Chapter 98
Like a man possessed, he sped home. The moment he stepped inside, the silence pressed down on him. The house was empty.”
The day they argued and started fighting, Zara came back and was here to pack her bags.
She was serious. She was really gone.
“Zara!” he called, his voice echoing in the still air. “Zara Clare!”
No answer. No footsteps. Just emptiness.
His legs gave out beneath him and as he collapsed to the floor, something caught his eye–a small glint of silver under the coffee
Her wedding ring.
The one he had custom–made for her when they first married, the one she had treasured for ten years, through every fight, every betrayal. No matter how much he had hurt her, she had never taken it off. For these two person, this ring was not only a wedding ring. It is also the witness of their beautiful relationship. It was the only remaining hope and memory.
But now, however, the ring was left in an unattended corner.
Zara had also disappeared.
Jonathan’s heart gradually sank, all the way to the bottom.N
He looked blankly at his familiar surroundings, but felt that everything was so strange.
Sadness and fear.N
Surrounded him from all sides.N
His grandfather remained unconscious in the hospital and the burden of running the company fell squarely on his shoulders. But his mind wasn’t on work. It wasn’t on salvaging what was left of the Richards Family legacy. But Jonathan’s heart is all in Zara’s body.}
In the past, the company’s affairs were handled by Mr. Geoffrey Richards, Jonathan’s grandpa.
The family’s affairs were taken care of by Zara.N
Jonathan didn’t have to worry about anything and he spent his days drinking without a care in the world.”
However, in one night, the two most important people in his life, all the pillars of his life, all left. Jonathan couldn’t afford to support
a large company. More than that, he can’t support a family that has already fallen into disrepair. In his helplessness, he chose to escape. He drinks himself into a stupor every day. He hugged Zara’s photo and cried bitterly.
One night, deep in his drunken stupor, the door creaked open.
A slender figure stepped inside.
A familiar scent filled his senses and his heart, so long frozen in grief, thudded wildly in his chest.
He hugged the person he came to tightly in his arms and kept talking about his thoughts and love.
Tears filled his eyes as he pulled her into his arms, clinging to her like a lifeline.
“Zara, you are finally come back,” he choked out. “You don’t know how much I have missed you. I can’t do this alone anymore.“}] His voice trembled. “Grandpa was very sick, the company’s affairs were weighing me down and when I arrived home, I couldn’t see you. I really don’t know what to do anymore.“}]
His grip tightened around her.
“Don’t leave me again, okay?” he pleaded. “I will change. I swear, I will change. No more going out, no more drinking, no more other women. We’ll start over. We’ll have another child, and this time, I will do it right. We’ll be a family again.”
