Paloma turned and left while shaking her head and sighing. Anthony felt very uncomfortable.
After Mavis left, he moved back to Callahan Residence. He moved out because he was hiding from her. Now that she had left, he should go back too.
The resting place was changed from the study to his own room, but Anthony sat in the room, always feeling empty.
It was a familiar place in itself. He looked at the room, and vaguely remembered the scene they lived together when Mavis was still there.
She had tried her best to remove the traces of her past, and even tidied up the closet, but Anthony still felt that everything had her smell.
It was like never leaving.
People had to wake up from their dreams, but the reality was that every time he opened his eyes, the person next to him was no longer there, and there was no sign of her in the huge house.
At night, Anthony fell asleep, but always dreamed of Mavis.
In the dream, she asked him painfully, "Why don't you believe me? Why did you choose Jaqueline instead of me?"
Anthony woke up with a start.
Looking at everything in the dark night, he suddenly felt very strange.
...
When he went to the company the next day, a series of documents rushed towards his face. When Zack sent the documents in again, he carefully observed Anthony's face.
After Anthony signed, he noticed his gaze, and said coldly, "Is there something on my face?"
Zack shook his head.
"No, Mr. Callahan, you haven't looked very well recently. I hope you can pay attention to your body."
Anthony nodded slightly, "Okay."
As he spoke, he handed over the signed document. Zack took the document, nodded and prepared to leave.
Anthony stopped him.
"Wait."
He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Today, my grandma's with her friend. Send someone to Callahan Residence to bring my things here. Don't mention it to anyone."
Zack went to do it right away.
Anthony began to be unaccustomed to the home without Mavis, as if Mavis had become an indispensable person in the Callahan family in a year that was not too long or short.
Noon break.
Jaqueline came to find Anthony for lunch as usual.
She had always been gentle and pleasant, always with a faint smile.
As soon as she entered the door, she asked excitedly, "Anthony, what are we having for lunch today?"
When she got there, she realized that there was no food on the table. Anthony frowned and buried his head in reading the documents, but he was clearly in a daze. It took him a while to react, and he looked up at her.
"It's already noon? What do you want to eat? I'll ask Zack to bring it."
Jaqueline didn't respond, but quietly walked around behind him, gently helping him massage his shoulders.
Anthony's shoulders stiffened, but Jaqueline said to herself,
"Anthony, you are working too hard. You're so busy recently. I am very worried about your body. Promise me, take care of yourself."
As soon as Jaqueline finished speaking, Anthony gently pushed her hands away.
In order to avoid embarrassment, he got up quietly and poured her a glass of water.
Looking at him who got up, Jaqueline noticed something strange, but didn't say anything. She just stared at his back, trying to regain some sense of existence.
She went up to meet him, took the water glass, and said with a smile, "I can do this kind of trivial matter by myself. Why do you look so unhappy? Is there something wrong with the company? But the spy has left the company, so it shouldn't be..."
"I want to take a break." Before she could finish, Anthony interrupted her.
Jaqueline couldn't say anything more, so she could only go out first with "knowledge of the general situation".
As soon as she stepped out of the door with her front foot, her face changed with her back foot.
Why was Anthony so cold to her?
Was it because of Mavis?
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