Female Novel
Chapter 1783
What was the purpose of telling lies, then? Was Ian wrong to say that he didn’t want to do it?
Sean let out a long sigh. “Dad has been thinking about you all the years that you’ve been away fromhome. But I guess that’s the way you guys interact with each other—I don’t think it’s something he canchange at this point. He’s worried that you won’t ever open up to him as well. When you participated ina talent show, he ordered all the company staff to vote for you, and he secretly hired some trolls tosupport you. He didn’t tell any of us about this. So, it’s not fair for you to say that he doesn’t care aboutyou at all, Ian. He just doesn’t know how to express his love for you.”
Ian pressed his lips together without saying anything.
“You have your own way of thinking, so you shouldn’t let what I just said impact you too much. It alldepends on you—you can do what you wish to, and no one has the right to intervene or criticize you,”Sean continued. Ian no longer responded after that. He simply turned and walked off. novelbin
The three of them were quiet on the way home. Every now and then, Cindy would turn to peek at Ian.His face didn’t seem too tense, but he didn’t look too pleased. Cindy felt rather sad herself—notbecause of Bryce’s condition, but because she was reminded of her own family matters. In the past,Anthony had also passed away from an illness, and he had also remained in the hospital for a longtime before that. Cindy could understand the sense of helplessness that came with accompanying apatient but not being able to do anything.
Earlier, when Cindy saw Bryce lying on the bed, she had sudden flashbacks of the things that she hadexperienced in the past. Some farewells remained hard regardless of how much she tried to let go of it.
Ian’s situation was a little better than hers—at least he was never close to Bryce. He wouldn’t beimpacted as strongly even if anything happened to Bryce. Anthony’s death had been a huge blow toCindy in the past. Her situation was rather different—Anthony was the only one in the family whoprotected her, and her life became more miserable after he passed away.
Once the car stopped in front of their housing area, Ian turned to speak to Cindy and Aurora. “You guyscan head home first. I’m going to buy some cigarettes,” he said. Purchasing cigarettes was just anexcuse, and both Cindy and Aurora could tell. Despite this, they played along and got out of the car.“We’ll prepare lunch at home. You should come back soon,” Cindy said with a nod.
Ian didn’t respond, and Aurora and Cindy walked off toward their unit. It was already past lunchtime, sothey didn’t bother to prepare multiple dishes. They simply prepared bowls of cold noodles. Everyonehad a ball of fiery rage inside them today, so they figured it would be helpful to have something thatwould cool them down. It didn’t take much time to prepare cold noodles, so they were done before Iangot home.
Both Aurora and Cindy knew that Ian wasn’t very happy, so they didn’t call him to urge him to comehome and just waited. Quite some time passed before Ian returned, but he seemed much more likehimself when he came back. “I’m starving. Have you guys eaten?” he asked once he entered thehouse.
“We were waiting for you. Come over to eat,” Aurora urged. Once Ian sat down, Cindy sniffed the airaround him to check if he had a cigarette smell on him. There was no smell, so she figured that hehadn’t smoked at all. I feel heartbroken seeing him like this. He can’t even express his sorrow in front ofus. What’s the big deal? He shouldn’t feel embarrassed even if he decides to forgive his father. It’scompletely understandable.
After they had lunch, Ian returned to his room to give his company a call. He told them about thesituation with Bryce and explained that he might not be able to return so soon. The companyunderstood his situation, and Hannah assured him that he could schedule his time freely and take itslow. The shooting for the show that Ian signed a contract for wasn’t going to start anytime soon, sothere was no conflict with his schedule.
Ian sighed. “Okay. Thank you.”
“Why do you need to thank me?” Hannah said with a laugh. “It’s the right thing to do.”
A while later, when Cindy entered the room, Ian had already put his phone away. Cindy walked overand hugged him from behind. “You can tell me if you’re feeling sad,” she told him.