The Secret Heir's Return to Wealth and Love novel Chapter 1602

Erica bumped into Larkin again, a full decade and a bit after their last encounter.

Just the day before, Jacob's meddlesome mum had sought her out, making a brash proposal to buy her off, to make her leave Jacob alone. She was all like, "Over my dead body will I let my son be with an unsuitable girl like you. Marrying you? Not on my watch."

She threatened to kill herself right in front of Jacob if he insisted on marrying Erica.

Not exactly Mother of the Year material, that one.

If Erica had been the type to bend over backwards to please others, how would her old man have ditched her in the first place?

So she butted heads with Jacob's mum big time.

When Jacob showed up, his mum started playing sick. And then, as predictable as a bad sitcom, no matter who was right or wrong, Jacob would always pin the blame on Erica.

She was heartbroken, packed her things and headed to H Country.

The very next day, she was on a cruise ship and ran into Larkin again.

She was lost in thought, and bumped into someone on the deck.

"Erica?" The person recognized her, looking stunned, and started hollering, "Larkin, Larkin, get over here!"

Erica was totally confused.

Honestly, she had even crossed swords with Wayne, so the list of people she'd pissed off was probably very long.

She figured this was just another casualty of her past catching up to her.

She tried to run away, "I'm not Erica, you've got the wrong person!"

But the guy didn’t let her. He grabbed her arm, "You totally are! No matter how much you've changed, I'd recognize you right away! Larkin! Get over here!!"

Erica was feeling pretty low, what with her recent heartbreak and now running into an old enemy.

Could her luck get any worse?

While she was wallowing in self-pity, a tall figure appeared.

Erica covered her mouth, her eyes filled with fear and confusion.

"You've left the monastery?" Erica finally managed to spit out the question after a long while.

"Mm-hmm," Larkin nodded.

Erica awkwardly laughed.

It's normal for a monk to leave the monastery.

It's definitely not because of that artificial respiration! That was a lifesaving measure!

Saving a life is commendable!

God wouldn't blame him, he couldn't have left the monastery over this, there are too many temptations in the world, it can't just be because of an artificial respiration!

"Right, well, I think I left something in my room, so I better go. See you around~ Bye now~"