Edie had graduated for so many years. She didn’t remember she had time being so happy when she studied at school. She never lived like those students standing around her at the moment. She never had time and mood to admire a cute boy.

But, when seeing these girls cheering up around her, Edie suddenly felt relaxing. She felt she got younger.

Edie took their money and said gently, "Don’t worry. I am a professional. I would capture all the wonderful moments of him for you. If I fail, I will return all your money."

"Great. Thank you very much."

Edie set up the tripod. As the moment the man in front of her turned around, she would be able to capture his face in the lens from all directions.

Now, she has set the camera to continuous shooting mode.

The man perceived those girls’ enthusiasm. He turned around slowly.

When seeing his eyes, Edie froze immediately.

Stuart?

Why was he here?

Apparently, Stuart didn’t expect Edie was here, either. He froze for a moment, and then he walked to her.

All girls surrounding Edie screamed out.

"Oh, my god. He is walking towards me. So handsome."

"Even the safety helmet couldn’t affect his charm. Incredible. Hi, my name is Mica."

Edie heard the sound of shooting pictures.

Edie stood there still, watching him walking towards her. She was so shocked that she forgot to run away with her camera.

He turned off the camera and said, "She would send you the pictures. You can leave now. I want to date Miss Jackson."

"What? Are you lovers?" Mica was surprised.

"No wonder she could take his pictures. If I know this early, I won’t waste my money."

"No, but I am chasing after Miss Jackson. I haven’t won her heart."

He took off his safety helmet and threw it to Ivan. Ivan got the helmet accurately.

Edie hated to acknowledge that the man always looked handsome, whatever he was doing at the moment.

Even though he wore a safety helmet, he still looked so cute.

Stuart held her hands and dragged her away. It was until this moment that Edie realized what happened. She screamed out, "my camera."

"Ivan would take care of it."

They walked back to the old street. Stuart held Edie’s hands tightly. He looked so calm and relaxing as if nothing happened between them. They never conflicted with each other. Everything seemed natural at this moment.

As for Edie.

Her heart beat faster and faster.

She wished they could keep going.

She wished the old street was endless.

But the street had ended.

When they walked to the end of the street, Edie struggled to take her hand back and said, "Sorry, I don’t know it is you. I didn’t mean to sell your pictures."

"When we got married, everything I have is yours. You can take everything I have. Besides, it is just my pictures. You can take as many as you want. You don’t have to explain it to me."

He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

Edie suddenly realized he looked so pale.

As if he hadn’t got enough sleep for a long time.

"What happened to you? You look so pale."

"Busy in the company. So....."

Edie knew he must be so busy when he said it was busy. So he didn’t sleep well at all.

Stuart tended to make things sound easy as if nothing happened.

Edie got worried, "Take some rest. You need to take rest now. You should take good care of yourself. You are not a robot. If you keep doing this, you might feel uncomfortable."

"Okay. Thank you," he smiled gently.

"Why are you here?" Edie asked him.

"I’ve bought a zone. I want to repair these old buildings for you," Stuart said in a slight voice.

"I never gave you any good presents. I’ve thought about this for a long time."

He said word by word in a serious voice.

Each word warmed Edie’s heart.

All of a sudden, she had an impulse to tell the man in front of her everything. But she still tried the best to press it.

She hadn’t got Norman’s words. She had no idea what would happen if she said these words. She didn’t know how she and Laty would be punished if she told him everything.

When Norman sent her away, he gave her a sentence. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"I can get him out and return everything to him. I can also send him in."

If Stuart was put in jail again, he might have to spend the rest of his life in jail. She couldn’t risk it.

She took a deep breath and said, "Are you going to please me? Don’t waste your time."

Her words...

Sounded so indifferent and cold.

Hearing her words, Stuart couldn’t help himself trembling.

He looked so upset.

"I just want to give you something. You don’t need to like them. You can throw them away if you don’t like it."

As his love for her.

His deep love for her.

’Stuart, aren’t you busy? Don’t you need to return back to England? You don’t need to pray in front of my grandpa. You are not qualified to visit my mom. If your mother didn’t do anything, my mother wouldn’t meet Stanley, Tammie, and your mother killed her. They made me an orphan. If they didn’t do anything to my mother, she would never make that huge mistake."

"Though it was your mother’s fault, she did this for you. She was helping you to get the power in the group. That was why she had no choice but to agree with Tammie. So... they did all these just for you. Do you have any idea how much I hate you? I don’t like your presence at all. You don’t give me when I ask for them. Now I don’t want them at all."

"Stuart, wake up. I don’t love you anymore."

After finishing saying the last sentence, she turned around and left, walking towards those college students.

She didn’t turn around and look at Stuart even once again.

Edie spent the whole afternoon focusing on her photographing as if that lonely man standing at the end of the street already left.

After finishing the photographing, Ivan walked to Edie. She turned around. Stuart already left.

"Miss Lara, I didn’t expect to see you again. So great to see you again. Finally, Stuart had someone to care about."

"Don’t say that. I have nothing to do with him now" Edie packed up the tripod and said in a calm voice.

"Actually... Mr. CEO suffered a lot these days," Ivan pressed his lips and said in a depressed tone.

When hearing these, Edie’s fingers trembled slightly.

She touched the tripod. It felt cold. So cold.

Behind her, Ivan continued talking.

"Mr. CEO believed you’ve passed away. In the beginning, he couldn’t remember anything happening in his life. He kept drinking and smoking, staying up outside. One time, he got drunk on the street and crushed a window of a wedding dress store. He held a wedding dress tightly in hand. No matter what others told him, he didn’t let it go. When I went there, Mr. CEO still held the wedding dress tightly. He said he would regret a life for not getting married to you.

"After Mr. CEO woke up, he changed totally. He cheered up because Norman came to talk to him. He told him that she would not like this. From then on, Mr. CEO changed. He became a crazy workaholic. He kept working day and night. He didn’t even stop when his stomach suffered a lot. He lived like a corpse. Sometimes, when he was unable to fall into sleep, he would get drunk and crouched in a corner, asking the air why you left him alone. He kept crouching there and kept asking the air."

"Mr. CEO suffered a lot these years. Every day was torturing his heart. He put up with all pain, till he met with you. I thought he might get better after meeting you. But I am wrong."

"He prepared for this for a long time. He read all your works. He knew better than anyone else that you would love these old buildings. Today he came here to check in person because this was the present for you. He wanted to be sure that you would love it. He smiled at me and told me that you would smile when you see this present. He didn’t ask for too much. All he requests is your smile."

"He’s stayed up for several nights. He had a lot of work to do. He could release his pressure and depression. But he does not want to do that. He was afraid that he would be immersed in his missing you. You didn’t like a man getting drunk. So he no longer drinks. He tries to paralyze himself with work. I have never see him like this before. All this was because of you."

"Especially...."

"Especially when I drove him to the door of Laty’s school. I didn’t dare to let him drive alone. He would sit in the car, looking at you through the window. Every time he saw you among people, he would smile slightly. Miss Lara, you have Laty around every day. But Mr. CEO has no one."