After reading its contents, Gerald was stunned.
‘Mila’s returning to Hong Kong? Already? I haven’t even had the time to explain myself to her yet!’
Immediately after, he began driving to the airport. On his way there, he bombarded Mila with endless calls. However, not once did she pick up.
Alas, when he finally arrived, he was just in time to see a plane slowly taking off.
Gerald was so anxious at that moment that he was ready to make some arrangements to get a helicopter to catch up with her.
However, before he could do anything rash, he received another text message.
This one came directly from Mila.
“Gerald, I’ll be returning to Hong Kong first. You don’t have to explain anything to me regarding what had happened today. I believe in you. To tell you the truth, I was acting out of spite earlier because of my jealousy. I honestly just wanted you to coax and pacify me. However, now I’m aware that I’ve never even considered your feelings before doing all that! For now, please don’t come looking for me yet. I just need some time. Forever loving you, Mila.”
After reading the message, Gerald was even more anxious now. He continued scratching the back of his head as he wondered, ‘What could this mean? Why would she say such things out of the blue?’
Gerald hit his steering wheel in his slight frustration.
‘It’s been such a long time since we’ve last met, yet she’s already gone before we’ve even had a chance to talk to each other properly…’
When Gerald returned to the hospital, he was visibly still upset.
In the end, Gerald couldn’t help but tell Queta about what had happened, hoping that she could give him some advice about the matter.
‘What exactly did Mila mean by that message? Does she want to break up with me? Or is it truly something else…?’
After hearing Gerald’s story, Queta simply smiled.
“She’s not breaking up with you at all! Didn’t you see that she specifically added the part saying she loves you forever? I’m sure she wrote that knowing for sure that you’d overthink the message. Don’t worry Gerald, it’s clear that she simply wants to be left alone for a while!”
Gerald simply sighed internally when he heard Queta’s answer.
‘In short, she’s still mad with me…’
‘If only I hadn’t agreed to help Giya, none of this would have happened!’
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