Chapter 11
Category:
Urban
Author:
ZariahWords:1634Update time:25/05/26 19:55:53
The day I left, the weather wasn't great.
It seemed that every day I left the city, the sky was gloomy.
I said I wanted to go downstairs to stroll in the small garden.
I didn't let the caregiver who was taking care of me come along.
I didn't have much, and I didn't want any of the clothes or supplies.
I only took all of my documents.
So they didn't suspect anything.
I called a taxi and headed straight for the railway station.
As the taxi approached the railway station, I suddenly noticed a familiar car speeding after us.
Eliot's windbreaker was disheveled, and his hair was slightly messy.
Such a tall and handsome man, holding a crying infant.
Instantly, he drew all the attention around us.
I wrapped myself tightly in my thick coat and put on my hat.
Then I grabbed my bag and got out of the car.
Eliot came after me, his eyes red as he looked at me.
"Aurelia, if you hate me, that's fine."
"But now you even leave child you bore aside?"
I couldn't help but shed a tear but didn't look back.
Instead, I looked at the vast and free sky in the distance and said calmly,
"Yes, both you and the child, I would leave behind."
"Aurelia, can your heart be any crueler?"
I smiled. "Yes, it can."
"Eliot, do you know…"
"Being with you for nearly a year, every moment has been a living hell for me."
"If you break your word this time and don't honor our agreement…"
I slowly turned around and looked at him indifferently. "For the rest of my life, thinking of you will make me feel sick."
After I said this,
Eliot didn't say another word.
The child in the blanket continued to cry.
He hugged the child tightly and turned to leave in big strides.
I walked forward, entered the station, and didn't look back once.
So I didn't know
that the moment I stepped forward, Eliot stopped with the child in his arms.
He turned around and watched me as I walked further and further away.
And neither Eliot nor I knew
that it was the last time we would ever see each other.
At the age of thirty-five, I married quietly.
After all the twists and turns, the person I ended up marrying was George.
Back then, after he had achieved some success in his career, he also got married through matchmaking.
But that marriage lasted only three years.
His wife gave birth to a daughter, and they divorced amicably when the daughter was one year old.
For the sake of this daughter, George didn't remarry.
Not until the daughter started primary school did George and I unexpectedly meet again.
We came together very naturally and without fanfare.
There was no grand passion or earth-shattering romance.
It was like a cup of warm water, a bowl of warm soup.
But it was exactly the ordinary life I craved.
The postpartum hemorrhage I suffered during childbirth made it difficult for me to conceive again.
But I didn't want to have another child anyway.
George had considered it.
But after learning about my health, he completely gave up on the idea.
Our life after marriage was very ordinary.
George was very good to me.
His daughter gradually became closer to me.
Sometimes when I combed her hair or bought her clothes,
I would abruptly remember that child.
But it was only for a moment.
His name was Aiden Riverton, and over the years, he remained Eliot's only child.
Eliot hadn't remarried; he didn't have a new wife.
He didn't have legitimate children from marriage or any other illegitimate children.
Aiden was registered in the Riverton family genealogy when he was born.
He was Eliot's eldest son.
In the future, he might be the only child.
He would inherit everything from Eliot.
This was exactly what I had thought of back then.
The greatest benefit I could have fought for.
I brought him into this world.
Never loving him for a single day.
I wasn't a good mother.
He can resent me.
Or ignore me.
I think I can accept it peacefully.
My life, after all, was just the life of an ordinary woman.
I never thought of forging ahead through thorns and blades to fit into a world that didn't belong to me.
That's why I could cut ties with the city so clearly and rationally.
Eliot once said I was ruthless.
It seems that wasn't untrue.
I loved him.
But not to the point of surpassing my love for myself.
And perhaps that was one of the deepest reasons for his discontent with me.
As for Eliot, whether he liked me or loved me,
maybe even he couldn't say for sure.
And I, no longer cared.