After Julian was done with Dominic’s funeral, he made his way to arrowingre and stayed there for over a month.

    Meanwhile, Willow remained at Brindley. Heather set her up on s Heather off and forbade thetter from doing it anymore, saying

    many blind dates that she grew numb to them. Grace told at all those blind dates were going to fry Willow’s brain.

    For over a month, Willow and Julian didn’t contact each other at a That wasn’t to say that she didn’t receive news about him, though.

    At the beginning of September, he returned to Brindley, and they into each other from time to time.

    Willow and Heather went outside for lunch. As fate would have it, they bumped into Jeffrey and his mother.

    Dorothy actually felt a little awkward when she saw Willow again. stead, Heather graciously offered to share a table with ithe /itwo of them.

    During the meal, Heather noticed how restrained Dorothy was. She took the initiative to hold thetter’s hand and said, “I heard that things were looking up for Mr. Carter’spany and that they have a wonderful project. The only drawback is that they were facing a shortage of funding.

    “I’ll talk to Timothy about it when I have the chance. He could always make an investment in your husband’spany.”

    Dorothy immediately felt uneasy. She couldn’t help but feel deeply moved. “I’d appreciate it.”

    Heather responded, “We’re rtives. We don’t keep scores. Both Timothy and I want you guys to have a good life.”

    Dorothy felt relieved. Looking at Willow again, she felt like she had missed out on her. The fact was that Jeffrey had a shot at happiness, but she was the one who foolishly pushed Willow away. It had never urred to her that Willow had such a mind- blow background.

    Meanwhile, Willow and Jeffrey remained silent the whole time.

    When it was time to part ways, he handed her an invitation in the restaurant hallways. He said nonchntly, “My engagement party is on the eighth of next month.”

    She took the embossed gold invitation and read the names printed on it.

    “Jeffrey Gibson and Rosabelle Serra.”

    Willow knew that Rosabelle was the only daughter of the Serra family that owned a grouppany with the same name. Thetter was a sweet, pure young woman too.

    She gave him her earnest blessing and said, “Jeffreyb, /bcongrattions.”

    His gaze was deep and intense.

    Dorothy walked over after she had paid for the meal, and she immediately saw the look on his face. Still feeling guilty, she lowered her voice and said to Willow, “You and your mom are wee to Jeffrey’s engagement party.”

    Willow nodded and responded politely, “We’ll be there, Dorothy.”

    Dorothy couldn’t stop feeling mncholy, but regret wasn’t going to change anything. In the end, they bade each other farewell and parted ways.

    After Willow took Heather homeb, /bshe went back to the same old apartment.

    A white Rolls–Royce Spectre ground to a halt in front of the apartment. She hadn’t even stepped out of the car when she saw Julian’s car parked at the usual spot.

    At the next moment, the door to the passenger seat swung open, and in came Julian, bringing the chilly wind with him.

    Thest time they met was at Dominic’s funeral. It had been such a long time since they hadid eyes on each other.

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    Willow stroked the steering wheel and said teily, “Julian, 1 don’t think I invited you.”

    He stared at her before he rummaged through the glovepartulent and pulled out an invitation. He nced at it and asked gently, “Did you meet Julian? What did you two talk about?”

    Willow let out an exasperatedugh. “What does that have to do with you? Julian, you don’t own ine, and you need to learn how

    to respect me.

    “Don’t go through my stuff or question my personal life. I can make friends with anyone, and you no longer have any say in it.”

    Julian put the invitation down, his eyes darkening. “Well, you own ne.”

    Pulling out a ck wallet from his front pocket, he took a bank card from it and said, “My entire sry goes into this card. That’s two million dors every month. I’m giving you full control over it. All I ask is that you save me some money for cigarettes and gas.”