As night fell, the car sped back to downtown Ocpeace City from the suburbs.
On the way, Christopher glanced at Everleigh from time to time. Since she got into the car, she did not speak at all. Instead, she looked out of the window in the passenger seat, lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" He was afraid that she would break down and be depressed, so he could not help but ask.
She still rested her elbow on the window and looked out at the rapidly retreating night. "Nothing."
"How about I take a few days off to travel with you?"
"Come on." Everleigh turned to look at him and said, "The medical station in Gansen Village is waiting for you to go back. You won't be able to hide the fact that you snuck back here forever. Just go back after the Thanksgiving festival."
"What about you?"
"What about me?" She replied nonchalantly, "What should have happened has already happened, and it's just a fact."
He looked worried. "Don't pretend in front of me. It's okay if you feel sad. It's no big deal."
Everleigh was silent for a few seconds, and her voice was a little reluctant; "What? Do you have to see me cry and drink wine to relieve my sorrows, then only you'll be at ease?"
"I really will be at ease if you do that."
"It won't happen." She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Leaning against the seat, she looked out of the window and said, "I am the mother of two children. For their sake, I will not be the same as before. People have to grow up and become mature."
"You don't need to be mature in front of me."
The moment she heard this, she was stunned. Then she turned to Christopher with a warm smile on her face and said, "Thank you. You've stayed with me all these years through everything."
It was not that she had never suffered a mental breakdown. When she first met him, she was pregnant, and her courses were heavy. Later, when it came to the expected date of delivery, she spent the whole night in the laboratory because of problems with the experiment's data and she was under a lot of pressure.
The day before she went into labor, she went to get some water to drink. However, she accidentally knocked over the cup and broke it. Suddenly, she collapsed emotionally and hid in the break room and sobbed loudly.
People could pass through all the difficult moments of life in a calm manner, but they would feel true despair over a broken cup.
At that time, Christopher was the first to discover her. A man, who was usually rowdy, spent a whole night sitting on the floor with her in the tea room. They didn't say anything and just sat there until dawn.
Fortunately, he was there that day, so he sent her to the hospital in time to give birth to her children.
After that, she broke down once more. It was the first time when she had heard news that Theodore and Josephine were together, four years after she went to Maniville.
In the paper, there was a photo of two people walking together. Although the photo of Josephine was censored, Everleigh still recognised her at first glance as her best friend.
At that time, Christopher was also with her. It happened that he had to hide from his exgirlfriend, so he took both children to Nihonland with Everleigh.
Were there really such amazing coincidences in the world?
Everything was arranged by an invisible hand so that you could view a bright future.
The swift mountain breeze blew hard outside the window. Meanwhile, Christopher held the steering wheel as he stared at the road in front of him with a calm look. He was totally different from his usual casual behavior. "I think I probably owed you a lot in my last life, so I wanted to repay the favor in this life."
She remained silent.
"It's best if you don't overthink it. After all, it happened so long ago. Since you've told Theodore, let's see what he's going to do about it while you rest for the time being."
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