Chapter 294: Chapter 294



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Armand Bernie shook her hand back and said without any emotion, “We know each other.”

Phoebe Lewis gripped his hand tightly, “No, you do care about me, and you used to love me very much.”

“Like you said, I used to.” stressed Armand.

Phoebe let go of his hand and said, “If you don’t love me anymore, why are you still here?”.

“You’ve been hurt.”

“That’s no excuse!” Phoebe looked deeply at him, “Armand, do you remember the first time you kissed me?”. She didn’t care if Armand wanted to hear it or not, but went on, “It was a sunny day, just before our graduation. You came to see me and bought the ticket for the movie ‘My Ex’. The movie was about a couple that had broken up because of something bad that had happened. And you told me in the movie theater that you would never leave me alone.”

Armand didn’t answer her.

He remembered that he had said it.

Phoebe looked out the window and continued, “It was dark in the movie theater and we sat in the back seats. You kissed me. It was our first kiss.” She turned her head and asked Armand, “Do you remember that?”

Armand’s throat twitched a little, “Tell me, why did you leave me?”.

Phoebe flashed a relieved but bitter smile, “You’re married. There’s no point in saying it.”

She closed her eyes showing she was tired and desperate, “You’re free to go.”

Armand’s hands clenched into a fist, “I’ll take you back.”

“No need, I’ll come back alone.”

“Phoebe…”

“Don’t call me that, it makes me think you still love me.” She opened her eyes and stared at him. Her tears were streaming down her cheek. “I thought you would wait for me to come back… it was my fault, I shouldn’t have believed in that our relationship could be so firm and actually it turned out that I’ve thought too much.”

“You should have given me a reason, I could have waited for you.” Armand looked at her.

Phoebe laughed and didn’t explain the reason she had left and then returned. She took off her blanket and put on her coat, pointing to the medicine on the table, “This is mine?”

Armand nodded.

Phoebe took the medicine and headed for the door. After opening it, she suddenly grabbed her forehead and staggered a few steps. Armand rushed over to hug her, “What’s wrong?”

Phoebe shook his hand and said, “It’s none of your business.”

“If you don’t want me to ask, why are you coming to me?”. Armand felt he had done enough. She was the one who decided to leave and then come back, and even blamed him for not waiting for her.

“It was my fault, and I shouldn’t have appeared before you. I will never appear in front of you.” After saying that, she left.

But she seemed too weak and just walked slowly.

Armand stayed on the spot for a while and chased after her. He grabbed her by the waist and said, “Do you think you can do whatever you want? It’s not up to you now.”

“Quiet!”

Phoebe felt very hurt and took a deep breath.

Armand let go of her waist and asked gently, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.” Phoebe shook her head.

“I’ll take you home, where do you live?” said Armand.

She didn’t know why he had said it. She just knew it wasn’t safe for her to go back alone.

“At number 118, on DT Street.” replied Phoebe.

Armand was surprised and remembered the place he had almost forgotten.

“Why… why that place?”

“Because it has my memories, which is nice but I’m afraid to remember it.” Phoebe looked at him, “Surely you’ve forgotten it.”

Armand came to his senses and avoided looking at her. He tried to say it calmly, “I’ll take you back.”

He took over the medicine and held her arm.

Phoebe did not refuse him as she knew she had done enough to change his mind.

When they arrived at the hospital gate, Armand hailed a cab and helped Phoebe into the car, then sat in the front seat.

They didn’t talk on the way back.

Armand was deep in thought, even forgetting to get out of the car only after the driver reminded him.

He paid the bill and helped Phoebe out of the car.

As they walked down the familiar hallway, Armand felt his muscles tighten.

This was an older community, so there was no elevator. The good thing was that the real estate center was good, so the whole community was clean and the walls were freshly painted.

Phoebe opened the door when they got to her apartment. It was a one-bedroom apartment. The rent was pretty low since the community was old. So Phoebe could only rent it on her part-time salary when she was in college.

At that time, Armand was also poor. He had been depressed for a long time after Phoebe left him. Then he did his best to recover quickly and his business was improving. He accepted countless lawsuits, took on all kinds of cases. Then, little by little, he became famous and owned his law firm. Many clients came to him because of his reputation.

After years of development, it was the best law firm in the industry with high reputation.

The decoration of the room was still the same as before. Armand came here very often when he was with Phoebe. There was a two-person sofa by the window, made of beige flannel, which was not a very expensive material, but it was very comfortable. The white curtains and the wooden bookshelves against the wall, which were still the same as before. She loved reading books as before.

“Sorry, this is pretty messy. I went to the furniture store today and wanted to buy some furniture and replace it.” Phoebe handed him a glass of water.

Armand’s voice became husky and he asked, “Why do you want to replace them?”

Phoebe held the glass and looked at the couch, “To recall some memories that I wasn’t supposed to think about looking at them.” Armand’s hand squeezed tightly.

Phoebe handed him the water and said, “Drink your water and come back, I’m home.”

Armand did not take the water from her, but looked at her and asked word for word, “Tell me, why did you come back?”

Phoebe stared at him and said plainly, “Do you think I’m here for you?”.

Armand said in a deep voice, “No.”

If she really loved him and cared about him, she would not abandon him ruthlessly for no reason.

Phoebe set the teacup on the table, her back leaning against Armand, “It’s okay if you don’t believe it. I’m impulsive to make the decision. If I were you, I wouldn’t believe it either. It’s late, you should go back.” Armand didn’t move.

Phoebe glanced at Armand in the mirror, pursed her lips, “Is your wife still waiting for you to come home?”

Armand’s mind cleared as he thought of Theresa, he said, “Take care of yourself.”

After speaking, he turned and headed for the door. As he was about to reach the door.

Bang!

Armand turned and saw that Phoebe had fallen and the teacup was on the floor. He came back and went to help her, “Are you okay?”.

Phoebe shook her head saying she was fine, “It’s just that everything went dark in front of me and I fell.”

“The doctor said you had a mild concussion.” Armand helped her sit on the couch.

“I’m a little hungry.” Phoebe looked at Armand, “Can you cook some noodles before you go out?”

Armand hesitated.

“I’m sorry, I know I’ve asked too much. I’ll do it myself, you can go first.” Then she pretended to get up.

Armand forced her to sit down, “I’ll cook for you.”

He took off his jacket and walked into the kitchen. It was an open kitchen, quite small, but equipped with everything.

Buzz…

Phoebe noticed that the phone in Armand’s pocket was vibrating.

She looked at Armand and he was busy in the kitchen and didn’t hear the phone vibrating. So she picked it up and put it in her pocket, “I’m going to the bathroom.” Armand didn’t look back, but hummed at her.

Phoebe went to the bathroom, closed the door and pulled out the phone. It showed that the call was from Theresa.

He squinted and soon realized that his wife’s name was Theresa.

He accepted the call.

Theresa was standing in the doorway of the store, holding her coat in one hand and holding the phone in the other. As soon as the call connected she said, “Armand, where are you, I’m in front of the store, can you come pick me up?”.

“Hello, you must be Armand’s wife. He’s cooking noodles for me.”

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