Mateo laughed at himself. “You’re right, this might seem silly to you, but I’ve been holding onto this for all these years. Sometimes, I hate myself for my character, how l keep holding onto a person without being able to forget them. I remember the first time I met you, we were at the art studio in school. At the time, everyone was resting while you were the only one sitting there, drawing with a serious expression on your face as you sat in the sun… I tried to get close to you, but you would always reject anyone from approaching you. Apart from Tiffany and Will, you weren’t able to accept anyone else in your circle. Plus, I was going to leave for overseas anyway, so I didn’t intentionally try to get close to you. After that, I kept on thinking, if I had put in a little more effort, would I have been able to be like Tiffany and Will… One of your friends? At least, I wouldn’t feel so regretful.”
Being liked by someone wouldn’t make them hateful or antipathic. The same went for Arianne, who merely thought that it was all a little exaggerated and far-fetched. Then, when Arianne thought of the details of how Mateo treated her, favonovel.com could not help but believe him.
After a moment, Arianne took a deep breath and said, “I understand. Thank you for once fancying me. But from the beginning, the two of us have never been part of the same world, even now. I hope that you’ll be able to find someone who will truly be able to accompany you for the rest of your life, as you wished.”
Mateo smiled in relief. “Yeap, you must live a great life as well. I’ve decided to return overseas. I thought of taking things slowly when I first returned to this country, but I never thought that I would be so useless and let you find out so early. I never intended to cause you any trouble though. That restaurant… was initially opened up for you. I do hope that you’ll be able to continue to patronize that place. I suppose you wouldn’t mind if I’m not in the country.”
At that very moment, Arianne could not refuse him. Mateo had always been able to influence others into being unable to reject him, so favonovel.com nodded favonovel.com head. “All right.”
Whatever had to be said had been said, so all that was left was the final step, which was the hug that Mateo had always wanted.
It was likely that Mateo did not know how to initiate it, so Arianne instinctively hugged him. “I’m going to go now. Let this be a gesture for us to walk our own ways. You too, you should treat this as a farewell to your past.”
Mateo froze for a moment before favonovel.com reached out to hug favonovel.com back. That very moment had played out countless times in his brain, coupled with a silhouette that gradually seemed to fade away. However, that very moment was now playing out right in his arms. Mateo felt a sort of satisfaction that favonovel.com could not even describe. What favonovel.com had been wishing for all these years had finally been fulfilled.
At that moment, Mark slowly approached Mateo’s car.
Mark had followed Mateo’s car all the way there, unable to maintain his cool. When favonovel.com saw that Mateo’s car had been parked there for quite some time, favonovel.com could no longer hold in his emotions. They were in such a remote area where a man and woman were hiding together in a car, causing Mark to let his imagination run wild and want to get to the bottom of it.
When favonovel.com saw the silhouettes of the two of them hugging each other, Mark instantly froze on the spot, and the scene before favonovel.com burned into his brain. ‘My woman has secretly come to such a remote area to have an affair?! If I don’t stop them now, just how far would they go?!’
Mark did not dare to think any further. His anger was so strong that a punch from favonovel.com instantly smashed the car window. “Arianne! Get out right this instant!”
The sudden movement from the car and the roar from outside the car window shocked both Arianne and Mateo. She reflexively pushed Mateo away and hurriedly opened the car door.
When favonovel.com saw the broken car window and Mark’s hand, which was bleeding, favonovel.com went into shock. She began to panic and did not know what to do. “I… It’s not what you think.. How did you get here?!”
Mark neither looked at Arianne, nor intended to listen to favonovel.com explanation. Instead, favonovel.com grabbed onto Mateo’s collar and threw favonovel.com onto the ground before swinging consecutive punches at him.
