I replied, "What's so great about it? Me getting married to someone else?"
Did Hendrix really mean what he said, or was he trying to hint me at something else?
I felt confused, and there was a sense of disappointment in my heart. I suddenly felt awake and walked to the balcony with my phone.
I waited for a while more, but there wasn't any reply from him. I was becoming impatient, thus I texted again, saying, "What do you mean?"
Waiting for his reply gave me mood swings, and that was the most torturing time. I moved around the whole night and didn't dare to sleep. Just in case I'll miss any of his messages.
However, Hendrix didn't reply at all throughout the whole night.
When it was dawn, I was still half asleep when I heard my phone ring. I got up immediately, only to find that it was just the alarm clock that I set the night before. I promised Aurelia to make her breakfast.
My hopes were crushed once again. Since I couldn't fall asleep anymore, I just got up and washed up.
What I didn't expect was that Jordan's car showed up by the roadside right after I sent the children to school.
I got my hopes up again. However, when the car door opened, it was Naomi who got out.
With a face that was very similar to mine, her expression was cold as ice. She walked towards me and slapped me on my face.
"Why do you always want to go against me?"
My head turned from the slap, and the stinging pain on my face distracted the many thoughts I had in my mind. It was like I woke up immediately.
At that moment, the only thing I was concerned about was Jordan's whereabouts. I wasn't in the mood to argue with her. I turned back and looked at her calmly. I said in an impatient tone, "Do you know what you like now? A crazy woman."
Naomi used to be a decent lady who grew up in a well-known family. She was rational and gentle. How did she become such a crazy woman? Her actions of coming forward and attacking me were simply barbaric.
"It's all because of you!" Naomi retorted aggressively, "Tell me, Arianna, what have I done wrong to you? Even though we are now on different sides with different stands, I have not done any harm to you. I just want to stay by Jordan's side and find my child back. You have children yourself. Aren't you supposed to understand the feeling of being a mother? But why did you destroy all of this?"
"Since when did I destroy your plans?" I was confused.
"Aren't you the one who exposed my real purpose of being with Jordan right in front of him?"
I wasn't fully in my right mind. Then, I came back to my senses and realized that she came arguing with me because of what happened at the dinner the night before. I'm guessing that things didn't go quite well for them after they returned back home.
My original intention was to provoke Jordan, but I didn't expect to hurt her by accident. Hence, I had to apologize, "I'm sorry. At that moment, I didn't have time to think about anything else. If what I said caused you any trouble, I will try my best to make it up to you."
"Make it up to me? Jordan dumped me like I'm rubbish, and I can no longer use his resources to find my son. How are you going to compensate me for that?"
In other words, my words indeed affected Joran in a way.
It happened because of me. No wonder she was so furious. After thinking for a while, I thought of a solution. "You know Tobias right? Whenever Jordan needs to look for someone, he probably has to go through Tobias. He still owes me a favor. Treat it as my compensation to you. If your child is still alive, he could definitely find him back."
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