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Chapter 225
As the phone rang again, Jane saw who was calling.
Annie!
Seeing that Drake was about to reject the call again, Jane spoke calmly, “Why don’t you answer?”
Jane’s words prompted Drake to reluctantly pick up the phone and hold it to his ear. Soon, the weak and feeble voice of Annie came through, “Drake, you finally answered. I thought… I thought I’d never hear your voice again.”
Annie’s feeble voice made Drake’s heart tighten, and he instinctively felt that something had happened. Otherwise, Annie wouldn’t speak to him with such a tone.
But before he could ask, the voice on the other end changed to that of a man–a voice Drake recognized.
“Drake, Annie had a serious car accident. The doctor says she might not make it through the night. Despite everything that has happened between you two, can’t you consider the years you spent together and come see her one last time?”
The man on the phone was Annie’s father, Charles Carlton, a person Drake still respected within the Carlton family.
Though Drake had not agreed to Mr Carlton’s request on the phone, after hanging up, he looked at Jane with a complicated gaze.
Seeing Drake’s expression, Jane’s heart sank instantly. Although she hadn’t heard the conversation, she could clearly sense that Drake intended to go.
Amidst the warm beautiful atmosphere of family gathering, he was planning to leave.
A surge of anger spread through Jane’s heart. The enormous despair she once experienced enveloped her again. Just like before, whenever Annie called, Drake would drop everything and rush to her side, regardless of his location or what important matters he had at hand.
She had thought that in these past two months, Drake’s change would make him indifferent to Annie. But she was wrong!
“If you want to go, then go!” Filled with anger, Jane wanted to test once more whether it was truly her fault.
However, as soon as those words left her mouth, Drake stood up, and her heart sank.
Drake hesitated for a while, sighed deeply, and then said to Jane, “Wait for me to come back!”
By the time she could react, Drake had already walked out the door.
The three children at the dining table looked at each other in confusion, not understanding why Drake had suddenly left.
“Mummy, where did Daddy go?” Zach didn’t see who was calling on the phone.
And when Daddy answered the call, he didn’t say a word. Zach, didn’t really know who was on the
other end of the line.
However, he knew that on such an important day, Daddy couldn’t leave.
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“He went to see someone very important to him.” Suppressing the pain and sadness in her heart, Jane spoke slowly.
“Will he come back?” Zach continued to ask.
This question left Jane deep in thought, unable to provide an answer.
Because even she didn’t know if Daddy would return after leaving.
In the end, Jane was disappointed. As time passed, the night grew darker, and the sound of fireworks could be heard from afar. Fireworks were blooming in the distance, but the entire Maplewood Estate was quiet.
Jane waited with increasing desolation. She could ignore Drake breaking his promise to her, but he had also promised to accompany the three children to watch the fireworks, and now he had broken that promise too. It made her really furious.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was late at night. The three children couldn’t stay awake any longer After putting them to bed, Jane walked back to the living room.
The delicious dishes on the table remained untouched, and they had already turned cold, much like her heart at the moment.
Jane walked slowly over, took her seat again, and silently gazed at the untouched dishes on the table. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she was unaware.
When the first rays of sunlight shone through the window, Jane finally snapped out of her daze and looked at the slowly rising sun with a vacant expression.
This night had been so long!
She had waited for him as promised, but he never came back.
A bitter smile formed on her lips, and Jane stumbled back to her room, throwing herself onto the bed. She covered herself with the blanket and fell asleep.
In her sleep, Jane felt conscious, but she couldn’t open her eyes; she felt dazed and confused.
Meanwhile, exhausted, Drake returned to the the Maplewood Manor while Jane slept uneasily. As he entered, Zach, who had been waiting in the living room, approached him with a stern expression.
“Daddy, where did you go? Why didn’t you come back last night? Do you know how important last night was? Everything is ruined now. Mommy, Zane, Zoe, and I are all angry,” Zach scolded.
“Where’s your Mommy?” Drake immediately inquired about Jane’s situation.
“I don’t know. Mommy hasn’t come out of the room since she went in, Zach replied.
“Is she still sleeping?”
“Probably.”
“In that case, let her rest properly,” Drake said, rubbing his temples, his voice tinged with exhaustion.
Finally noticing that something was wrong with Drake, Zach asked with concern, “Daddy, what’s going on? Who did you meet last night?”
“Child, don’t worry about it,” Drake said, putting down his hand from his temples, his eyes filled with redness.
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“I go rest in my room as well. Call me when Mommy wakes up,” he added before heading to his own
room.
Watching Drake’s back, Zach wanted to say something, but ultimately held back.
In her dreams, Jane floated in a state of half–consciousness. Unpleasant memories resurfaced in her mind, all of Drake’s disgusted expressions towards her. As her memories extended further back, Jane became aware once more, finding herself standing in a park full of flowers, feeling a sense of familiarity.
Approaching her was a slim figure with eyes covered. Jane tried to see the young man’s appearance clearly, but he remained obscured, as if a thin veil separated them.
Yet, despite the obscurity, the figure felt familiar to her, as if they had spent much time together.
“Who are you?” Jane called out to the figure in her dream.
The figure paused at a distance, not getting closer. After hesitating for a moment upon hearing Jane’s words, the figure spoke slowly once more, “Why didn’t you come to see me first?”
Confused, Jane didn’t understand the meaning behind the figure’s words.
“Why didn’t you come to see me first?” The figure repeated.
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