Chapter 381: Silent Love

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The combination of his calm tone and guilty expression not only stunned John but also Caleb, who had followed him for many years.

Gabriel had always been a decisive person in the business world. When had he ever admitted his mistakes to others?

John glanced at Gabriel’s bandaged right hand and then at the latter’s feet wrapped in a gauze with bright red spots. The Italian handmade leather shoes beside him were covered in mud, looking a little deformed.

Even though he was in such a sorry state, this man still did not lose his elegance.

John walked out of the ward and asked the doctor about Serenity’s injuries. He was relieved when he heard that she was fine.

Just as he was about to return to the ward, he looked in through the small glass window in the door. Gabriel was sitting in a wheelchair, back hunched over while holding Serenity’s hand tightly by her bedside.

The sight of the scene made John’s chest feel like it was being twisted by a knife. Serenity was lying, looking almost lifeless, on the hospital bed and the one next to her was no longer him. John no longer had the right. After all, who was he to her now?

He was hoping she would return to him after explaining the truth.

But his girl had chosen someone else instead.

Since then, he would reminisce about the past every night, remembering when she had cried her eyes out, asking, “Why did you marry her? Don’t you like me anymore?”

He had to harden his heart to resist the urge to pull her into his arms which culminated into him pushing her away.

On the day she went to California, she had sent him a text message right after boarding the plane. Serenity didn’t write much, but there were enough words to reveal how despaired she was.

[John, you’re so heartless.]

Serenity would never know, and neither did Selena, that John had gone to see her off.

Initially, he didn’t want to go to the airport, afraid his heart would soften in its resolve if he did.

But just as it was about time for Serenity to board the plane, he drove crazily to the airport, running countless red lights on the way and almost colliding with a truck. Fortunately, he turned the steering wheel in time and avoided it, but the car crashed into the guardrail.

A kind-hearted citizen called the emergency hotline to send him to the hospital, but John refused. He gritted his teeth and insisted on going to the airport.

But John was one step too late. When he arrived, the plane had already taken off.

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John stood outside the ward for a long time, so long that his legs went numb.

Alfred saw his pain, knowing John was upset, but the former knew there was nothing he could do to make the latter feel better.

The assistant had been serving John ever since the latter started his internship at Grant Group. Although he did not know about the emotional entanglement between President Grant and Ms. Serenity, he had a hunch that President Grant had no feelings for the former Mrs. Grant, Selena. Alfred knew John had always loved Serenity.

During the years Ms. Serenity was in California, President Grant would send her a monthly allowance under Selena’s name worth two-thirds of his salary at that time.

However, Ms. Serenity never touched it. Instead, she called the Rivers family requesting for a large sum of money. When President Grant found out, Alfred was tasked to investigate only to find out that Ms. Serenity had lost her bank card.

At first, he did not understand why President Grant would marry the eldest daughter of the Rivers family since he loved the second daughter instead.

But over time, he eventually realized that President Grant’s love was like a silent flame that could either be watched from afar or approached like a moth would and be burned.

Alfred sighed. Human feelings were so complicated and fragile. In just three short years, so much had changed..