This was the first time that Lester looked at Eunice with such cold eyes. Eunice stared at Lester's back in a daze until he completely disappeared in her eyesight. Then she immediately untied her apron. She was so worried that Lester would do something, because his expression was so strange.
When Lester came to the clothing store, the store had been closed. Lester asked the shops around. Those owners told Lester that Trista left with a handsome rich man.
Lester's face turned pale. He took out his phone and called Trista. Although Trista couldn't speak, there was a secret signal between them.
When Joanna heard the phone ringing, it was already an hour later. When she woke up, she heard her mobile phone vibrating.
Joanna took out her mobile phone. When she saw the caller ID, she answered it.
"Trista, where are you?" As soon as the phone was connected, she heard Lester's extremely anxious voice.
As long as Joanna was gone, Lester would be so nervous. Joanna looked at Cedric who was driving next to her and tapped the phone gently with her fingers.
It was Joanna's response to Lester's words. It was a secret signal that they had agreed on before. Hearing it, Lester knew that Joanna was fine and let out a sigh of relief.
"Send me a message to tell me where you are now." After Lester finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Then Joanna sent him a message: Don't worry.
Lester stared at these words for a long time before he went home dejectedly.
"Since Joanna asks me not to worry, she should be fine, shouldn't she?"
Lester knew who Joanna was with at the moment.
"Mom, dad, uncle, I came here to see you with Joanna. You haven't seen her for a long time, right?" Cedric took Joanna to the cemetery of the Xis.
He brought Joanna to Ashley, Edward and Justin's tombstones and said to them.
Joanna stood behind Cedric and listened to his hoarse voice. For some reason, she felt a dull pain in her heart.
"Dad, mom, you don't have to worry about me. I've grown up, and I'm no longer the capricious child I used to be. If Joanna feel happy to be with Lester, I'll wish her happiness. I've always been envious of uncle's love for mom. I hope that I can do the same thing as uncle. As long as Joanna is happy, I won't have any regret."
After saying this, Cedric looked at the tombstone for a long time before getting up. Holding Joanna's hand, he said, "Accompany me." Joanna looked at Cedric in a daze, but she couldn't say a word.
Cedric held Joanna's hand and left. After getting into the car, they drove to the Seaview Villa.
This villa was very beautiful. They went to the beach. Cedric sat on the beach and said with a faint smile, "It's very beautiful here, right? I bought it for you before. I said that we will come here for a holiday and take our son with us."
When Cedric smiled in this way, he gave Joanna a very sad feeling.
Joanna looked at his face in a daze. She hesitated for a moment, bit her lip heavily and typed on her mobile phone.
"I'm not your wife."
The reason why Cedric treated her like this was that he misregarded her as his wife.
However, her name was Trista. She was not Cedric's wife.
Cedric's body tightened slightly.
He looked at Joanna for a long time. Then, he said with loneliness, "Yes, you're not."
"Because you don't want to remember that you are my wife."
"Joanna, if this is what you want... if... all this is what you want, then... I will let you go and wish you happiness."
The sun was bending in the west. The light of the setting sun glanced off Joanna's eyes, which made her cover her eyes. However, at this time, Cedric tightly hugged her body. His hot breathing made Joanna's back stiff.
Her lips was trembling violently.
Cedric got close to Joanna's ear and whispered, "Joanna, are you happy with Lester?"
"If you're happy, then it doesn't matter if you've forgotten me."
Joanna felt a little sad. After a long time, she looked at Cedric and nodded slightly.
She was very happy to be with Lester. Although their life was ordinary and busy, she was very happy.
She had no memory about her past. After she was with Lester, she seemed to be reborn.
There was sadness and helplessness in Cedric's eyes.
He caressed Joanna's cheek and chuckled. Then he pulled Joanna up and said, "As long as you are happy."
"If you're happy, then I'm... happy!"
On the way back, Joanna and Cedric didn't speak anymore.
Joanna had been quietly
observing Cedric's expression. She found that Cedric looked extremely sad, which made her heart painful for no reason.
She had never seen Cedric before. Why would she have this kind of feeling?
Sitting on the sofa, Cedric drank one glass of wine after another.
Aneirin, who was sitting beside him, looked at other friends. They looked at each other, but no one dared stop Cedric.
They were all good friends, and they were also owners of some other companies. "Cedric, don't drink anymore." Seeing that Cedric kept drinking, Aneirin reached out and grabbed Cedric's wrist.
Cedric looked at Aneirin and said in a hoarse and low voice, "I... feel terrible in my heart."
After saying that, he shook off Aneirin's hand and continued to drink.
Aneirin asked other friends to leave and said to Cedric, "What's wrong with you?"
"I found... Joanna."
"What? You found her? Really? Isn't that a happy thing?" When Aneirin heard that Cedric had found Joanna, he said happily.
However, Cedric just stared at Aneirin with sad eyes and said in a horribly cold voice.
"But she doesn't remember me. A man saved Joanna and has been with her."
"So what? Don't forget that Joanna is your wife. If you want to take Joanna back, it doesn't matter if she has lost her memory. You love each other so much. Even if she lost her memory, you are still husband and wife. Do you want Kerr to have no mother forever?"
Aneirin looked at Cedric and asked with confusion.
If it was in the past, it was impossible for Cedric to sit here and drink without doing anything.
What was going on with Cedric? Did he really not want to use tough methods to force Joanna back?
"But, she is very happy now." Cedric looked at Aneirin like a fragile child with tears in his eyes. Hearing this, Aneirin suddenly fell silent.
He looked at Cedric with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"Cedric, you love Joanna very much, don't you?"
"I don't want to be so selfish. I know that Joanna doesn't mind what I did to her in the past. But I can't forgive myself for hurting her. If Joanna got a chance to live a new life, how can I be so cruel to ruin her happiness?"
"Love... is really... too hurtful." Aneirin looked at Cedric's painful face and also felt sad in his heart.
He reached out and gently patted Cedric on the shoulder, shaking his head. Then he drank with Cedric quietly.
They kept drinking until the housekeeper called Cedric and said that Kerr had accidentally rolled down the stairs. He said that Kerr was seriously injured and asked Cedric to go to the hospital immediately.
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