Leap OF Fate novel Chapter 65

Feeling the chilly breeze against her body, Serene curled herself like a cooked shrimp. She hugged her knees closer to her torso as she laid on the cold gutter, exhaustion forced her to sleep.

A gentle pat on her shoulder pulled her out of her sleep. Her lashes flutter as she tried to open her eyes.

“Jus… Justin?” she asked, her voice hoarse and barely got out of her parched mouth.

“No, Madame. It’s me Jane.” Jane’s gentle voice and eyes tugged her heart. Her cloudy eyes showed her usual gentleness but today, she saw pity mixed in those gentle orbs. Of course, she pitied her. Who wouldn’t, she slept the night outside of Justin’s villa, exposed from the elements? Serene let out a pained smile. The things she did for love.

“Where’s Justin?”

“He already left Ma’am. He asked me to tell you to go and…” Jane swallowed the lump in her throat. She could not bear to say the words her master asked her to say. Serene had always been good to them, in fact she treated her as her daughter.

“He asked you to tell me to go away?” Serene took the words from Jane’s mouth. Her red eyes watered again. She pursed her lips and forced herself to get up. “That’s fine, Jane. Could you please do me a last favor and call me a taxi? I’m afraid I don’t have the strength to walk to the gates,” she forced herself to give Jane a smile who then nodded at her and turned back to enter the house.

Serene stood outside the villa and waited for the taxi to arrive. Although Jane said Justin already left, she still craned her head to look at the master’s bedroom. Her heart felt heavy as she recalled the cold treatment he got from him. Even beggars got treated better.

It’s still hard for her to comprehend that the man who said he’d spend his life with her could kick her out of his life in a snap of a finger and treat her like garbage. Serene gave out a hollow laugh.

She felt extremely stupid for hoping that he’d come to his senses and take her in. After all, it was unsafe to sleep outside so much more for a woman like her. And he said he loved her. She sneered at the thought.

If this is the way he treats a person whom he said he loved, I shiver at the thought of how he treats his enemies; she thought to herself. If there is one thing she learned from her relationship with Bryan, it’s knowing when to give up. Clearly, this is a fight she could not win. She’d hold on to the last shred of her dignity and accept that they’re over.

With that, her taxi had arrived. She boarded the vehicle and gave the driver her destination. She gave the villa a last look, closed her eyes and shed the last tears she had for Justin.

The taxi stopped at the domestic airport. Walking past the glass walls of the surrounding buildings, she saw how pathetic she looked. She went to the washroom to attempt tidying herself and appear decent before she queued to board the plane.

Forty-five minutes after she boarded, the familiar aerial view of Coast City welcomed her. Stepping out of the arrival area, the sight of the tall and burly Conrad welcomed her. Suddenly, her heart felt heavy, and her chest tight.

Just like when she was a little kid, whenever she got bullied, the sight of Conrad gave her a comforting feeling, and just like in the past, her feet ran towards the familiar brawny arms that carried and comforted her when she felt aggrieved.

Conrad frowned at the sight of her daughter. She looked distraught. Her clothes unkempt, her face sullen. When he saw Serene running towards him, his chest tightened. She looked like the tiny little girl who ran to him, crying her heart out.

Serene threw her body into Conrad’s waiting arms. “Dad!” she croaked as the tears she kept at bay flowed out of her eyes like a broken dam.

“What’s the matter, baby girl?” he said as he rubbed the back of her head. Serene just buried her head in his chest, her shoulders quivering as she uncontrollably sobbed.

Serene clung to her father’s neck as he carried her in his arms. Just like what he did many years ago whenever he would pick her up from the playground because some kid bullied her or took her toy.