Over the weekend, Francis decided to take Scarlett to the stables despite her lukewarm reaction during their conversation earlier.
“Wait, what? What are we doing here anyway? I thought I already told you that I don’t want to ride any horses.” Scarlett said angrily. She looked at Francis with a death stare, her hands deep inside her pockets. She was wearing grey joggers and a form-fitting black shirt. As always, she looked lovely. Her hair was tied up, so, from a distance, one could easily mistake her for a charming young man.
“Go and change your clothes!” Francis hollered at her.
Scarlett angrily stomped and yelled out, “Why the hell did you ask me to ride here so early in the morning? Why can’t you just leave me alone and sleep in on the weekends for once? I don’t wan
Meanwhile, Francis and Damon had resumed their conversation.Francis turned around to Damon and said, “Didn’t you swear that you would find a way to succeed in Paris? How come you’re back here now? What’s been up with you?”“Well, it was just boring! I already have money, I don’t have to keep working so damn hard anymore, do I? You know what I mean, don’t you? In any case, I lost my wife. I didn’t care for anything beyond that.” Damon squinted at Scarlett in the distance, trying to discern what it is she was doing so furtively.“So, that girl, Scarlett… is she your new lover then? What happened between you and Mary anyway? Or is that ancient history now?” Damon knew that Francis was constantly in and out of torrid love affairs. He squinte
“We just didn’t have anything else to talk about.” Francis sounded cavalier about the whole thing. He helped Scarlett get on the horse without addressing Scarlett’s question further. He didn’t want her to know that Damon had managed to tick him off.“Oh, I see….” Scarlett muttered.However, that was not the truth at all. In actuality, Francis had opted to end the conversation. Damon’s attitude towards Scarlett pissed Francis off, and he decided it was best to step away before they got into a fistfight.Riding on the horse, Scarlett felt strange about the fact that there was a living animal supporting her weight.“Aren’t you going to teach me how to ride this horse then? You’re the one who insisted w
Eve scratched her head hesitantly and said, “Alright, fine. No point keeping secrets from you anymore. To be honest, Damon is at my place waiting for me.”“Wow! I see. So that’s how it is then?” Scarlett chuckled lightly and retorted.Before Scarlett and Eve could start arguing about what had and hadn’t been revealed, Francis quickly interjected, “Excuse me, but I should go and help her take care of her wounds first. My sincere apologies. I want to make sure I tend to her wounds as soon as possible. We don’t want anything getting infected!”“Okay!” Eve said as she saw him holding Scarlett. She was worried that Scarlett would fall over somehow and end up hurting herself even more seriously.After Francis to
“I’m sorry, babe. It’s all my fault that you got hurt like this. I’m so sorry, it’s not your fault. It’s my fault. I’ll do whatever it takes to make it better. I never want to see you in pain again.” Francis hugged her and wiped her tears away.“You never liked crying before. You’ve changed since we get married, haven’t you?” Francis suddenly said.“What?” She was surprised.He stretched out his hand to stroke her long hair and said, “I’m just joking. I’m so glad to see that you’re not afraid to be vulnerable in front of me anymore.”“Do you think I’m weak?” Scarlett asked, looking at him with watery eyes.
Skyler smiled brightly and said, “Anyway, I’d like to go upstairs to write my thesis. Call me when dinner is ready, please!”“Go ahead. Don’t let the baby negatively affect your studies! Go write that thesis,” Scarlett said.Eve sat down and made a funny face at Carlos, “Hey, my sweetheart, do you still remember me?”Carlos lazily looked at her and then closed his eyes; he was totally ignoring Eve.When she saw that, Scarlett laughed loudly and teased her, “It looks like he just ignored you!”“Hmm, you bad boy! You are just like your mother! Always teasing and taunting people, isn’t it?” Eve said as she gently pinched his chubby face.
“Is Scarlett up yet?” Eve asked.Eve rubbed her sore hip, “She is still sleeping!”“I’d better go and check on her. It’s time to get up for breakfast!” Francis stood up.After Francis left politely, Eve and Damon were left alone in the living room. It was awkward, to say the very least.Eve was about to leave, but Damon stopped her,“Where are you going?” Damon said.“I want to have breakfast!” She calmly looked up her hands behind her back.Damon leaned on the sofa, his legs crossed, and gold-rimmed glasses were sitting on his nose. “Come over and have a sea
Eve continued crying.“I really don’t know what I should do. Your family doesn’t like me, and your mother always hates me. I just couldn't deal with that anymore...” Eve said.“But you can tell me about that! I never asked you to get along with them, right? And I’m always by your side, never asking you to change!” He yelled out angrily and continued, “But you never thought about how I felt! You made me believe that I betrayed you. At that time, I was so scared that I would lose you, and I felt very guilty for what I did. If not that I had doubts about the whole situation and decided to investigate it, you might have used it as an excuse to stay away from me forever, right?”In those days, he thought of nothing but the fear of her leaving. He felt so anxious that
Francis took a long sigh and touched her head gently.Scarlett stayed in his arms, playing with his buttons, and said, “Tell me what you want!”Francis touched her belly and said affectionately and hopefully, “I want you to give me a lovely daughter… like you. Babe, I want to have a lovely daughter with you, and she’d better look like you. Together, we can spoil her… let her have the childhood you never got to have but deserved all along….”“You are gonna make me cry!” She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.“I always wish I could have met you sooner in life… maybe I could have stopped your suffering, made your life just a tad bit easier….”