She imdiately had a bad feeling. She threw the quilt quickly and rushed out. She didn’t even wear her shoes.
At the mont, the door was opened. Edie saw a familiar man standing at the door.
She rushed to him without any hesitation, holding him into her arms tightly.
"Don’t leave ."
She said. Stuart could feel her fear at the bottom of her heart.
Looking at his little wife in his arms, he could not help himself comforting her in a gentle voice, "I would not leave you. No one would leave you, baby."
Edie loosened his hands. She raised her head, staring at the man.
She suddenly rembered there was a one-finger-size scratch on her face. Though it was not too obvious, they would still look scary.
She touched her face and asked him, "Am I ugly now?"
"I am not qualified to say this. It is my fault. I failed to take care of you. If I love you just because of your beauty, I can fall in love with lots of won. But the truth is I only fell in love with you, no matter what you look like. I would love you forever,"
Then he bent down, kissing on her lips slightly.
This kiss made her tremble.
The temperature of his lips told her that this was not just her dream.
She surrounded his neck with her arms and responded to him more positively than she did ever before.
***
Stuart stayed in the hospital for several days. When he woke up, he imdiately started working. Edie lived with him, though, she had no idea what he was doing there.
When he worked, she would study asides. Photographing was not easy for her. She has grasped so skills, and even though she still kept learning more.
Every ti she took a rest and looked towards Stuart, she would see Stuart was also looking at her.
His eyes looked so soft while he looked towards her,
"Have you done it? Why are you looking at every ti I look towards you?"
"I want to make up for these days. Otherwise, I would feel pitiful," he said in a slight voice. Then he waved hands towards her.
Edie turned off her computer and walked to him. He held her into his arms,
"You haven’t seen once for five years. What are you gonna do to make up?"
"Please give a chance to make it up for you. I would spend my whole life to make it up for you." Stuart smiled.
Edie had to acknowledge that Stuart beca better and better at flirting. Quite impressive.
At the mont, they heard soone knocking on the door. This ti it was not Deik. It was from Ivan.
Edie didn’t know when Deik left.
"You wanted to ask him to have several days off. I don’t dare to refuse," Stuart showed a naughty smile.
Edie rolled her eyes speechlessly.
Ivan said outside the door, "Sir, Mr. Norman is here."
Norman...
Hearing this na, Edie got nervous imdiately. She held Stuart’s big hands nervously, looking at him anxiously.
Seeing her pale face, Stuart felt guilty. She must be freaking out these days. She had already gotten so nervous. But she didn’t even see Norman. She just heard the na.
Stuart comforted her, "I invited him here. Don’t worry. Wait for outside. We have so business to talk about."
Hearing these words, Edie was relieved. She nodded and walked out of the room.
After Edie left, Norman stepped into the room. At the mont the door was closed, the atmosphere inside the room beca so wired all of a sudden.
Seeing Stuart’s pale face, Norman squinted. He already heard everything happening here from Ivan.
Stuart really succeeded in standing up to the most powerful psychedelic. Now he really survived.
At the mont, Stuart looked quite relaxing, as if everything was under his control.
And indeed, everything was under his control.
"Stuart, I really underestimate you," he said word by word in a cold, frightening voice.
That lovely sweet smile he showed to his little wife already disappeared. At the mont, he looked so indifferent and cold. Norman didn’t see any emotion deep in his eyes.
He opened his rose-red lips and said, "You’ve flattered ."
His voice sounded stable and powerful, like a sharp knife.
They’ve just said several words, even though both already felt the nervous atmosphere.
Stuart said directly, "I invite you here today to talk about the check and balance. We all know L.N is a sharp thorn in the governnt’s eyes, so is the Leon’s. In these years, the governnt has cultivated its own force, but they never exposed them to the public. They even selected those high-quality soldiers from your troop to form their force. I believe you have realized this. For the governnt, both our families are their threat."
"My family is different from you. Since we are born, we have vowed to guard our nation. We wouldn’t break our words."
Norman said word by word, with determination.
"No governnt would allow the existence of its threat. My family is its threat from a long-term perspective. The Leon’s is also its threat, from a short-term perspective. Therefore, if you don’t want your family to be destroyed, you’d better get so preparation. You don’t have to devote yourself to the governnt. That would help you nothing. On the contrary, you might be destroyed. This is not good."
Stuart said in a cold voice. He was warning Norman.
The governnt did everything Stuart said just now, in front of him. Because the governnt knew the Leon’s would not fight against them. The Leon’s had devoted themselves to protecting the governnt’s honor for these years. That was why the governnt dared to do these things in front of him. The governnt had never been frightened by this family.
Now, the governnt even started threatening the family.
Norman clenched his fist tightly and stared at Stuart, "What do you want to do?"
"Governnt, William’s and L.N were three countervailing forces before. Leon represented the governnt. Now, William’s has declined. It was impossible for it to stage a coback. So, I think, three countervailing forces now are the Yates, the Leon’s and the governnt. What do you think?"
"You want to replace the William’s?" hearing Stuart’s suggestion, Norman’s voice turned cold imdiately.
Replacing the William? That ant Leon needed to stand on the opposite side of the governnt. Then the Leon’s would have to break its words. It would no longer be the family devoting itself to guard the honor of the governnt.
This...
This was so hard for Leon’s.
"This is the only way to solve the problem. If you help the governnt, the governnt will concentrate its fire on the Yates. When both of us got tired and ran out of our energy, the governnt would turn its fire towards you. You are brought up in the troop. You know well the brotherhood. You must know well the feeling of being betrayed. It is so disgusting. You can say no now. But if you don’t agree with this plan, you would be betrayed by the governnt in the future."
He put emphasis on each word of the last sentence. Each word hit Norman’s heart.
Stuart was not exaggerating. It was true. It was what happened at the mont.
If Leon’s chose not to stand on the opposite side of the governnt’s side, neither the Yate’s nor his own family would be safe.
Norman lowered his head. He was raised up in the troop. That was why he remained loyal towards the governnt blindly.
Now, Stuart wanted him to give up what he believed for such a long ti. It was so difficult for him. It was unbearable.
Finally, he loosened his tightly held fist. Then he raised his eagle-like eyes, fixing his eyes on Stuart.
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