"So you believe me, right" Edie was surprised. She couldnât believe it for a moment. She doesnât expect that this man will be going to save from the humiliation.
"Though I want to divorce you, I wonât hurt you. I donât know what kind of girl you are. But...I believe you are a good girl. Otherwise, I wonât fall in love with you before. If youâre bad based on otherâs judgment, would I be going to marry you?"
He stared at Edie with his purely black eyes. He wanted to tell her how deeply he loved her until now, but he chose this way to protect her.
He wanted to tell her. But he couldnât tell her everything. Not until he will know the identity of the person behind Hicks.
Edie stared at him back. She wanted to tell him that he loves him so much and she misses the old Stuart. Her heart started beating faster and faster.
It took quite a while for her to make a smile. Her smile was light but beautiful.
"Thank you. Though you already forgot me, your trust...still means a lot for me. No matter if we would divorce or not, I would accept it, as long as you believe you really fell in love with me before. I can handle everything else. I will try my best to be your wife still," A pang of pain came across her heart, and she wanted to burst into tears.
Stuart trembled in eyes. "Do you really love me so deeply? Even though, you knew that I have forgotten about us,"
Hearing Stuartâs question Edie wanted to cry out. But she forced herself to smile, "Yes. Because you loved me more before. Perhaps God thought it was not fair for you. So he might want me to pay back. We started at our marriage through the contract, and I didnât love you before. You exerted so much effort to make me fall for you,"
Stuart fell into silence for a while, and then he said, "Edie, I really want to restore my memory about you. But I wonât hurt Hicks anymore. So, no matter what happened between us, we should...."
"Stop it now."
Edie felt her heart was broken.
She suddenly realized that she almost forgot something significant. Hicks did a lot for Stuart before. Hicks was the woman that Stuart had love before she came.
Because of Stuart, Hicks was kidnapped, tortured, and thrown into the ocean by Aaron.
Stuart owed her. When he lost his memory, he only remembers Hicks, not her.
But she did give him an opportunity. She went back to A city, but Stuart stopped her.
He did choose her. Why could...why could he forget this.
Edieâs eyes turned red, "Stuart, I know you donât want to hurt Hicks. But why could you hurt me? Do I deserve it? I was so humiliated publicly awhile ago, does my existence in your life pissed you off? Itâs okay that you forget me. But donât sentence me to death too early. I donât like it."
She said these in a low and weak voice. It sounded like begging. Stuartâs heart was tendered.
But he couldnât put Edie in danger.
He must push Edie away. Otherwise, that man might kill her sooner or later. He must get her rid of such extreme danger.
He didnât rush to divorce Edie because he wanted to show Hicks and the man behind her that Edie was no longer significant for him. So Edie couldnât be used to threaten him.
Only in this way could Edieâs safety be guaranteed.
Looking at Edieâs tears falling down, he felt his heart was burning.
But, he needed to pretend to be indifferent.
It hurt both of them.
Edie raised her hands. She wanted to catch the corner of his clothes. She thought Stuart might be able to give them a chance if she begged him.
But, he didnât.
He stood up directly.
He was quite tall. His finger blocked the light. At the moment, she felt she was surrounded by darkness. She felt so cold.
"Stuart..."
She called Stuartâs name, over and over again, trying to unite her courage.
"Edie Lara, since all these happened, please stop now. Donât try to interfere with our relations. I donât want to hate you."
Then, Stuart turned around, without throwing an eye at her, as if he was abandoning a dead pet.
The man.... really left.
Edie struggled to hold fist.
She tried the best to hold all her tears back. But it was really painful.
Stuart, at the moment, was also tortured by such burning pain.
Meanwhile, at the door of the party room, a girl in a gorgeous dress rushed in. But she was blocked by the guards.
"Please show your invitation card."
"What? I am Mr. CEOâs friend."
Hicks said impatiently.
"Sorry, Miss. You are not allowed in without an invitation card," the guard said seriously.
Hicks squinted.
"Do you have any idea who I am? You dare to block
"Youâll regret it."
The guard hesitated. Stuart was really a figure here. He didnât want to make him angry.
"Miss, could you call Mr. CEO? If he agrees, we certainly wonât stop you."
Hicks hesitated.
Actually, sheâs already been informed of the party. She planned to attend the party with Stuart. But Todd Anderson seemed to hate her. He invited Edie and Stuart and wrote their name on one invitation card.
If she insisted coming with Stuart, reporters would take their pictures. It might hurt Stuartâs reputation.
She tried to control her jealousy, pretending to be generous.
She agreed Stuart attended the party with Edie.
However, as minutes went by, she couldnât control herself.
Though she believed Stuart, she never trusted Edie. Edie might do something to the man she loved.
The longer she stayed outside, the more anxious she got. As she rushed into the party, the guard stopped her.
If she called Stuart at the moment, Stuart might be disappointed. She was no longer that generous girl in his mind.
As Hicks was trapped in a dilemma, suddenly, she heard a terrifying voice.
"You looked quite like a girl I knew before."