Hester sighed tiredly. She didn't feel relieved until she held the door frame. She turned her head and looked at the leisurely Austin, feeling sad.
She really didn't understand Brother Austin. From the day she returned, even though he was still very good to her, she just felt that some things were different.
They had always tacitly chosen not to mention anything about what had happened three years ago. But tonight, he mentioned again and again, why?
And in front of Terence, she was really at a loss.
"I did it on purpose."
Austin calmly took a sip of the tea in front of him. His long and thick eyelashes flickered slightly. He put down the teacup in his hand and stared at Hester with an unreadable meaning.
Her heart trembled. Under such gaze, Hester was actually a little timid. She took a deep breath and calmly sat opposite Austin, lowering her eyes.
"Why?"
After a moment of silence, she heard her hoarse voice with questioning. She never thought that one day, she would face Austin in this tone, as if standing on the opposite side of each other, making her very sad.
She clenched her fists and looked at the man in front of her with burning eyes.
Compared with Hester's excitement, Austin was very calm. When he sat on the sofa, the sun shone through his face, which made his features more outstanding.
"Hester, how long are you going to hide like this?"
Hester didn't know how to answer this simple sentence. She slowly sighed and casually sat aside, losing some of her anger in an instant.
Since she came back, she had never been able to avoid Terence. Then why did Austin say that?
"I didn't dodge it!"
"Really?"
Austin smiled sadly. Looking at Hester's drooping head, he had a mixed feeling. It was just a casual mention today that made her panic. She must deliberately avoid it.
"Hester], I'm not a fool. I can see it clearly. Three years had passed. Was it still a past that could not be mentioned?
You have suffered too much for the sake of Terence. Do you want to hide it from me all your life without telling me? Even if you don't feel wronged, I will feel sad when I watch you!"
Hester lowered her eyes and looked at the intertwined fingers. The waves in her heart were surging, which was a sharp contrast to her calm appearance at this moment.
"I don't feel wronged. I know you are defending me, Brother Austin! Just as you said, it has been so long. Even if I was desperate to die, it had become the past, hadn't it?
It was you who accompanied me to struggle out step by step. Are you going to pull me back now?"
"Hester, don't get me wrong!"
With a faint sigh, Austin looked at Hester's side face with a complicated expression. Many words appeared in his mind, but none of them was suitable to be said clearly now.
He hoped that she could completely get rid of him on her own, but he was afraid that his push would make her sink into it again. There were many ways to deal with the matter, but this was the last one he wanted to see.
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