AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

Roxane could feel Sebastien’s heart beating under his chest. The heartbeat was strong and regular. His ears were burning and there was a smile in his eyes. However, she turned away saying, feigning annoyance:

– I won’t be able to lie to you in the future.

Sebastien raised an eyebrow and asked:

– Are you still thinking about lying to me?

-Everyone has something they don’t want to talk about. If that’s the case, then we can only lie.

– We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to. I will never force you, Sebastien said slowly in a low voice,

– However, don’t lie to me. Never lie to me.

Roxane’s heart moved when she met his gaze. She nodded.

“I promise I won’t lie to you.

– I will never lie to you in the future. As for the lies of the past… Since it has already happened, nothing can be changed…

Sebastien smiled weakly. He reached out his other hand and stroked her face, asking:

-Why did you lie to them?

Roxane lowered her head. After a moment of silence, she said with a hint of solitude:

– I don’t want them to worry, and I don’t want them to blame themselves, especially when grandma’s condition isn’t too good at the moment. I don’t want her to worry about me every day.

For these reasons, she claimed that she had forgotten about being bullied and humiliated.

Sebastien’s heart ached for her. After a while he asked:

-Are you still blaming Enzo?

She raised her head to look at Sebastien. Her eyes shone brightly as she said:

-I never blamed my brother, to begin with. He was young and immature. He was a child, after all. He was afraid that if I came home, I would steal our parents’ love from him. I understand these things. If I were in his place, I might not be better than him.

“But he hurt you,” said Sebastien in a slightly tense voice. When Enzo said those things to him that night, he really couldn’t help but beat him.

The smile on Roxane’s face was like the sun in summer; it was bright and warm. She said:

– Well, families owe it to each other that way, don’t they? We bicker and fight, unintentionally hurting each other, but that doesn’t take away from the love.

Sebastien was stunned by these words. Something flashed in her eyes, but Roxane didn’t notice it.

She continued to say:

– I live very well now. I have my parents, my brother, my grandmother, and… She stopped to look at him before saying softly:

-And I…

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– I like the present Roxane who is always happy. So I won’t let the past drag me into the abyss. I don’t want to hurt the people around me, and I don’t want to hurt myself either. Besides, I promised Christine that I would make you happy.

Three days later.

The moon shone on Moon Pavilion. It hung prettily among the stars in the dark sky.

Roxane suddenly opened her eyes. She sat down before picking up her phone and checking her WeChat. She reread the message Enzo had sent her that afternoon.

The police had not yet found Mina.

Three days ago, Mina’s phone was turned off after she left the Rios family house. Therefore, the police were unable to track her using her phone. Apart from that, the car she had taken from the Rios family house was found abandoned on the outskirts of the city where there was no surveillance camera. It was obvious she had been hiding.

With Mina’s disappearance, the matter has become rather serious.

The police were still looking for her, but there were millions of people in M City. Trying to find someone who was deliberately hiding was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Roxane took a deep breath before getting out of bed. She changed into a simple white dress with a red bow and tied her hair into a bun. She looked cute and charming.

It was two in the morning so everyone had fallen asleep. Moon Pavilion was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Roxane tiptoed down the stairs. However, when she got downstairs, she saw a tall figure standing by the French window.

The lights in the living room were not on.

The ray of moonlight shone through the window, illuminating the tall and straight figure. This also gave the figure an otherworldly appearance.

As if he felt something, Sebastien turned around. When he saw that Roxane had taken off her pajamas, he asked with a frown:

– You leave ?

She did not answer the question. Instead she asked:

– Why are you not sleeping?

– I’m not sleepy.

Over the past few days, Sebastien has not dared to sleep. Every time he fell asleep, he dreamed of her lying in a bathtub. The water in the bathtub was dyed red with his blood. It was a frightening and terrifying scene.

– Oh.

Roxane didn’t know what to say for a moment.

For a moment, an awkward silence permeated the living room.

Sebastien looked down. As if he understood something, he approached and asked:

– Where are you going ? I will send you.

When she met his dark gaze, she swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and nodded.