CHAPTER 330: CHAPTER 177: FAREWELL (PART 1)

Alice asked expectantly, "Is it good?"

Howard Geoffrey didn’t answer Alice, but continued drinking the porridge to give her an answer.

Although Howard Geoffrey didn’t speak, watching him eat the porridge she made, Alice felt sweet...

However, this sweetness didn’t last for more than a few seconds as Howard Geoffrey’s phone rang inappropriately at this moment.

Howard Geoffrey immediately put down the spoon and took out his phone.

The screen displayed the number from the new villa...

Howard Geoffrey stood up, pressed the answer button, "What’s the matter?"

On the other side of the phone was the respectful voice of the villa’s servant, "Mr. Geoffrey, I just saw Miss Quentin packing her things in the room, Miss Quentin has always wanted to leave the villa, I’m afraid we can’t stop her, and the bodyguards don’t dare to treat Miss Quentin forcefully, so... Mr. Geoffrey, could you come back once?"

"I understand."

Ending the call, Howard Geoffrey turned around and walked towards the door.

Alice almost used her woman’s intuition to guess that the call Howard Geoffrey just received was related to Rebecca Quentin, but she didn’t ask; she merely stopped him in his tracks, "Wait a minute." Saying that, she walked into the room at the fastest pace.

After a few seconds, Alice finally hurried out of the room, with an extra suit jacket in her hand.

"You forgot your jacket."

Handing the jacket to Howard Geoffrey, Alice’s tone was still gentle.

Howard Geoffrey didn’t speak, took the jacket, and then left.

"Mr. Geoffrey, Miss Quentin is in the room."

Seeing the master return, all the servants and bodyguards in the villa were relieved.

Howard Geoffrey did not go to the second floor immediately but sat down on the sofa in the hall.

The servants dared not disturb him and withdrew, leaving space and time for Howard Geoffrey.

Howard Geoffrey sat quietly in thought for a moment. Suddenly, he instructed a servant standing aside, "Bring Andrew here."

"Yes."

After a moment, the servant’s hesitant voice came, "Mr. Geoffrey, Miss Quentin she..."

Hearing the voice, Howard Geoffrey looked over.

At this moment, Rebecca Quentin walked down from the second floor holding Andrew. She stared at Howard Geoffrey as if on guard.

"You may leave now!"

Howard Geoffrey said to the servant.

The servant immediately left.

The large hall was left with only Rebecca Quentin and Howard Geoffrey.

Rebecca Quentin clutched the sleeping Andrew tightly, seemingly afraid to go near him. She stopped at the stairs, saying coldly, "Do you want to use Andrew to threaten me again?"

"What do you think?" Howard Geoffrey answered lightly.

Rebecca Quentin frowned with displeasure, "Howard Geoffrey, can you stop using such despicable means to make people submit? The child is not a sacrifice between us. No matter what happens between us adults, it shouldn’t affect the child. Why can’t we give the child a peaceful and easy life?"

Howard Geoffrey’s voice was still emotionless, "Without me, can you have a peaceful and easy life?"

"Yes, without you, Andrew and I can live a better life."

Rebecca Quentin’s words rendered Howard Geoffrey silent.

Rebecca Quentin continued, "Howard Geoffrey, why make everyone unhappy? Forcing yourself to be with me, does that really make you feel better?"

Howard Geoffrey squinted, examining Rebecca Quentin, still in a calm tone, "Do you really want to leave?"

Rebecca Quentin nodded vigorously, "Yes."

Howard Geoffrey also nodded as if after some consideration, speaking a few seconds later, "Alright, you only need to answer one question. If I am satisfied, I will let you go."

"Go ahead."

"Is there still a place for me in your heart?"

Never have thought he would ask such a straightforward question, Rebecca Quentin was slightly stunned.

"Speak." Howard Geoffrey didn’t give her time to think, asking her to answer directly.

If it was the former Rebecca Quentin, she might hesitate on this question, but at this moment, what flashed through Rebecca Quentin’s mind were all his hypocritical behavior and cruel means, so she naturally said, "No, you should know, I stayed in New York because Alice deceived me. It wasn’t for you. Even though I was moved for a moment when you confessed to me, with Alice pregnant and the cause of my father’s death revealed, that last bit of infatuation I had for you was completely destroyed by you."

Hearing what Rebecca Quentin said, Howard Geoffrey stood up at this moment and walked toward Rebecca Quentin.

In her bones, Rebecca Quentin had always been afraid of Howard Geoffrey. Seeing him walking over without any emotion, while unable to fathom his mind, her heart began to panic. She backed away, "What do you want to do?"

Howard Geoffrey kept pressing Rebecca Quentin until her body leaned against the stair railing behind her.

The two were now in close proximity, with Howard Geoffrey standing in front of her. His handsome face showed no emotion as his gaze slanted over her slightly pale face, and he whispered, "Becca, if there is no matter of Alice, and no matter of your father, would you choose to be with me at this moment?"

"No."

Rebecca Quentin spat it out directly.

Howard Geoffrey focused on Rebecca Quentin’s beautiful face, his voice lowered a notch, "Why?"

"Because when I loved you so much, what you gave me was play, contempt, and disgrace. Howard Geoffrey, have you ever thought that since the day we met, you never gave me a sense of security? You always wantonly played with my feelings, making me harvest pain again and again when being with you full of hopes. You never took feelings seriously, or rather, you never intended to take me seriously. But this can’t be blamed on you, after all, I always cared more about you than you cared about me, allowing you to use and hurt me again and again. But you never thought about how a broken heart can be repaired, yet the scars always remain. Even if it’s not because you wanted to win Skyler Jones, I can never love you as purely as I did before... This is why you said I have changed, yes, I have changed, I just don’t love you anymore."

Since it’s time to make things clear, then tell him everything from the heart!

She finished all these heartfelt words in one breath, but after saying them, the heart was still not as relieved as she imagined, it felt like someone was holding it, a bit painful.

Suddenly, Howard Geoffrey sighed deeply and released Rebecca Quentin.

Suddenly freed from his hold, Rebecca Quentin’s tense body slowly relaxed.

Howard Geoffrey eyed Rebecca Quentin and said softly, "Becca, have I ever told you, actually, wanting to have you has always been a very extravagant thought."

Rebecca Quentin’s gaze froze.

"We have been married for two years, every time I feel I am being attracted to you, I remind myself that I must stay away from you. So, I left T City multiple times for business trips to avoid you. During our four-year separation, I have never sought you out because I knew, even if I found you, I wouldn’t be able to give you anything." Speaking of this, a sorrowful smile appeared on Howard Geoffrey’s face. "But things in this world can’t always follow one’s wishes. When I am away from you, you just keep appearing in my world again and again. I used you to provoke my brother, but who would know, at the same time, I also used that short time to satisfy my longing for you... Every night being with you, watching you sleep soundly in my arms, I always think, would it be good if this moment could last a little longer."