Free Web NovelChapter 2566: Chapter 39: Let Him Leave
"Europe is busy with work. I’ve already mentioned when I came back that I’d only stay for one week." Abraham replied casually while elegantly using a knife and fork for breakfast.
Lily: "Your uncle is in Europe to handle things. Your brother and Molly’s engagement is such a big deal. Can’t you stay in the country for it? Andrew, you haven’t been back to Eastonia in many years. Don’t you want to spend more time with your mother?"
Seeing her youngest son’s indifferent expression, completely unmoved, Lily felt aggrieved.
He was so adorably clingy as a child, why does he become so unadorable when he grows up?
Abraham felt a bit helpless towards Lily’s emotional appeal. He reminded her, "Engagement is not the same as a wedding ceremony. If it were a wedding, I promise I wouldn’t miss it. Besides... although I don’t often return to Eastonia, you visit Europe every year to see your grandparents. Mom, the time we spend together in a year isn’t less than three months." freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Three months is already less.
Their family gathers in Europe for at least three months each year, not counting family vacations and various gatherings.
If not for the fact that father doesn’t like mother being taken away too often by them, they’d spend even more time together.
Lily knew the reason she gave herself was actually unconvincing.
She wanted to think of other excuses, her gaze turning, and she happened to see Molly Wellington standing at the door.
"Molly, you’re here... come, quickly come eat breakfast and help persuade Andrew for me. He’s only come back after so many years, but he’s leaving after just one week without even waiting for your engagement to Ben Lucas. Don’t you think his actions make me sad? Truly unadorable."
Lily’s godmother’s voice pierced into Molly Wellington’s ears, making her heart ache slightly.
Actually, without Lily repeating herself, Molly had already overheard their conversation at the door just now.
She understood what they were arguing about and clearly heard that Abraham was about to leave.
"I... I don’t mind. Since Abraham is busy, let him go back. He’s right, Ben Lucas and I are only engaged... as long as he remembers to attend the wedding, it’s fine."
After sitting down, Molly forced out these words with a slight twitch at the corner of her lips.
When she spoke, her face slightly lowered, the thick lashes occasionally fluttering, hiding the real emotions in her eyes.
Molly herself wasn’t sure what those chaotic emotions in her heart were.
It felt like she finally breathed a sigh of relief now that Abraham was leaving, shouldn’t she be relieved?
He was intimate with her in private, and they even had such a relationship... if adults found out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Molly knew well that Abraham leaving was for the best, it was good for everyone, a good outcome for herself too.
But...
But why does her heart, which was already feeling sour and swelling, hurt so much?
The originally joyful anticipation, the sweet dreams, the cheerful mood upon waking, now seemed filled with an indescribable sourness.
It was an emotion the girl had never experienced before.
And so much like the sourness she felt in her heart ten years ago when Abraham suddenly left without saying goodbye.
But even more turbulent and intense.
"Is that so? Do you all think engagement is an ordinary matter?" Lily slightly frowned, wondering if she was overthinking it.
She had always thought that even if it’s just an engagement, it’s extremely important for a girl.
Relatives and friends on both sides should come to offer their blessings.
But judging by Molly and Andrew’s attitude, it seemed that engagement was just a formality, and not really important.
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