The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

When Joey and Allen returned to the village with a full basket of mushrooms and wild vegetables, Sarah had already left with John Walter and the other four bodyguards.

Cindy was crying hysterically at the entrance to the village on her knees, while Marco was standing upright like a tree with tightened lips and clenched fists. He was silent as the dark night.

Joey instantly knew what was going on.

It seemed that John Walter had never taken a true interest in Cindy during his short stay in the village. Otherwise he wouldn't have left without her. She was crying her heart out.

She had offered John Walter everything she had gotten, her body, her heart, her soul. Yet he was still cold-hearted enough to abandon her. A young girl could take it very hard.

As for Marco, he hated the fact that she had to leave at the end. But different from Cindy, he was a man who would rather cover up the wounds of his heart with silence. Maybe he would move on very soon, or it would take ages for his emotional scars to heal properly.

Joey and Allen continued their relaxed rural life together in the village.

However, Marco was spiritless since the day Sarah had left. He sat on the large rock at the entrance of the village, looking in the direct of the city where Sarah now lived and moping all day long. Apart from going home for meals with his blind grandmother, he barely left the rock.

Joey felt very sorry for the boy. He was a decent young man, but unluckily he came from humble backgrounds.

“Baby, what are you looking

emerged from the house with a home-made gun on his back and gently

“Marco.”Joey answered

her around to look at him. He complained, “Do

Joey smiled and said, “Of course.” She did

Allen immediately protested, “He is as handsome as me? Hey, baby, is there something wrong with

very confident in his good looks and he had every right to do so. He was an outstandingly handsome young man, tan- skinned, five feet eleven

with Allen’s demeaning remarks, Joey defended Marco, “Marco is a rustic boy, because he had to work in the field all year long. I bet he will make an attractive young man if properly dressed. Besides, he

“Are you…implying that I’m old?”

man was better than him. However, Joey’s smile suggested that she had no idea how she had hurt his pride

In the past few days, picking wild vegetables and hunting wild animals in the

Allen suddenly stopped arguing with her, which made her realize that she had gone too far just now. She caught up with him and explained, “Allen, I don’t think you’re old, not at all. You’re just twenty-five years old, a

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Are you really mad at

sorry and anxious. She held his left hand and apologized.