Chapter 693 Nightmare

Hester sighed tiredly. She didn't feel relieved until she held the door frame. She turned her head and
looked at the leisurely Austin, feeling sad.

She really didn't understand Brother Austin. From the day she returned, even though he was still very
good to her, she just felt that some things were different.

They had always tacitly chosen not to mention anything about what had happened three years ago. But
tonight, he mentioned again and again, why?

And in front of Terence, she was really at a loss.

"I did it on purpose."

Austin calmly took a sip of the tea in front of him. His long and thick eyelashes flickered slightly. He put
down the teacup in his hand and stared at Hester with an unreadable meaning.

Her heart trembled. Under such gaze, Hester was actually a little timid. She took a deep breath and
calmly sat opposite Austin, lowering her eyes.

"Why?"

After a moment of silence, she heard her hoarse voice with questioning. She never thought that one
day, she would face Austin in this tone, as if standing on the opposite side of each other, making her
very sad.

She clenched her fists and looked at the man in front of her with burning eyes.

Compared with Hester's excitement, Austin was very calm. When he sat on the sofa, the sun shone
through his face, which made his features more outstanding.



"Hester, how long are you going to hide like this?"

Hester didn't know how to answer this simple sentence. She slowly sighed and casually sat aside,
losing some of her anger in an instant.

Since she came back, she had never been able to avoid Terence. Then why did Austin say that?

"I didn't dodge it!"

"Really?"

Austin smiled sadly. Looking at Hester's drooping head, he had a mixed feeling. It was just a casual
mention today that made her panic. She must deliberately avoid it.

"Hester], I'm not a fool. I can see it clearly. Three years had passed. Was it still a past that could not be
mentioned?

You have suffered too much for the sake of Terence. Do you want to hide it from me all your life without
telling me? Even if you don't feel wronged, I will feel sad when I watch you!"

Hester lowered her eyes and looked at the intertwined fingers. The waves in her heart were surging,
which was a sharp contrast to her calm appearance at this moment.

"I don't feel wronged. I know you are defending me, Brother Austin! Just as you said, it has been so
long. Even if I was desperate to die, it had become the past, hadn't it?

It was you who accompanied me to struggle out step by step. Are you going to pull me back now?"

"Hester, don't get me wrong!"

With a faint sigh, Austin looked at Hester's side face with a complicated expression. Many words
appeared in his mind, but none of them was suitable to be said clearly now.



He hoped that she could completely get rid of him on her own, but he was afraid that his push would
make her sink into it again. There were many ways to deal with the matter, but this was the last one he
wanted to see.

"I feel sorry for what you have suffered. There is no way for you to sit at the same table with him calmly
and eat as if nothing has happened. Do you know?"

Lowering her head listlessly, Hester looked down at her palm, tightly clasping it together. How could
she not understand Austin's thoughts? She was just pretending to be ignorant.

That matter had long been a sore spot in her heart. It was her weakness that she could not easily
touch.

"Brother Austin, I know you care about me. But I can't convince myself to face it!

Don't force me to face it. I can't bear it!"

Austin's heart trembled violently. He looked at Hester with mixed feelings. He couldn't figure out what
was on her mind, let alone how to speak it out.

After a short conversation, the two sat quietly together and did not speak for a long time. The room was
filled with lights, which were not dazzling, but reflecting the sadness in people's hearts.

"It's late. Go to bed!"

In a trance, Hester heard Austin's hoarse voice and felt inexplicably sad. She still couldn't calm herself
down, let alone Austin.

She didn't know how she got back to her room. When she lay on the bed, she felt exhausted both
physically and mentally, and even had no strength to open her eyes.



With heavy breaths, she gradually fell asleep, together with the past that had long been buried in the
river of time.

The past that she hadn't dreamed of for a long time gripped her throat tightly. She felt very
uncomfortable in her chest, but she couldn't cry out.

The sweat on her forehead wet the fear in her dream and gradually spread.

She saw that Terence from three years ago, was no different from what he was now. If he had to, he
would only be more indifferent to her!

"Hester, I have said that you are the deaf woman I hate the most in my life. If it weren't for my mother's
will before she died, why do you think I can tolerate you living here all the time?"

"Exactly!"

Melody curled up in Terence's arms, seductively clinging to him, laughing at her current
embarrassment.

"Hester, don't try to provoke someone you can't compare with, or you will only bring disgrace on
yourself. But since you have made a great contribution to Terence taking over Qi Group, I will treat your
child well. Don't worry!"

After listening to Melody quietly, Terence cast a sharp glance at Hester, emotionless and terribly cold.

"Fuck off!"

His words were clear, but they easily destroyed the last defense line in Hester's heart. She staggered
backward awkwardly. Because of the tears, the people in front of them were a little blurred.



She didn't believe that the person she loved would be so cruel. He had always been the most important
person in her life. How could he treat her like this?

"No, it's not true!"

Hester grabbed her hair and roared. Her pale face looked like a ghost that had climbed up from hell,
sobbing coldly.

She held Terence's hands tightly and greedily felt the warmth.

"It's not true. Terence, tell me it's not true!"


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