Chapter 421
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Alex turned, gazing into the distance at the greenhouse, and forced himself to ask, “When do you plan to leave?”
“I never said I was leaving.” Ellie’s soft and gentle voice came from behind. Alex spun around abruptly.
Their eyes met, and Ellie took two steps forward. Gathering her courage, she carefully reached out and embraced him.
She pressed her cheek to his chest, listening to his strong and steady heartbeat, and said, “My mom agreed.”
Alex’s crimson eyes welled up with emotion.
His mind buzzed with confusion for a moment, and all he could hear was the pounding of his own heart.
After what felt like an eternity, Alex came to his senses.
“Ellie,” he whispered. Like a madman, he lifted Ellie into his arms and spun around in circles in the garden.
His eyes were terrifyingly red. Though he was laughing, tears streamed down his face without pause.
From a distance, Barry watched his boss, who was nimbly carrying Ellie in circles around the garden, and quickly moved away to give them space.
“Alex, your leg is still injured. Put me down,” Ellie said, hearing Alex’s choked sobs and struggling to slide out of his grasp.
Alex held Ellie close, his hand resting on the back of her neck.
He rested his forehead against hers and croaked. “Let me check. I’m not dreaming, am I?”
Before Ellie could understand what he meant, his cool lips had already met hers. There were no other movements, and they were just immersed in their small world.
The garden was eerily quiet, with only the stars in the sky as witnesses, serene and gentle.
After what seemed like a long while, Alex reluctantly released her
Seeing Ellie’s flushed face, lowered in embarrassment, Alex looked at her with the gaze of a devout believer.
“I’ll never lose you again,” he said. “You filled my entire past, and you can’t be absent from my future.”
Ellie bravely looked up into Alex’s passionate eyes.
On a June night, the garden of the Warren Manor was enveloped by the starry sky, with occasional chirping insects and an otherwise silent atmosphere.
The two stood in the garden, holding each other’s hands and looking into each other’s eyes.
Recalling the half–spoken words from Aaron and the hesitant, looks from her aunts and uncles at the Thompson residence earlier, the tenderness in Ellie’s eyes gradually turned to seriousness.
She said to Alex, “Alex, I have amnesia and can’t remember many things. I don’t want to hear it from others right now; I just want to hear it from you.”
A flicker of emotion crossed Alex’s eyes as he asked, “What do you want to hear?”
“I just want to know if anything bad happened between us during my amnesia,” Ellie replied.
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“In what way?” Alex inquired.
“Any way,” Ellie clarified.
Their eyes met, and the atmosphere became inexplicably heavy
Alex’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he looked into Ellie’s eyes and said firmly, “No, we’re fine.”
Ellie looked into Alex’s eyes again for confirmation. “Really?”
“Really!” Alex assured her.
Ellie’s eyes softened. She believed that a man who would risk his life for her wouldn’t lie to her. “Alex, even though I can’t remember many things, I trust that you wouldn’t deceive me,” she said.
Emotions surged in Alex’s eyes as he pulled her into another tight embrace.
He buried his head in the crook of Ellie’s neck, hiding the emotions in his eyes from everyone else.
“Alex, I broke my promise to Aaron by choosing to trust you. I didn’t listen to Aaron,” Ellie said softly.
“I know,” Alex replied, his breath catching at the sound of her gentle voice.
“I’ve hurt Aaron and worried my family,” Ellie continued. “If you lie to me, I’ll never speak to you again for the rest of my life.”
Alex’s grip on Ellie tightened, his arms trembling slightly. After a long pause, he responded in a suppressed tone, “I won’t.”
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