Not only was Leonardo in good spirits, Douglas was also recovering.
That morning, Summer woke up early as usual.
The room was not cold at all with the heating on. She habitually stretched out to get her phone and found it was 5:30 in the morning.
Then she noticed an unread message. It was from Douglas, very short. "I'm leaving."
The sending time was one o'clock at midnight, when she had fallen asleep.
Douglas must have texted her at such a time on purpose. If he did it during the day, Summer would never allow him to leave like this, and would definitely stop him.
Summer put her phone aside and lay quietly on the bed for a moment. She intended to go back to sleep, but now she was completely sober.
Summer gently got out of the bed without waking Leonardo up, as he was lying beside her. Wrapped in her clothes, she walked to the window and pulled back the curtains softly.
It was already early winter, so it was still dark outside.
Summer sat on the carpet, leaning against the French window and staring out absentmindedly.
Since it was his own choice to set off late at night silently, it would be the best for him.
Leonardo used to protect Douglas well, until Lester and Michael broke the peace.
That was when Douglas knew the truth behind everything.
When Summer was a teenage, her biggest worry was how to get Karen's love. She thought she would be able to find the answer when she
grew up.
However, as an adult, one would only find that all the problems were still there. Life was just displaying more facts and forced one to accept the reality. She finally gave ino the fact that Karen did not love her at all.
Also, Douglas had to leave the ivory tower and walk into the real world filled with truth and cruelty.
He had to grow up. After all, it was his own life.
And now he chose to leave quietly and live his own life.
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