Chapter 1366: Chapter 1369 Deep-Seated Longing

In the afternoon, the school announced the start of summer vacation.

After leaving school, it was still early, so Emmeline took a bus to Altney.

It was just a little after 5:20 p.m. when she got off the bus at the bus stop, and Abel’s call came in.

“Hey, Abel,” Emmeline sat on the bench at the bus stop.

“Hey, has school been dismissed?” Abel asked.

Technically, summer break has begun.”

Abel heard the noisy sounds of car horns and chatter coming from her phone and asked, “Emma, where are you?” I’m at the bus stop.”

“Why are you there?”

“I wanted to come and see you.”

Listen, go back home right away, don’t go anywhere else, it’s going to rain.”

“But…”

“Be a good girl…” Abel said and disconnected the call right away, leaving Emmeline to the busy signal.

“Abel…” She softly called out his name still.

In actuality, Abel was at the corner of the elementary school right then.

When he heard Emmeline say she was at the bus stop, he immediately started his car.

In just four or five minutes, he arrived at the intersection near the bus stop.

From a distance, he saw that the bus stop was empty, with no sign of the little figure he longed for.

“Emma has already gone home,” he muttered to himself.

At that, he slowly drove the car to the side of the platform, killed the engine, and lit a cigarette.

The rain started to fall, with large raindrops hitting the car’s windshield.

“Did you bring an umbrella, Emma? Will you get soaked?” Abel looked around in confusion, trying to figure out which intersection was Emma’s way back home.

After taking a few deep drags of his cigarette, he started the car and drove along the first intersection.

He drove all the way to the entrance of the community, estimating that it would take Emma several minutes to walk from the bus stop to this place.

Then, he turned the car around and drove along the second road, but still couldn’t find any trace of Emmeline.

At that, he turned into the third road and drove to the bottom of the building where they lived, but still, there was no sign of her.

Abel returned to the roadside bus station and parked the car.

He closed his eyes, and tears slid from the corners of his eyes.

I’m such an idiot, Emma. You’ve already arrived home, haven’t you? I didn’t see you.

“Abel. I’m already here; why won’t you let me come find you?” Emmeline sat blankly on the bench under the platform.

It was raining, and the vehicles and pedestrians gradually decreased, leaving the road soaked.

“Abel, it’s raining so heavily. Where should I go? The last bus has already left. Are you no longer concerned about me?”

Abel took out his phone, looked at Emmeline’s number, and thought about pressing it but then withdrew his finger, repeating this three times.

He was afraid that his uncle and aunt were nearby and they would scold his beloved Emma.

He started the car, ignited the engine, and drove away.

The rain was too heavy, and the wind intensified it, soaking Emmeline’s clothes. Tears streamed down her face.

Kimberly called, “Emma, why haven’t you come back yet?”

“I’m at a friend’s house, having dinner together. It’s raining, so I’ll stay over. I won’t be back tonight,”

Emmeline muttered.

Before Emmeline knew it, she grew drowsy, leaning against the platform’s railing.

Across the road, a person with a large black umbrella trudged through the pouring rain toward this side.

His face was not visible; all she could see was his tall figure under the black umbrella.

The person reached the platform.

The platform’s canopy was no longer effective in the heavy wind and rain, and Emmeline was already soaked.

She lifted her head, and their eyes met.

“Emmeline?”

“Benjamin!”

“Oh my God! How is it you? What are you doing here?”

Emmeline’s soaked appearance and pitiful expression caught Benjamin off guard.

“I saw someone sitting over here from afar and knew they were stuck in the heavy rain, but I never expected it to be you!”

Emmeline remembered that not far from the bus stop was Tony’s ‘RetroWave Advertisements.

Benjamin must have been there.

“Come with me to Tony’s office, Benjamin helped Emmeline up.

The rain was too heavy, and the large black umbrella couldn’t cover both of them. Benjamin put his arm around Emmeline’s shoulders, sheltering her entirely under the umbrella, and they entered RetroWave Advertisements.

“I’ll call your brother to come pick you up,” Tony said with surprise when he saw Emmeline. “You’ll catch a cold in this condition.”

“No, please,” Emmeline hurriedly replied. “Don’t let Abel know!”

“Why?” Tony couldn’t understand. “Why don’t you want him to know?”