For three days, Robert has made countless phone calls and finally finds out where Karin is, but the
result surprises him. He has been working for Troy for more than ten years and has always been brisk
and efficient. For the first time, he doesn’t even dare to report to him.
He sits in the office and is extremely anxious. After thinking for a long time, he decides to call Billie and
asks for her opinion.
On the phone comes the gentle voice of his wife, "Honey, what’s up?"
"Billie, has Karin still not contacted you?"
"Yes, why?"
"I just found out where she is."
"Where?" Billie asks urgently.
"Edinburgh."
"She went to Edinburgh? What about the child? Is it born?"
Robert sighs heavily, "That’s the problem that bothers me. Her child has already been born. I called
that hospital. Guess who the father is filled in the hospital file?"
Billie shivers a bit and says with a trembling voice, "Honey...Don't tell me it's William..."
"Yes, it's William, what should I do? I should probably just quit my job!"
If he tells the truth, Troy will definitely not be able to accept it. If he doesn’t, he will violate the family's
mission, and he has never been so embarrassed.
Billie settles her mind, "Honey, listen to me, don't tell the truth, just say that you can't find out where she
went..."
"I can't lie to Mr. Troy."
"If you want to make his condition worse than it is now, just tell the truth! You fool!"
Billie hangs up angrily.
Robert pulls his hair in distress, gets up and walks towards the president's office.
Pushing the door and walking in, Troy leans back on the office chair to doze off, his expression
unspeakably exhausted.
Seeing him like this, Robert has plans in his head.
"Mr. Troy, I’ve got news about Miss Karin."
"Where is she?" He asks extremely calmly.
"She went home and gave birth to the baby. It’s a girl. She is doing well now. Don't worry about it."
Snap…
A stack of documents flies towards him and hits him in the head. Robert is stunned for a moment. He
then asks stutteringly, "Why... why did you hit me?"
Troy straightens up and stares at him sharply, "Since when have you seen the Gray family's motto as
trash?"
He is startled in a cold sweat, but still pretends to be confused, "I don't understand what you mean..."
"You are really different after you got married. Wife's words are orders. She can make you say
anything."
Now Robert can't pretend anymore even if he wants to. He is shocked and asks, "Have you heard
about it?"
"I was just checking if there are any files I need on your computer, and it happened that I heard what I
shouldn't hear."
"Sorry, I'm just worried..."
He waves his hand, "Forget it, I shouldn't have asked you to look into this."
Troy leans back on his chair again, closes his eyes in pain, and feels heartbroken for the woman, for
the last time.
"Should I go to Edinburgh in person? Maybe she has her difficulties."
"No need." He points to the door, "Go out, I want to be alone."
In the middle of the night, Troy is so drunk that he doesn’t know how much he has drunk before he got
drunk. He is very happy that he is finally drunk. It will be the last time that he is heartbroken for that
woman, and the last time he drowns his sorrows.
After tomorrow, he will never live in his memory.
He staggers into the gate of the mansion. He stumbles on something and almost falls. With his hand
placing on a cypress tree to support himself, he is about to keep on walking. Suddenly, his arm is
suddenly grabbed by someone, "Troy, are you drinking?"
It is Molly's voice. He slowly turns his head and asks weakly, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"Well..."
She points to the moon meekly.
Troy smiles and says, "Then go on, my head is a little dizzy, I will go upstairs first."
He staggers forward and walks a few steps. He is unsteady on his feet and almost falls again.
Fortunately, Molly is quick enough to grab his arm from behind, "I'll send you upstairs."
"No need to."
"Don't be stubborn, you will surely fall again if you walk by yourself."
"Go away!"
Troy suddenly roars and shakes off her hand. Molly is thrown to the ground by his excessive strength.
Maybe it is because she hasn’t expected that he would be so angry, Molly is so scared that tears roll in
her eyes, but she bites her lip stubbornly to prevent herself from crying.
Realizing that he is too out of control, Troy sighs and says tiredly, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay."
Molly sniffs and gets up on her own.
She walks up to Troy and asks cautiously, "Are you having any troubles? If you do, just talk to me and
I’ll be your listener."
Troy is startled, and his heart feels so painful that he wants to cry. Someone once said the same words
to him. Things are different now, just like when he told her that he liked her, but now he is all alone and
can't go back to the past.
"The innermost thoughts cannot be told."
Molly blinks, "Do you know what kind of time it is now?"
"I don’t."
"People will quarrel with the one they love the most, but tell their most genuine feelings to strangers."
Troy laughs at himself. He says, "You are really like someone I know, and you talk in the same way."
"Who is it?" Molly asks curiously.
He doesn’t answer, just looks at her faintly, and suddenly says, "Can you call me Troie?"
Molly is stunned for a while, and without asking why, she says, "Troie..."
"Karin..."
Troy takes her into his arms, and all the pain and depression accumulated in his heart break out in an
instant. His tears roll down drop by drop, and the woman held in his arms is completely shocked...
Four years later--
"Esme, why didn't you go to kindergarten?"
Karin, who is dressed in professional attire, glares with anger, hands on hips. She is the best mother in
the world, but now she behaves like a stepmother.
"I am also very distressed. Uncle William took me away."
"Your reason is so bad, how many times have I told you, don't pester him all the time!"
"He is pestering me; he insists on taking me to the park to play..."
"Wouldn’t you admit your mistake yet? Hold out your hand!"
Esme stretches out her little hand sullenly, and sighs and says, "Alas, children without fathers are so
pitiful..."
"You……"
Karin is speechless. Every time she is about to punish her, she will say such thing that makes her
unable to do it.
"I will spare you once today, and you will see if you do it again."
"You always say this. Aren’t you tired?" She sticks out her tongue mischievously, and runs away
immediately.
"You…"
It is really annoying, "How could I give birth to such a daughter?" Karin asks herself.
In the morning, when she received a phone call from the kindergarten teacher, she felt so ashamed. At
least three times a month, after the nanny sends her to the school, she will slip out right away and then
meet with William, who waits for her outside. She was worried at first, but later, she is not surprised at
all.
In the past five years, it will be lying if she says she is not tired. She has to work hard while raising her
child. Fortunately, she manages to make it and lives a rather decent life by gritting her teeth and
holding on. Although she has no love life, her career is already quite successful. She has been
promoted to the chief of finance, and the annual salary is enough for her and Esme to rent an
apartment in Star River Community. Esme can have the same as what other children have.
What makes her most gratified is that William ignores his feelings for her. At work, he is just her senior.
In private, he is Esme’s best friend. He keeps an appropriate distance from her, never does anything
that crosses the line, let alone says a word that bothers her.
It is because he consciously keeps this distance that she allows him to get close with Esme. She
doesn’t have any contact with anyone, but for her daughter, she hopes that she can live a normal life
like any other child of the same age.
For five years, she has thought she could not make it through. The facts prove that she has made it
through. Thinking of the five-year appointment with her father, she is caught in a struggle. In the past
five years, she has not contacted anyone, including her parents. She did not refuse when her father
said about it. Now that the date of the appointment is coming, if she does not show up, her parents will
think that she is actually unhappy, so she stands them up.
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