Chapter 255: Chapter 138: Just Want to Please You (Part 2)
The lingering sound was like a desolate wind, hoarsely swirling inside the room.
Standing by the window, Howard Geoffrey felt his heart tightly, tightly seized.
In those four years apart from her, he admitted he never thought of looking for her, not because he didn’t care about her at all, but because at that time he couldn’t distinguish what was most important in his life.
He remembered meeting her again four years later on the street...
He had just walked out of the hotel when he inadvertently saw her walking on the opposite side...
He would never forget her panic-stricken look as she fled, and the trace of fear in her eyes towards him.
Later, he found out she worked at Roger’s place, having long since shed her past glitz.
At the time, his mother had a tense situation with Christine Quinn, desperately wanting him to clear up his relationship with Christine Quinn, so she sent Roger to find Rebecca Quentin...
Thus, Roger created the opportunity for him and her to meet at the hotel.
Out of courtesy, she was willing to talk to him like old friends who hadn’t seen each other in a long time, but he had no such intention, because he knew she was the daughter of his enemy and always saw Vivian Lindsey’s shadow in her.
His indifference made her leave the hotel sadly, and later she must have run into Christine Quinn, who told her the words she promised others to hurt her four years ago to provoke her, causing her to uncontrollably come to him for a reckoning.
He knew that when she held him, she actually wished she could stab a knife into his heart, but he didn’t expose her because he knew she was not his match...
She was very clever, or perhaps she knew that confronting him head-on would have no good outcome, so she changed her purpose of coming to him for a reckoning to asking him for a million dollars.
Whether he didn’t care about the money at all or just wanted to see what tricks she could pull, he readily gave it to her.
Sure enough, after a few days of silence, she actually moved directly into his home in America with his mother.
He knew she came for revenge, constantly provoking him; he could have easily destroyed her, yet he inexplicably had a kind of mercy towards her...
While he was in this state of turmoil, after she learned from Christine Quinn that the mastermind behind her violation was Christine Quinn and that she was not actually violated, he didn’t expect her to leave New York without any gain, even though his mother liked her a lot.
That was the first time he was surprised by her character because he never thought she would be someone who distinguished between love and hate so clearly.
Later, they reverted to being strangers, but by chance one day, he learned she had become Skyler Jones’ secretary...
At the time, he was already suspicious of Skyler Jones’ identity, so he was convinced that Skyler Jones had ill intentions in approaching her. He should have sat back and done nothing, yet he couldn’t bear to just watch her spend every day with a man who might harm her.
He didn’t know at the time that this emotion was called jealousy, so he went to see her again and again.
He had never known she could be so stubborn, so sharp-tongued. He decided to leave her alone until the news announced that Skyler Jones had proposed to her.
At that moment, he couldn’t control his anger, yet he feared that continuing to appear might alert Skyler Jones, so he sought help from Roger’s girlfriend Isabella Joanna.
Isabella Joanna was her good friend; as long as Isabella could say a few words on his behalf, it could equal his own ten words to her, so he called for Isabella Joanna to help.
Isabella Joanna gave her a fifty-million-dollar card...
He initially thought the appearance of this card could unsettle her, but who would have thought she would ignore it completely.
Her indifference made him once again view her with fresh eyes; he was surprised by how calm and composed she was.
He was thinking at the time that, given she was so rational and wise, he would let her compete with Skyler Jones! He had to admit that having such thoughts was indeed spurred by her.
Who could have expected that he held back, but upon learning the news of Rebecca Quentin’s imminent marriage, his mother couldn’t resist letting Roger take her to the island.
To be honest, the only purpose of finding her on the island was to use her to expose Skyler Jones’ true identity, and at the same time, he wanted to know if Skyler Jones truly had feelings for her.
He still remembered the moment he arrived on the island, she mistook him for Skyler Jones and affectionately called him by name...
No one would have known how much jealousy surged within him, yet he didn’t erupt for the sake of the bigger picture.
Perhaps it was fate’s arrangement, as she injured her foot on the island, giving them more opportunities to be together...
Seeing her naked body for the first time, he couldn’t control his body’s desires...
Although he went to the island with a purpose, the desire he felt was genuine. Even the words spoken during their intimacy, he couldn’t be sure long after whether they contained more genuine emotion or performance.
After their relationship improved on the island, he found himself increasingly infatuated with her body, and his mindset changed noticeably, developing a possessiveness towards her, and a strange desire to simply keep her by his side...
So, after returning from the island, he formally confessed to her.
He initially thought it might take some effort to rekindle her hope in him, but who would have thought she would so easily decide to be with him...
During the days with her by his side, he admitted he always wanted to stay with her, even if it was just holding her, doing nothing at all...
However, those days didn’t last longer, as she inadvertently discovered that he was giving her contraception.
She carefully hid her emotions from him, even suggesting helping her mother celebrate her birthday in New York to avoid arousing his suspicions.
At the time, he was already suspicious that she might have discovered something, especially when he called her, and her responses were stiff, with emotions in her words far less passionate than before...
He then summoned the hotel waitstaff for questioning one by one.