Chapter 420
Before dinner, Ellie returned to the Warren Manor.
Alex hopped off the sofa excitedly. “How did it go?” he asked eagerly. “Did they agree?”
Upon seeing Ellie’s eyes, red and swollen from crying, Alex’s expression froze in an instant, and he fell silent.
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As Ellie changed into her slippers, he quietly stood by her side. When Ellie helped him to the dining room, he didn’t ask another question.
Carlos hadn’t been discharged yet, and Alex’s parents were still at the hospital. It was just the two of them for dinner.
Throughout the meal, Ellie didn’t mention anything about her visit to the Thompson residence, and Alex didn’t press further.
The atmosphere in the dining room was so heavy that the servants tiptoed, afraid to make a sound.
After dinner, Alex took a call in the living room while Ellie went upstairs alone.
Barry waited in the living room, watching Alex’s gloomy expression after he hung up the phone: With a heavy heart, Barry approached.
“Mr. Warren, you have a video conference at seven. Chris will be here shortly. I’ll help you upstairs to get ready,” he said.
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The meeting ended before eight. Alex went straight to Ellie’s room. Seeing the empty room, he panicked and asked, “Where
is she?”
“She is in the greenhouse,” the servant replied.
More than ten minutes later, Alex arrived at the greenhouse.
Watching Ellie carefully tend to Carlos‘ orchids, he felt an overwhelming sense of suppression.
Since her return, Ellie hadn’t mentioned a word about the Thompson residence, and he had a pretty good idea why.
Pushing past Barry, Alex entered the greenhouse, disregarding his injured leg.
He stood behind Ellie, looking down at her as she squatted by the flowerpot, loosening the soil.
His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down, and after a long while, he finally spoke.
“You promised you’d stay with Grandpa until the end. Even if they don’t agree for us to be together, you can’t leave,” he said.
Ellie stopped what she was doing.
She put down the small trowel, took off her gloves, and looked up at Alex.
Upon seeing that she still wouldn’t speak, the emotions in Alex’s eyes grew more intense. He took two steps forward, bent down, and pulled her up.
“Ellie, you can’t leave me behind,” he said, standing face to face with her.
Ellie subtly pulled her hand away.
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Alex’s hand was now empty, and he stared at her in a daze. His voice trembled as he spoke again. “Did you regret promising me? Is it because Mrs. Thompson and Aaron still won’t forgive me?”
“Ellie, wait for me. I’ll go to the Thompson residence. I’ll beg them. I’ll kneel down to Mrs. Thompson if I have to,” Alex said, turning to leave the greenhouse.
Watching Alex, his eyes red and swollen, rushing out of the greenhouse to the Thompson residence to plead with her family, Ellie followed him out helplessly.
“You should go upstairs and rest. I’ll go to the Thompson residence and talk to them myself. I’ll kneel down to Mrs. Thompson if that’s what it takes,” Alex insisted, instructing Barry to get the car while coaxing Ellie to go upstairs and rest.
He knew how filial Ellie was and how much she respected Aaron’s words.
In the hospital, Ellie had finally agreed to be with him, and he couldn’t afford to miss this opportunity.
“No,” Ellie said, her eyes red–rimmed as she looked at Alex. “You don’t have to go.”
Alex carefully held Ellie’s hands, his eyes red and his entire demeanor utterly humble. “Ellie, don’t leave,” he pleaded.
Ellie pulled her hands free from Alex’s grip. His empty hand fell limply to his side.
He gently closed his eyes, his damp eyelashes trembling fiercely
He had tried with all his might to keep her, thinking he could, only to realize that it had all been just his own foolish fantasy.
