AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

– I’m doing well. You can come back when you are on vacation. If there is nothing to do in the company, I will go to Paris and stay with you for a while.

However, it was unrealistic to settle down for a long time.

Roxane’s mind flashed with the scene she saw in her dream. She looked down and seemed hesitant.

– But…

Before she could finish speaking, Sebastian suddenly lowered his head and kissed her lips.

His voice stopped abruptly.

Sebastien only pressed his lips against hers and didn’t take another step. He was gentle and restrained.

– Leave or not, the choice is in your hands. No matter what decision you make, I will respect it. He stepped back and put some distance between them. Their eyes met, and the light in his eyes was warm and soft, like the brightest star in the sky.

-I just hope you can think about it carefully. I don’t want you to have any regrets in the future. I don’t want you to regret giving up your dream for me.

Roxane shook her head.

– I will not do it. I’m not going to …

Before she finished speaking, she saw Jonas standing under the street light not far away. Her beautiful features were filled with joy, but there was a flash of pain in her dark eyes.

Sebastian followed his line of sight and saw Jonas. His eyebrows furrowed and there was a chill between them.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

-Can I speak to him in private? Roxane asked Sebastien’s opinion in a soft voice.

Sebastien remained silent for a moment. He got up and walked towards Jonas. When he passed by him, he stopped and said in a cold voice:

– she just woke up and her body is still very weak.

-If you have something to say, say it quickly!

Jonas didn’t even look at him when he said this. Her long, slender legs walked slowly towards Roxane.

Roxane smiled and greeted him.

– Jonas, it’s been a long time.

Jonas placed the flowers in her arms and sat down next to her.

– When did you wake up?

– Today, what a beautiful flower. Thank you, replied Roxane. She lowered her head and smelled the scent of the flowers.

Jonas leaned back and stretched his long legs forward.

– Please.

Roxane turned her head to look at his cold side profile. His gaze fell on the obvious scar on his right palm.

She still remembered the situation that day. It had been extremely dangerous.

When Jonas appeared, he grabbed the knife without any hesitation. If it wasn’t for him, she would probably be dead by now.

– Jonas, thank you.

She repeated.

Jonas tilted his head and looked into her eyes. He noticed that she had looked at her palm. His palm was facing down. He smiled disdainfully.

-If you are referring to what happened that day, then don’t say anything. I should be the one to say sorry.

– To apologize to you because of what my mother did.

Roxane shook her head and said in a soft voice:

-She did something wrong. It has nothing to do with you. You do not have to apologize.

Jonas looked at her.

– The son pays the Father’s debt. My mother almost killed you, but you are still so kind to her son. Should I praise you for being virtuous or scold you for being stupid?

– These two seem to be scolding me.

Roxane felt that he was insulting her intelligence.

Jonas raised his eyebrows slightly.

– Not bad. You can say!

– Mylene wanted to kill me, but you saved me.

She turned her head to look at him. His bright eyes were clear and untouched. Even after so many experiences, they were still as clear as ever.

– Jonas, no matter if we are still friends in the future, I will never forget the way you held the knife for me without hesitation!

Jonas’ breathing stopped. There was a kind of emotion slowly flowing in his eyes. His Adam’s apple moved, and he wrote a sentence after a while.

-We… Why can’t we be friends?

Roxane was stunned. She hesitates and says: – Mylene did something like that, so Sebastien probably won’t let her go. And the Long family…

With Sebastien’s personality, it was impossible for him not to express his anger.

– It’s her own business if she suffers retaliation for doing something wrong. I won’t help him.

Jonas’ thin lips parted slightly. His voice was cold and disdainful as he said:

-As for the Long family, it doesn’t matter. In their eyes, I’m just trash.

Because he did not listen to Ronald and Seraphin’s arrangements to study economics and instead applied to art school, he was kicked out of the family. Every time Mylene called him back, no one gave him a good look.

He was born into an environment where interests were most important and anything could be sacrificed. It was ridiculous to expect him to be loyal.

Roxane’s thick eyelashes trembled slightly. She continued to look at him without saying a word.

Jonas’ eyebrows moved slightly.

-Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I’m cruel and unscrupulous, an ungrateful wolf who can’t be fed well?

Seraphin always scolded him like that.

Roxane shook her head.

-I just think you look a little like Sebastien.

A trace of irritation crossed Jonas’ eyebrows.

-Who looks like him?

He was annoyed by Mylene and the others, and he didn’t like Sebastien either. There weren’t many people in the world he could love.

Roxane didn’t say anything. She lowered her head and smiled. Sometimes she found his unruly character annoying, but sometimes she felt he was good like that, because he wouldn’t be tired by the people around him.

Jonas wore a black t-shirt with letters, revealing his beautiful arms. He wore a string of red sandalwood Buddha beads on his wrist. His wrist was thin and it had been wrapped three or four times…

– When did you start to believe in Buddha? Roxane asked curiously, you don’t look like a superstitious person.

Jonas lowered his head and looked at the rosary on his wrist. He subconsciously covered them with his left hand and replied nonchalantly:

– I wear it to play.

He didn’t say he believed it, nor that he didn’t believe it.

As long as she woke up, nothing else mattered. She didn’t need to know.

“Oh,” Roxane said.

-It looks pretty good. Where did you buy it? I also want to buy a chain of these!

-Someone gave it to me!

He looked at her.

– Why do you want to buy Buddha beads? Aren’t you afraid of blaspheming the Buddha?

-Why am I a coward?

While Roxane was speaking, Sebastien approached.

– it’s time to go home.

His words were directed towards Roxane and his voice was soft.

– I’m going back to the service. See you later. She said goodbye to Jonas.

Jonas nodded, his expression unruly as if he didn’t care about anything.

Sebastien leaned down and picked up Roxane. He carefully placed her on the wheelchair and pushed her forward, without giving Jonas a glance.

It was as if he was airy, non-existent.

Roxane lowered her head and looked at the flowers in her arms.

– These flowers smell very good.

Sebastien looked at him with indifference.

– If you like it, I will buy it for you every day.

She accepted with a smile.

Jonas sat down on the long bench and turned his head to look at their backs as they moved further and further away. The unruly look on his face gradually faded and was replaced by endless loneliness.

Her fingers gently played with the Buddha beads on her wrist, her thin lips slightly curved, and her faint tone said:

– Roxane, I don’t believe in Buddha. I only believe in you!