Alice choked up on her tears in the end.The greenhouse was situated in one of the valuable lands in this city, which was initially meant for a gigantic mall with facilities around it. The profit of the mall would have been enormous, but Carson bought this place only to build a greenhouse.Everly looked at the flowers. She could almost picture how Carson stood here alone through all the days and nights to plant patiently, trim the branches, and tend, resulting in such a large field of flowers.Blue was the color as far as the eyes could see. It was a shade of blue that resembled both the ocean and the sky, extending indefinitely with no end to it.The emotions that she had set aside on a chilling way here rose once again as tears fell down her face. Droplet after droplet, impactable, just like her feeling at the moment.She thought that her heart had found determination, but it wavered again.It was a mess inside her head as she thought to herself, 'What should I do…'Alice was
Pain shot through Everly's body. She ran into the rack hard because she pushed Alice away. Her head buzzed as she saw stars, but she knew that she had to run. However, before she could get up, the rack broke, and the flowerpots fell."No!" Alice's scream echoed by her ears, and Everly could only close her eyes.Bang!The pots fell to the ground, followed by heavy items breaking, but the pain she had anticipated did not hit her. Everly opened her eyes and saw the man before her.It was him! Carson Baxter!He scrawled and carried her to the side at the very last moment. The pots had not landed on them, but the broken pieces tore a small wound on his face, and blood scrolled down his cheek slowly."You-""Are you hurt?" they said in unison.Everly was stunned by the fact that the first thing he asked was whether she was hurt.Her heart was overwhelmed by bitterness as emotions formed a lump in her throat, rendering her incapable of saying anything but sob."Carson, are you okay?
Everly looked back at the man who was gazing down at her. His eyes were red and his face was still bleeding. She had never seen him like this in the past.Memories of the past flashed through her mind and froze at the scene where he desperately held her and dodged the pots falling from the rack.Her mind turned into mush. She no longer wanted to think and simply acted on instinct.With tears in her eyes, she said, "O-"However, before she could finish the word, Carson had been kicked to the side abruptly by someone."Ah! How can you kick Carson! Robbie, stop pushing me inside. Let me through! Ah!"Everly heard screams, and soon enough, another face appeared before her.It was Austin.The moment Everly saw Austin's face and heard his voice, everything she had moments ago had been torn apart.Her heart beat like a drum as she was overwhelmed by emotions. All affection had been put out like pouring a bucket of cold water over a fire, and she left trembling uncontrollably."Everl
Everly pursed her lips and stood before Carson. As she looked at him, it felt as though she had traveled back in time to become that little girl that knew nothing but to follow him around."That's enough!" Austin roared as he looked at Everly and Carson. At that very moment, he could distinctly sense that he had no place between the two of them.Even though he brought her to Strandia and kept her company while taking care of her for the entire year, despite how grateful she was towards him, there had always been the presence of another man inside her heart. No matter what he did, he could not make her forget. He could not accept it."Carson, things are different now. She was not the same Everly from back then. She is Violet now, and she has nothing to do with you!" Austin gritted out as his eyes reddened. "I don't understand what you are trying to do here. Can't you tell that she doesn't want to forgive you? Let go, Carson!"Carson ignored Austin and simply stared at Everly."Ca
"Is that your answer?" Carson uttered, his voice filled with sorrow that was barely noticeable by others.She did not know what to say. Austin did not give her the time to react before grabbing her by the shoulder to bring her towards the car parked on the other side, where Annie was already waiting."Everly, what happened to you?"Everly heard Annie's surprised voice, but she remained dazed. She could not forget the moment that she struggled out of Carson's hold and the despair she saw in his eyes.She was devastated."Not now. Let's get in the car," Austin said."Oh, okay!" Annie responded and immediately helped Everly into the backseat of the car while Austin circled back to the front to drive.The sky turned gray, and clouds began to gather.Lightning tore through the sky, followed by the rumbling noises of thunder.The cold rain fell and landed on the car's window. As soon as they turned on the heater inside the car, the car windows were instantly covered by mist.Everly
Annie changed the subject and started explaining in Austin's place. "Everly, after you were taken away, I ran into Robbie. I wanted to follow him, but he was probably in too much of a hurry and forgot to take me with him. Luckily, I met Mister Samberg on the way. I told him about what happened and we came over together."Everly did not turn around and simply listened to her silently. Austin, who was driving in front, remained silent as well, and the car fell into a deadly silence.Annie started sweating. She had to continue talking since she had started the topic, or the atmosphere would only become heavier."On our way here, I found out that Mister Samberg completed all his business in Strandia and headed back into the country ahead of time. He has just arrived here today and came directly to the office looking for you. Who knew he would run into this sort of thing happening, hahaha…" she continued.She laughed awkwardly."You don't have to refrain. Just speak your mind," Everly
All the pain, the excruciating pain. All the blood and close-to-death experience could not erase him from her heart.For the past year, she had lied and told herself countless times that she thought that she really did not love him anymore.She told herself over and over again that a man as selfish as Carson was not worth her love. She told herself that he loved no one but himself. His affection was only for show. She had fallen for it once, and she could not fall for it again.She truly thought that she did not love him anymore to the point that she almost fooled herself.Had it not been for this encounter, had she not returned to the country; if only she did not learn about the past and allowed herself to indulge in his affection….Without those flower pots that came falling upon her, she would never have realized that she had been surrounded by her own lies.She felt as though she had been in a dream where she did not love him. However, when she woke up alone and gazed up at t
Everly refused to look at the tablet, so Austin grabbed her face to force her into looking at it.There was no turning back for him anymore.From the moment he decided not to tell her the truth, there was no turning back for Austin.Though he knew that the Whites merely appeared alright on the outside, he still had to motivate her. Even if he knew that Carson had never stopped loving Everly, Austin simply could not give up.On the flight back to the country, he ordered his secretary, "Make another video for me like last time. Find someone to alter the content to make Oliver appear more miserable. Edit some of the grandest moments of the Whites and compile them all into a video. Send it to me as soon as I get off this flight."Austin remembered the shock on his secretary's face at the time, who responded with a question, "Mister Samberg, what are you going to use that for? I'm going to need an angle to work on that. Aren't we going back to the country now? I feel like it's best for