The Day He Matured

Eight days later, the plane carrying Mrs. Alina and Hellen also landed at the airport. Sunshine Bank, like many other banks, opens on Thursday, and Brian has also returned to work, so the person who brought his mother home was her personal assistant.

Like many other long trips, she still remembers to buy me gifts. However, this time the gift was quite valuable, it was a gold necklace with a pendant in the shape of a ginkgo leaf.

“This is too expensive.” I looked at her as the jewelry box was opened.

“This is my last gift to you.” She reached out her hand and pushed it toward me and said sternly.

Last gift?

My instincts told me the bad meaning behind that statement. However, I could not understand what she wanted to say next. What did I do to make her unhappy?

“Bella, I brought you here because I needed a maid, not because I wanted to give my son to you. Do you understand?”

My head was buzzing like an airplane engine flew by, and my eyes darkened because I couldn’t believe that Alina knew the relationship between me and Brian.

He said after a month he would talk to her. He lied to me. He didn’t even give me time to mentally prepare.

“Are you and Brian in love? Are you two dating secretly?”

Right now I can’t lie anymore. Surely she already knew that, so she dared to ask.

Right now, I don’t have a chance to call Brian to ask for help and call him to run to my side.

“That’s right.”

The sound of her hand pounding on the table made my whole body tremble, tears involuntarily spilling out of my eyes. Mrs. Alina has never been angry with me, but at this moment, I know I have reached her limit.

I lowered my face, not daring to look up, and clasped my hands tightly around the dark green velvet box, clinging to it like a fulcrum.

“Bella, you make me so disappointed. When Hellen told me, I even tried to defend you. I didn’t expect you to secretly seduce my son.”

Tears fell from my eyes and wet my hands. It turned out that the person who spoke to her was not Brian, but Hellen. Turns out, Hellen noticed something unusual between me and him.

I have no intention of seducing Brian. Our love came naturally, and I didn’t even know it. However, I can’t make any excuses at this point.

What can I say? Should I tell her I didn’t seduce him? Who would believe it when I admitted that we were secretly dating?

“I don’t want to say more. Bella, my daughter-in-law, can only be Hellen. The contract between us terminates here. I will unilaterally cancel the contract so you do not need to continue this work. You should break up with Brian and go.”

“Madam, I really love Brian.” I said trembling.

“If you love him, think about his future. Grandfather Brian will never accept you as our bride. Brian will lose everything if he dares to disobey him. My son can fall in love with anyone, but he can’t get married arbitrarily. I say these words because I think for you and for him.”

As soon as Mrs. Alina finished speaking, she immediately stood up and went straight up the stairs. In the large living room, I was the only one left.

When there is no one beside me, I dare to cry.

It’s over, it’s really over. Why did he and I end up in this mess?

I don’t want him to become an empty-handed guy, struggling to make money like everyone else. That soft, cloth-like hand can’t be calloused because of me.

His wish and my wish could not come true. I never thought that the first time I celebrated New Year’s Eve and watched the fireworks with him would be the last.

Say goodbye? How do I gather the courage to speak? I will cry when Brian asks why.

I’m not an actor, I can’t pretend to be indifferent and open my eyes wide to lie when I face him.

I’d rather leave quietly, but I definitely won’t say anything. Or I’ll tell him on the phone after I’ve been somewhere else.

I dragged my exhausted body back to my room and tried to pack my clothes and belongings.

I will go now. I should not stay to make Mrs. Alina uncomfortable, I shouldn’t have let a conflict arise between Brian and his mother.

Holding the expensive ring in my hand for a long time, I decided to leave it on the table. All the valuable gifts he gave me, I left them all. If I take them away, I feel like I’m taking advantage of him.

I was pulling the suitcase to the main door when the call from Mrs. Alina made me turn my head to look. I could see her eyes were red, too.

She cried, right? Did she hurt when she kicked me out of the house?

Surely not. I should not be confident about my place in her heart. I’m just a maid who doesn’t know who she is and wants to climb high.

“Where are you going?” She approached me and asked in a low voice.

“I… I’m going back to my hometown. Don’t worry, I will send a clear farewell message to Brian. I can’t speak in front of him.”

I really hate my eyes, if they keep crying like this, people will misunderstand that I’m trying to be pitiful.

I couldn’t stop myself from crying. I wish my tear glands were damaged and don’t cry when I’m emotional.

“Tomorrow, you and I will go on a trip with Brian. I used to say I would take you on a trip, right? Let’s travel together. Then you leave, the reason is… I’ll give you a reason to tell Brian.”

My heart is calling that man’s name. It won over reason; it asked to go out with Brian; it wanted to meet him, look at him at close range, be close to him before parting forever.

Finally, I nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, I opened the gate for him as usual. The moment we met face to face on the doorstep, he frowned at me and opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but the appearance of Mrs. Alina made him return to his cold, normal appearance.

While I was continuing to cook unfinished dishes, he sent me a message; He asked what was wrong with my eyes.

I had to lie that I had just heard the news that an old nun in the orphanage had passed away, so I was sad and cried.

Fortunately, he believed me and sent me a long message to comfort me.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

During the meal, I did not dare to look up at Brian for fear that I would cry.

This will be my last meal in this lavish mansion. Tomorrow, when dawn comes, I will forever never have the opportunity to go to the kitchen to cook food for the one I love.

His clothes will be washed by someone else and every time he stays up late to work, someone else will bring him cakes and milk.

“Brian, tomorrow let’s go on a trip to the coastal city. Me, you and Bella will go together. We’ll be gone for two or three days and then come back.” Mrs. Alina suddenly spoke up.

“Why so suddenly? You just got back, aren’t you tired?”

“Bella has been working for our family for three years. I would like to go on a spring trip with her, as a thank you. From now until the end of the year, I’m very busy, let’s make the most of this time.”

“Yes, I have no problem.”

When I felt Brian’s toes touching my feet, I looked up at him and smiled. His eyes were sparkling, full of happiness.

This guy must be mistakenly thought that his mother loves me, loves me very much.

Does he know that the trip to the coastal city is also the last trip for me and him?

My heart ached when I saw him still happy, not knowing the moment of separation was getting closer and closer.

“I will stay up late tonight, please bring me late-night food.” Brian suddenly spoke.

“You should go to bed early because we have to go early tomorrow.” Mrs. Alina frowned slightly.

“I try to finish processing the documents so that I can go out and play comfortably. I don’t like taking work with me while I relax, Mom.”

Maybe now Mrs. Alian will think that the days when Brian stays up late to work and I bring him food is an excuse for both of us to be close, talk and flirt.

Anyway, tonight is the last night and his mother knows everything between us, so I don’t mind turning into a shameless person, trying to be with him even for a minute.

After the conversation between me and Mrs. Alina, time seemed to be against me, drifting freely, I just finished cleaning and washing the dishes, then went to my room and lay down for a while, when the clock struck nine o’clock.

I hurried to the kitchen, got cake, made milk, and brought it all to Brian’s study room.

At first, I was going to make him a plate of fried noodles with vegetables, but in the end, I gave him some cakes. I’m in no mood anymore, I just want to see him quickly.

“You eat and then continue to work.”

I put down the food tray and looked at him. He was really working, not making excuses to meet me alone as I thought. The stack of documents on the desk is quite thick and has a lot of words.

On his computer screen now is a picture of him kissing my forehead in the dim space that day.

For me, just this one picture is more than enough, later, when I’m away from him, I’ll make a copy of this photo and put it in a picture frame and put it in my bedroom. Would be so.

“Hey, hey, are you going to leave now?” His voice carried disappointment when I had only taken two steps.

“I have to go to bed early so that I can go out tomorrow. Oh, do you need my help packing the clothes in the suitcase?” I turned my head, smiling brightly.

“I can do it myself. Come on, come close to me so I can give you a hug, recharge.”

Although Brian said that, he was the one who approached me and I didn’t move.

He holds me tenderly in his arms, his strong arms wrapping around my body, his head buried in my hair, blowing his warm, mint-scented breath on me.

Perhaps he was immersed in happiness, so he did not hear the soft footsteps that had just stopped outside the door.

I know that person is Mrs. Alina. Perhaps she wanted to confirm whether I told him anything. Perhaps she did not believe that I would accept to leave for his future.