I Miss You
Arielle thought about it for a while and agreed with his sentiments.
Bad people who did bad things would never contemplate what would ensue if they were caught. It was
the same as Cecilia doing drugs. She wanted that moment of thrill and never thought about the
consequences.
After a soft hum of agreement, Arielle queried, “When will you be done with your work?”
“What’s the matter?” Vinson let out a chuckle and asked, “Do you miss me?”
She was silent for two seconds before tightening her grip on the phone. “Yeah, I miss you.”
Right as those words left her mouth, she felt her heart racing.
Technically, both of them were an old married couple. Yet, she still felt shy from saying that she missed
him.
When Vinson heard her words, he was also quiet for a moment. Then, he said, “I’ll buy the plane ticket
now. No, I’ll come by helicopter.”
“Don’t!” Arielle hastily stopped him. “I know that many projects in your company are being set in motion.
Come to me only when you’re done, or maybe I’ll come to you once I find the clues I’m looking for.”
“Then I’ll come right after I’m done with the projects in Jadeborough. At the latest, I’ll come before the
day after tomorrow.”
“All right.”
At that, warmth welled up in her heart. The two of them then talked on the phone for a while longer.
Although they were both on the call, they were busy with their own things. Once in a while, they would
ask each other if they were still there, and a smile would appear on their faces upon hearing the other
person’s confirmation.
Only when Trisha reminded Arielle to eat her dinner did the latter end the call reluctantly.
Smiling, Trisha teased, “Everyone says that a long-distance relationship will make you understand how
important your partner is, and it seems like that’s really the case. Sannie, when will the two of you
deliver me the good news?”
“The good news?”
“Your wedding!”
Arielle lowered her gaze and chuckled. “It’ll be soon, I think.”
Although the two of them had already registered their marriage, barely anyone knew about it. It was as
if they were still unmarried.
Regardless, she had a hunch that the wedding would happen in the near future.
Right after dinner, Arielle received a call from Vinson again. It was a video call.
“I’ve just received an update that Donovan’s at the airport again. He’s bought a ticket to head back to
Lightspring.”
Shocked, she asked, “He’s back so soon? What did he do in Jadeborough?”
“My men aren’t sure about the details, but he has only gone to one place after returning to Chanaea.”
“Where?”
“His office in Jadeborough University. He was in there for about twenty minutes, and when he came
back out, he had a paper bag with him. I reckon he must have returned to get that, but I don’t know
what’s inside yet. Do you need me to get the Specialized Forces to stop and search him by saying it’s a
routine inspection?”
“No need.” Arielle shook her head. Staring at Vinson’s face on the screen, she said, “He won’t be able
to stir up much trouble. However, there’s one thing—he knows that I’m San now.”
Vinson’s lips curled into a smirk. “His expression at that moment must have been quite a show.”
His remark evoked a chuckle from her. “It’s all right. Nevertheless, the look on his face back then was
worth celebrating.”
Time passed by in the blink of an eye. Soon, it was the night before the day of Maxwell University’s
graduates’ thesis defense.
The students who opted to delay their thesis defense were separated from the current graduates, and
the panel would not be their mentors but the university administrators.
Arielle would be representing the president of Maxwell University in the thesis defense committee for
the students with delayed graduation.
In other words, she would be able to see the wonderful expressions that would cross Donovan’s face
again.
On Donovan’s trip back to Chanaea, he did find a question that fit the theme of his thesis among the
papers completed by Arielle.
Once he returned to Maxwell University, he quickly used Arielle’s solution as the last example he was
missing in his thesis.
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