Female Novel
Chapter 811
“Yeah, you understand, right? A broken heart isn’t easy to mend – even if it was fixed, there’d still becracks…” Renee said softly as her beautiful eyes teared up. She held her head up high, not wanting tolet her tears fall. She refused to cry over that man again, especially when so many years had passed. Itwould be too humiliating.
“Honestly, for the longest time, I felt like my heart had crumbled to dust. I didn’t want marriage, I didn’twant love, I didn’t even want any type of relationship. I just believed that I would never become a brideagain… until I met Mr. Q. For once, I felt like marriage could be a good thing…” Renee started thinkingabout their brief time together. Although it had been a mere facade orchestrated by her children andshe had never taken it seriously, every minute she spent with the man had been blissful. No other manhad made her feel that way before.
Hence, she really didn’t want her judgment to be wrong again.
“Yeah, Mr. Q does have a certain charm to him. He might not have had the best reputation back then,but I feel like he had his reasons. Especially four years ago, when he lost to Stefan Hunt, which left ascar on his face… That’s when I found that he was more like a victim of circumstance. He has a bigheart, so he really does seem more suitable for marriage compared to Stefan Hunt…” Rosie sharedmany stories from Mr. Q’s past, having known him for a longer time.
“Everyone sees the Carmine Pawnshop as some kind of hellhole, and thinks we would sell anything forprofit, even human lives. They just assume that we are immoral people, and that Mr. Q is the infamous‘Night Demon’, the leader of this horrible place.”
“Some have even said he would resort to murder if it profited him, but I’ve never seen him commit anycrimes, even after I joined the pawnshop. In fact, he’s actually helped a lot of others who were sufferinglike me…”
“I remember one night, we all heard loud wails in the front yard, and we were terrified. Rumors said thatthe ‘Night Demon’ ate babies, after all, and yet… Heh, did you know what he was actually doing?”
“What?” Renee stared at her curiously.
“He was helping a cat give birth! Can you imagine a grown man like him squatting in that pitch blackyard, cheering for the mother cat? The cat was agitated though and scratched his hand, which madehim cry out in pain. But people spread rumors saying he was so excited about eating children that hewas crying out in glee… It was so ridiculous that we secretly laughed at him for a whole year!”
“It really is hard to imagine him helping a cat give birth!” Renee couldn’t help giggling. As the twocontinued to drink happily, Renee soon became drunk.
On the contrary, due to her background, Rosie had quite a high tolerance, and was still sober. “MissEverheart, you’re drunk. We should head back.” She was worried Renee might not be able to walklater, and tried convincing her to stop.
“Head back? Nuh uh, we’re drinking like there’s no tomorrow… Waiter, get me another two bottles ofbeer!” Renee stumbled over and pushed Rosie back into her seat, slurring her words. “Come on, tellme more about Mr. Q! That guy’s such a comedian!”
“Well…” Just as Rosie was wondering what to do, she noticed that Renee’s phone was ringing.novelbin