After Victor left Karl and Grace's house, he didn't want to go back to work, so he went back to his own home directly. Seeing him, Web and Zelda knew that he was in a bad mood. They didn't say much but do their job well.
When Victor went upstairs, the bedroom became empty since all Sophia's things didn't exist. It was like that his heart had been empty too!
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Victor gently rubbed the place which Sophia had spelt on. There still had Sophia's smell. But Sophia had disappeared!
Victor suddenly thought of the defiant look in Sophia's eyes after the love making last night. It turned out that she had already made up her mind to move out and leave him! But he didn't realize it at all. He just let her go!
Then Victor took out his phone and dialed Sophia's number again. Just as he had expected, the cold female voice said, "Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off. Please redial it later." Victor threw his phone on the bed irritably. The phone rolled a few times and then stopped by the bedside.
Victor took off his suit jacket. When he recalled the scene that she got his suit jacket with a smiling face and hung it carefully for him, he felt heartbroken. He threw it aside irritably and loosened the tie in his hand. Leaning against the head of the bed, he muttered, "Sophia. How long are you going to hide from me? All your life? How could you... Leave me alone! "
At dusk, it began to rain. There were few raindrops this year in S City during the rainy season. And in the fall, it seldom rained. It had been a cloudy day and the rain finally came! It was rare to see such a heavy rain in S City at this season.
Victor walked to the balcony. Raindrops were falling and smashing the window and formed circles of water which followed from the glass. Now the days were short, and the weather was cloudy. So it was already dark outside. Everything outside the window was hazy in the rain. In the dim room, Victor could only vaguely see the outline of all the furniture.
The wind and rain outside the window were very noisy, but the world inside the window was extremely quiet. In such a quiet environment, Victor missed Sophia more. Sophia. Where are you now? Did you get wet in the rain? How worried I was when you were not by my side? With that on his mind, Victor took a cigarette and lit it up.
At the same time, Sophia was standing beside the bed, listening to the rain outside the window. It was storming along with the rustling sound of leaves. In such a heavy rain, those broken leaves on the branches would probably be into the dusty tomorrow morning. A beam of light flashed through the sky, followed by a loud thunder. Then Sophia closed the curtain and walked away from the window.
At that moment, the door was opened. It was Rita. Rita shook off the water from the umbrella and shook the plastic bag in her hand. "Time to eat! It's raining heavily outside. "
When Sophia saw Rita get wet in the rain, she passed a towel to Rita and said, "Come here. It's raining. You don't need to be here and I could order delivery." Sophia said shyly.
"Sophia. Do you know how much I am worth? I'm here to deliver food to you. Can you afford the takeout? " Rita blinked her eyes and teased.
"I can't afford it! I can't afford it even if you sold me!" Rita's words amused Sophia. She pushed Rita into the bathroom and said, "Well, you just got wet in the rain. Be careful not to catch a cold. You should change your wet clothes and take a hot bath first. We'll have dinner when you come out."
After taking a shower, Rita wiped her dripping hair with a towel and walked out of the bathroom. Sophia had put the dishes on the table cautiously. When Rita smelled the food, she ran to the table and sat down. She took a bite and said, "Sophia. Come and have it! I like their food the most!"
Sophia looked at Rita who kept eating, and then at her slim figure. Sophia shook her head and complained, "It's unfair! How can there be someone in the world who doesn't get fat while eating like this!"
Rita smiled and stuck her tongue out and said, "I have no choice. I'm born with it." Looking at the heavy rain outside the window, Rita said, "Sophia. I want to sleep with you tonight."
"What?" Sophia heard Rita say the ambiguous words, the last sip of soup almost came out from Sophia's mouth.
"What? You don't want to do that! It's raining cats and dogs. Are you willing to let me go back in the rain?" Rita raised her voice and looked at Sophia carelessly.
"Okay, as long as Leon has no objection to it, then you can live here." Said Sophia jokingly.
"I don't care his opinion. I don't live with him. Who looks like..." Rita didn't finish her sentence, because she wanted to say "Who looks like you and Victor". When the words were about to come out, she realized that said something wrong, so she stopped in a hurry.
But it seemed that Sophia had already understood what Rita wanted to say. Sophia was about to pick up the food, but her hand stopped and she fell into silence.
Rita sighed. She didn't think it was a good way to escape. So she said, "Sophia. What are you going to do?"
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