Chapter 33: Unexpected blow
“I don’t agree, even if you can’t accept it for a while, you can’t move out, Elena, if you don’t like it, I won’t mention it again is all, we are still brother and sister, but you can’t move out.” Kevin held Elena’s shoulders nervously, he knew this would happen, all along, he was just afraid of scaring Elena, he didn’t expect that it would end up like this.
“Brother, you said that when I get to America, I can do what I want to do, and I’m grown up, I’m not a kid anymore, I’m moving out.” Elena looked at Kevin and said in a firm tone.
She knew her brother had said today that as long as she stayed here, he would bring it up again and again as long as Fred didn’t show up, and she didn’t want the sibling relationship to turn sour, but feelings weren’t something that could be controlled unilaterally.
“Yes, but it’s different now, you’re pregnant, how are you going to take care of yourself all by yourself, I will never agree to you moving out.” Kevin saw Elena so decided, more anxious, tugged Elena’s arm, and insisted her to say that she would not move out.
“Brother, I’m a little tired, I’m going to my room to rest first.” Elena pulled her arm out and evaded.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
“Elena, hear me out, why, you can accept men like Ren Aaron, Garry, even a man you can’t see the face of, why can’t you accept me?” Kevin pulled Elena and insisted that she answer positively.
“Brother, you are my brother, you have been since you were a child, you were, you are, and you will be, isn’t it good that we are like we used to be? Dad, Mom, brother, and me, we’re still a family.” Elena shook her head and looked at Kevin, some things can never change, even if they are not brother and sister by blood, in the heart, the twenty years of affection is impossible to change.
“It’s not like that, we’re not related by blood, Elena, everything I’ve done in these ten years is for you, you know how sad I was when you called to tell me that you were on a blind date, but I couldn’t go back and stop it, so I investigated Aaron, found his former girlfriend and stopped your wedding, and the second time you went on a blind date with Garry, I knew Mom intended to marry you off ……”
Kevin looked at Elena, will own in order to prevent Elena and others to get married to go to great lengths to plot them, even He An is, just he did not expect that woman and He An actually fake it.
“You …… how can you do this? Brother, how can you do this, do you know how cruel you are, time and time again, do you know how others look at me? Have you ever thought about how sad I am?” Elena looked at Kevin incredulously, all this time, she thought it was her bad luck to meet those three irresponsible men again and again, it turned out …… that it was all because of her brother.
“I’m sorry, give me a chance, I’ll make it up to you, Elena, believe me, everything I do is for you.” Kevin defiantly took the crying Elena into his arms, apologizing softly and comforting.
“No, it’s all because of you, you made me unable to get married, made me laughed at by everyone, and made me lose my family, my dad, my mom, and my brother, I hate you so much ……” Elena cried out, trying to break Kevin’s embrace, but Kevin was afraid of losing and held her so tightly that she couldn’t break free.
“No, you can’t hate me, everything I do is for you, Elena, I love you ……” Kevin was stimulated by Elena’s words and lowered his head to kiss Elena forcibly.
Elena dodged, but Kevin, who had been stimulated by the phrase hate, had lost his mind and pried Elena’s lips open dominantly. Elena stared wide-eyed and stunned at Kevin, who had lost his mind, and a wave of nausea made her bite hard.
“Ah ……” Kevin let go in pain and Elena raised her right hand in anger.
After a “ba-” sound, Elena rushed into the room.
Looking at Elena crying and rushing into the room, Kevin painfully fell on the sofa, everything was ruined by him, Elena arrived in the United States, originally everything was in accordance with what he wanted, step by step development, it is his fault that he was too anxious, it is his fault.
After sitting in the hall for most of the night, Kevin decided to apologize to Elena, since she didn’t like it, they would continue to be brother and sister, he would wait, he would wait until she accepted it, as long as she didn’t move out, as long as she gave him the opportunity to take care of the mother and son, he would never talk about it again, they would still be brother and sister.
“Elena, I’m sorry, I was wrong, since you like me as a brother, we’re still brother and sister, don’t move out, I promise you, we’ll all be brother and sister from now on, nothing like this will happen again like tonight, I’m sorry, I apologize to you.”
Elena in the bedroom was packing her bags, after pushing Kevin away and returning to her room, she cried hard for a while, kept rinsing her mouth, she wanted to go to the bathroom to brush her teeth, but Kevin was outside again and she was afraid of running into him again. After she got tired of crying, she started packing her bags.
Kevin spent the night outside the door, but Elena did not come out. In the early morning, he made breakfast and knocked on the door, but Elena still refused to open it.
Kevin regretted it, he also understood that Elena did not want to face him now, he did not leave, Elena afraid will not come out, so he found an excuse to go out, but did not think, when he came back, Elena has gone.
Kevin tried to text Elena to explain and apologize, but Elena didn’t return once. He went to the school several times, but Elena refused to see him every time.
He also understood that there was no way to force the issue, but Elena was four months pregnant and her belly was getting bigger every day, so he couldn’t really leave Elena alone. He thought he would wait another month or two, and when Elena’s anger subsided, he would come back to apologize to Elena and ask her to come home.
He did not expect to receive a letter from Elena from Italy a few months later.
It turns out that Elena decided to leave the United States after she left home that day, intending to start everything from scratch. She wrote this letter only to hope that her brother would not worry about her, in her heart, her brother is still her brother, and everything that happened that night, she treated as a bad dream.
Brother.
Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye, no matter what brother had done, the past unhappy, I will forget, because you are brother, always will be.
You once said that I could choose the life I wanted and could do what I wanted to do, so I came to Italy. I want to start everything over again, to start a new life here, to pursue my dreams again, please don’t worry about me, I’m old enough to take care of myself, here, everything is fine, you don’t have to worry.
Also, I want to say ‘sorry’, that night, I shouldn’t have hit you, in my heart, you are my brother, please cherish your sister more.
Forever sister: Elena
Although the letter is not long, but Kevin has tears, he understands, and Elena this life, can only do brother and sister, she looks like the surface, as if she is weak, also very tame, but her bones are stubborn, as long as you do not to touch her bottom line, she can not care about anything, once touched the bottom line of her heart, it can never be undone.
Kevin did not write back, just sent a postcard, in fact, he wanted to tell Elena only two words: sister.
He was very reluctant, but he also knew very well that they could only be brother and sister in this life, and if he couldn’t give up, he would lose Elena forever, and he wouldn’t even be able to be a brother and sister.
Kevin did not know how determined Elena was to leave the United States, he did not know how much pain Elena had in her heart, after twenty-two years of family life, suddenly, everything was gone, everything had to start from scratch, not only that, the belly also came with, as for her savings to Italy, there were few left.
As her belly grew bigger every day, Elena gave up her studies and planned to repeat them in a couple of years when the baby was older, but she had to solve her living problems and prepare for the birth of the baby, as well as the money for milk powder and labor.
Since she was not a child of The Costa family, there was no reason to take money from The Costa family, not to mention the fact that she was already married and had no reason to take their money, she had to be self-reliant.
After arriving in Italy, Elena chose a language school where she temporarily worked as a Chinese teacher. The good thing was that she had taken Italian when she was in college, and here, it was kind of easy and the income was quite good.
Five years later
At an airport in China, a particularly eye-catching beauty walked out, she is Elena, five years in Italy, the first two years busy taking care of the children, until she has returned from her studies, as early as when she went to Italy, she thought well, let go of the past and start over.
Five years ago, she went to Italy with a big belly, didn’t contact anyone, supported herself and gave birth to a pair of lovely twins, Jack and Jeffery.
The children are four and a half years old and Elena wanted to give them a special gift on their fifth birthday – a father – and this time she returned home for the man who had been missing for five years – Fred Garner.
This time she did not go home directly, but came to the Magic City, only because the only information about Fred Garner was the address on his ID card, which was also in the Magic City. She happened to see from the Internet that The Cloud Group, a well-known company in China, was designing a competition, and she signed up online, passed the preliminary round, and the final round.
Five years had passed, and her brother had returned from the United States to take over her father’s construction company. In these five years, Elena had forgotten what happened that Christmas Eve, locked away in the depths of her memory to be exact.
When she left America, she really hesitated, but a brother is a brother. She even clearly remembered that the first time she got her period, it was her brother who bought sanitary napkins for her, and in her heart, her brother was the brother she could always rely on, and she didn’t want to change that relationship.
Elena intended to go back after her job stabilized, and it was a surprise for her parents. The cab stopped under The Cloud Group, and because of the time, Elena was too late to bring her luggage to the hotel.
“David, are all the contestants who passed the final rounds here.” In the president’s office, Fred Garner looked at the finalist site through the video and was surprised to see an empty seat.
“President, there is still one contestant who has not arrived, there are still three minutes left before the final, do we have to wait any longer?” David looked at the information in his hand and reported back to Fred Garner.
“Then wait for three more minutes, if she is late, she doesn’t have to participate in the final. I don’t think someone who has no sense of time can be a good fashion designer.” Fred Garner said seriously.
“But president, this Miss Elena, is the best among all the contestants this time, if only because she is late ……”