"Everything can be solved, Christine, I love you, I can’t live without you by my side..."

Christine Quinn hurriedly interrupted Skyler Jones’s words, "I know, I know, I said I would never give up the feelings between us again, I just think we need some time to cool down..."

"Christine, have I done something wrong recently..."

"You’ve done great, even handled Jennifer Douglas’s matter well, it’s just... too many things have happened recently, making both of us exhausted. I think we both need some time to think, once we calm down and both feel that being together is the best choice, you can come find me in New York."

"Christine..."

Christine Quinn tilted her head up and kissed Skyler Jones proactively, "I promise you, I’ll be waiting for you in New York."

"I really don’t need to think about it, no matter what, I will never give up on you..."

"But I still hope you can think it over carefully... respond to me in a month."

"Christine..."

"Don’t say anymore, Oversky, both of us know this cooling-off is necessary."

Skyler Jones shook his head.

Christine Quinn smiled at him, reaching out to touch his handsome, angular face, "Take care of Marie, I’ll call her."

"Christine..." Skyler Jones still wanted to change this decision.

Unfortunately, Christine Quinn had already made up her mind, "I’ll wait for you to come and get me."

Skyler Jones continued to shake his head, unable to change Christine Quinn’s decision.

At night, still at the open-air balcony on the second floor of the villa.

Skyler Jones held a glass of red wine, took a sip silently.

Suddenly a voice came from behind, "It’s so late, why are you here alone again?"

The person who came was Howard Geoffrey.

Skyler Jones didn’t speak, just gently put down his wineglass and said lightly, "Christine made a decision."

Howard Geoffrey sat down on a casual rattan chair, "What decision?"

"She said we need some time to cool down..."

Howard Geoffrey furrowed his brows sensitively, "Did you tell her about your feelings lately?"

Skyler Jones shook his head, "She accidentally overheard our conversation last night."

Howard Geoffrey let out a breath, "No wonder Christine would suddenly make such a decision."

Skyler Jones picked up the red wine and gulped it down, shaking his head muttering, "I don’t know what to do... regarding her, I have so much guilt, but I don’t know how to make up for it, the most important thing is, just as I said last night, if we force things like this now, both of us will be very tired... but I don’t want to be separated from her, I can’t."

"Bro..." Howard Geoffrey analyzed rationally, "You’ve been separated from Christine for over ten years, naturally losing the tacit understanding you once had. Take the Jennifer Douglas matter for instance, when Mom took Christine to see Jennifer Douglas, subconsciously you thought it was Christine who brought Mom to meet Jennifer Douglas, and Christine subconsciously thought you were protecting Jennifer Douglas... because of the lack of such tacit understanding, disputes arise, and coupled with the cautiousness you both have towards each other, the tightened heartstrings make you feel extraordinarily exhausted, so I think it might not be a bad idea for you and Christine to separate and calm down for a while."

"I know, but she’s here alone..."

"Christine is here, aren’t you relieved?" Howard Geoffrey dispelled Skyler Jones’s worries, "Don’t worry, we’ll take good care of her for you."

Skyler Jones left New York the next day.

Agreed to calm down, so they won’t contact each other for the time being.

On the third day after Skyler Jones left, Rebecca Quentin, who quietly observed her sister appearing indifferent in front of others but absent-minded behind them, finally pulled her sister to the garden for a long talk.

At this moment, Rebecca Quentin looked at Christine Quinn worriedly, "Sis, Jennifer Douglas’s problem is already solved, why do you still want to separate from brother-in-law?"

Christine Quinn lazily lifted her eyelids, looking at Rebecca Quentin, "Did you drag me to the garden just to ask me this question?"

"Yes... I can’t understand the thoughts between you and brother-in-law, obviously in love, yet chose to separate, even if there really is a problem, is such a choice rational?"

Christine Quinn spoke earnestly, "Becca, I know you care about me, but I know exactly what I’m doing right now..."

"So you choose to separate and calm down for a while?"

"There are many issues between him and me."

"Isn’t it just Jennifer Douglas’s issue, isn’t it already solved now?"