all, Shimon was very good to her. Not only did he take her everywhere he went, he even promised to give her a title and got a marriage certificate with her.
So many women had dreamt of this but it was impossible for them to get it.
She was the only one who knew that every night he came back and looked at her, it was another woman's name he would call.
Thus, those enviable indulgences in the eyes of outsiders were not meant for her.
They were all but for the woman in his heart, and Yuliana was a mere replacement for someone else.
As she thought of this, her heart could not help but fill with a sense of self-deprecation.
Even so, Shimon did not feel the change in her mood and still spoke to her.
"Elena, you're back aren't you? You’re never going to leave me again, right? Elena..."
Yuliana took his hand. As she helped him to the bed, she whispered, "Yes, I'm back. I'll never leave you again. Mr. Flinders, let me get a hot towel to wipe your face first, okay?"
Once she said that, she was about to turn around and go to the bathroom.
However, as soon as she got up, she was held back by Shimon.
He looked at her with blurry eyes and murmured, "Don't leave, Elena… Don't leave me."
Yuliana paused in her movements.
She felt a pang of sadness in her heart but she kept it to herself and said warmly, “I'm not leaving. Mr. Flinders, will you let go of me first? You've got a dirty shirt on you, so I'm going to get you a clean one to change into and wash your face, okay?"
She did not know if he had heard what she said, but when the man looked up, his misty eyes seemed slightly more awake.
He nodded his head and said, "Okay."
Only then did Yuliana manage to get up and go to the bathroom.
She quickly wrung out a clean towel and came over with a clean set of clothes.
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