Todos os capítulos de The Wind Did Not Return: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

I wedged my right foot against the door and refused to back down.“Connor, the doctor said I must stay out of the cold. If I catch a cold, it could affect the baby.”Connor’s fingers paused.He turned and glanced at my baby bump. For a moment, he seemed to feel sorry for me.At nine months pregnant, my shirt stretched taut over my bulging belly.Before he could say anything, Quilla Langford, who was lying beside him, let out a sudden groan.“Mr. Smith, my ankle hurts so much.”Connor’s expression immediately turned cold.“You were fine when we hiked halfway up the mountain. That proves you’re perfectly healthy. My baby can’t possibly be that fragile.“Quilla must have sprained her ankle. I need to get her down the mountain and to a doctor right away.”He kept rubbing Quilla’s ankle and pressed the button to close the doors with his other hand.Even though half of my foot was still in the doorway, he did not hesitate for a second.“Zara, stop blocking the door.”The doors c

Quilla could eat anything and was willing to go anywhere, no matter how dangerous it was.Before I got pregnant, I accompanied Connor on business trips and attended social events with him all over the country. In just three years, I helped him win his father’s approval and secure the position of CEO at the family company ahead of schedule.But later, I became nothing more than a burden to him.He forced me to hike up a mountain at night, then accused me of throwing my weight around and bullying ordinary people.He had forgotten that I was an ordinary person myself.How could I possibly not understand how hard ordinary people had to work?Suddenly, a piercing wolf’s howl echoed from deep within the valley.I clutched my jacket and turned around. The lights inside the ticket booth were off. The staff had gone to sleep on a small bed inside.A nearby sign read: Snakes may be active at night. Do not linger in this area.The darkness around me was terrifying. Every gust of wind mad

Yale had brought a doctor along, and the doctor was in the cable car with us.I lay flat on a seat while the doctor taught me how to cope with the contractions.Yale stood in a corner and made phone calls.I could not hear what he was saying. All my attention was on my belly.“It’s okay. Don’t worry. There isn’t much blood.“Focus on your breathing. Don’t push yet. You need to save your strength.”I did not know how much time had passed. During a brief break between contractions, Yale crouched beside me.“Connor’s cable car has been stopped.“Thank goodness they built two separate cable car lines when they turned this mountain into a tourist attraction…”He finally let out a sigh of relief.“Zara, we’re about to reach Connor’s cable car. How long do you want it to stay stopped?”I lay flat on the seat and could only see the night sky through the window.At least I would not have to watch Connor and Quilla look at the stars together.“Until the baby is born and I can get ou

Connor began making call after call.He contacted everyone he could, from the person in charge of the tourist attraction to the cable car manager.When he paid three million to reserve the entire mountain, everyone treated him with the utmost respect and called him Mr. Smith.For some reason, none of them would answer his calls. It had to be Yale.Connor and Quilla sat in the cable car until dawn.Strangely, the cable cars that were supposed to start picking up visitors still had not moved.Quilla stared down at the foot of the mountain. She grew more and more anxious.“It’s already 8 a.m.. Why hasn’t anyone come? The place is supposed to open at 6 a.m.!”She checked her phone and suddenly cried out.“Cloudtop Mountain just announced that it’s closing for a whole month!“Are we going to be stuck here for a month? I’ll starve to death!”She turned to call the police, but her phone had shut down because the battery was dead.To make matters worse, they had eaten all the snack

Yale was about to have Connor thrown out, but he took a deep breath to calm himself and turned to look at me.I walked over to the window, drew back the curtain, and looked down.After seven days without food on the cable car, Connor had lost a lot of weight.He was still wearing the same clothes from that day. He leaned against the garden wall and craned his neck to look up at the villa.The moment he saw me, his eyes lit up.“Zara, I’m here to take you and the baby home!”I did not open the window. He was probably too weakened by his ordeal, and his voice was too faint for me to make out clearly.Yale came over and purposely put his arm around my shoulders right in front of Connor.Connor’s expression darkened.He wanted to curse Yale out, but it was Yale’s property.He had barely gotten two words out when a bodyguard kicked him to the ground.Yale spoke in a low voice.“Ever since you chose him over me, I’ve dreamed of doing this: putting my arm around you right in front