The next day.Eric received Jude's call. "I want to take Scarlett on a trip. We... never did go on a honeymoon. I'll leave the company to you."He was speechless.What could he say?His best friend had gone insane.Suddenly, he felt that the high and mighty Jude Simmons was actually a pitiful creature.Jude didn't understand his feelings when his beloved was alive and kept hurting her.He was only able to face his true heart after her death.Jude's trip lasted for nearly half a year. Many famous scenic spots in the world were visited by a handsome man wearing a black backpack.Paris, New York, Manhattan, Sydney...Sometimes, one could see a man standing on the corner of a street and telling the box in his hand stories about the place. He spoke so gently that it felt as if he was talking to his lover.Inside his private plane, Jude patted the box in his arms. "We're going home today. Don't worry. Our house is clean. The housekeeper from my family home cleaned it herself. I ev

"Does it make sense for a girl to run to a man's bedroom and accidentally break a perfectly fine urn?" Gale sneered.Spencer's eyes looked positively venomous as he snapped, "So what? Even if Audrey broke that shabby urn, so what?""She's dead and it's just an urn! I'll compensate for it, all right?""Lunatic!""Jude, she's dead. Why weren't you this kind to her when she was alive? What's the point of being emotional now that she's dead? Serves you right! You reaped what you sowed! You did this to yourself!""Shut up! Shut your freaking mouth!" Eric's expression changed drastically. "Fuck! Do you have a screw loose in your head or something? If you love Audrey so much, stop shoving her to Jude. If you're a real man, win her heart! Don't let her come here and act up!""Ha! Am I wrong? Did I say anything wrong? Are you telling me that Jude doesn't deserve it?"We saw how much Scarlett loved him! But how did he see and treat her? We saw that too!"Serves him right, doesn't it? He

Scarlett's mind was a mess.She never expected this melodramatic turn of events. She had been living in another city all this while, and this was her first day back in Pearl City to celebrate Olivia's birthday.How did she end up running into Jude?"Eat."She looked doubtfully at the decent-looking dish of rice, meat, and vegetables, and then at Jude. When did he learn to cook?Still, it had nothing to do with her.As old memories resurfaced on her mind, she straightened her back and looked at him without touching the food."It took death for me to learn to let go. Jude, as I've told you, you're free now.""Screw that godforsaken freedom! Who told her that I want to be free?!"Jude's eyes were filled with anger.Scarlett secretly clenched her hands into fists. "No, I can't let myself get hurt again." "Dying once is experience enough." "Jude, even if I've made a mistake, I've already repaid you with my life two years ago," she said slowly. Under her serene appearance was a

"I heard that she's back," Eric said."Yeah.""Congrats."Jude laughed in self-mockery. "Congrats? She said to treat the past like smoke and let it fade away.""No way she told you that... That's Scarlett, and you're Jude. I can't believe that she'd just let you go.""What do I matter when she would even throw away her life and company? What is so priceless about me that she can't give me up?""Why is she... Are you going to just give up?" Eric didn't believe that Jude would let go of the person that he wanted.Then, he saw his best friend looking discouraged for once. "She told me that loving me is her sin," Jude said. He could even taste the bitterness in his words. "If loving me is her sin, how can I force her to make the same mistake again?""Why would she say that? I can't believe she'd say something like that.""If loving me is a sin, what right do I have to demand anything from her?""No, this is all wrong, Jude.""When I saw her this time, she resisted me a lot.""N

"It's all in the past? Is that purely your opinion?" He was raging at how desperately Scarlett wanted to leave him. She would even cast away her company, life, and even her remaining three million dollars... Did she hate him that much?!"President Simmons! I'm really tired of talking to you. Just pretend that I didn't say anything. I'm really, really tired," Scarlet said, finally telling the truth. She couldn't afford to play this game of love.This instantly reminded Jude of Eric's words: "I would've done the same thing if I were Scarlett. Having been hurt by love, it makes every sense to run away and hide in fear."She has merely become timid in front of love."He lowered his head and saw that she was trembling. Even though she was trying her best to stay calm, her shaking body had betrayed her panic. His heart turned soft, as did his gaze. He reached out to her, but she tried to avoid his hand instead.Still, he managed to cover her forehead with his large hand and caress her r