A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 565

Elijah stood up to clean the table. He went to the kitchen to wash the tableware silently.

Esther frowned due to confusion. Why did he become so indifferent suddenly?

Before this, they either quarreled or just had sex whenever they met each other. But now, he acted so indifferently, and it made her feel uncomfortable. But he was the actual owner of the apartment whereas she just lived there temporarily.

Esther switched on the television and laid down on the sofa. She felt super comfortable watching the television after having a meal. She liked so much being a “pig”, which did not have any worries, ate until full, then slept after that. As long as she did not think of those worries, she would not feel upset. However, when she watched the television, she was still distracted!

It was because she switched to the entertainment channel and she saw Elijah at her first glance.

He was surrounded by reporters and they were asking him about his marriage.

Esther was panicked and suddenly curious about his reply. On the television, he looked calm and indifferent while staring at the camera with his sharp eyes. He said steadily, “Guys, this is my private life, and I would like to express my gratitude for your concern! But I would like to take this opportunity to declare that I am single currently and it will remain the same for the next few years!”

“President, I heard that you have engaged, and Miss Price is your wife. Can you explain about it?” A reporter asked.

“Esther?” Elijah asked back. “Is she my wife?”

With a counterargument, he threw back the question to the reporter.

Esther looked at it blankly. He did not admit it. Then, she heard that he said, “Please don’t simply make a guess and leave some space to Miss Price as well as me too!”

After saying such a simple sentence, Elijah left under the protection of bodyguards with a calm and elegant attitude.

Esther was stunned and she felt a little odd. Elijah mentioned that he was still single and would not be married in the next few years. Was their marriage considered a hidden marriage?

Elijah walked out of the kitchen and wiped his hands with a towel. Esther quickly changed the television channel to prevent him from knowing that she was watching the entertainment channel. However, Elijah who had an excellent hearing did not miss the entertainment news just now.

He looked at her small face with his sharp eyes. She was like evading and dared not look into his deep eyes.

He sat down beside her, and she immediately moved away a bit to keep a distance from him.

“Remote control!” She passed the remote control to him.

He raised his hand and received it.

He pressed the remote control with his big hand and changed the channel to an entertainment channel. The television was showing the follow-up news regarding the gossip on his marriage with Esther. Someone said that he kept a beauty secret while the others said that he had not married at all. Rumors were saying he did not even care about that little orphan so he would not pay attention to her. The woman that the president of Perry Group would look for should be someone who was matching with each other in the background.

If Esther would like to marry into a wealthy family, it was incredibly difficult!

Both of them looked at the news silently and he did not move. After the news ended, he changed the channel to watch the financial news. She felt that she was panting and slightly suffocated, but she did not stand up and left.

She felt awkward if she continued sitting together with him because she did not like to watch financial news. Esther did not pay attention to the contents displayed on the television.

She secretly glanced at the time and noticed that it was half-past seven only. So, it seemed unusual to sleep so early.

“I’m going back to my room!” She finally stood up and said it hurriedly.

“Tomorrow, you go to have a look at D University and report yourself on Monday. When you don’t have class, go to my office!” He said it while she was standing up.

“Ah! Do you still let me go study?” She was astonished because she thought that he was angry since she mentioned that she had no relationship with him.

“What do you want to do other than studying?” He asked with a hidden meaning with an ambiguous tone.

“I... I know that!” Esther’s face blushed. “I will go tomorrow!”

She seemed to forget his latter words which were asking her to go to his office if she did not have class.

When he saw her leaving hurriedly in an embarrassed manner, Elijah raised the corner of his lips. His gentle smile slowly affected the corner of his mouth which was indifferent, and it was so bright.

After returning to her room, Esther could not sleep at all. She was exhausted but she could not fall asleep.

Elijah watched the news for an hour and then returned to his room.

That night, Elijah never came out after going into his room.

Esther slept with an unsettling feeling.

That night was extraordinarily quiet.

Both of them slept in a separate room. In the morning, Esther woke up but Elijah went missing. There was a cup of milk, a piece of toast, and a fried egg on the table.

Esther took the cup of milk and sipped it. The milk was warm, and she felt touched.

Elijah, what kind of man was he?

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After eating the breakfast prepared by Elijah, Esther felt that she was like a child and the feeling of being taken care of was so warm. But, when she thought of all these feelings came from a stranger man, she felt kind of odd again.

After getting familiar with the environment at D University, she went to the hospital to visit Kattie and Hudson.

In the ward.

Winnie peeled an apple and handed it to him. “Hudson, eat an apple!”

Hudson did not take it. Whenever she saw Hudson, Winnie could see the pain of deadly loneliness inadvertently through his eyes. She was familiar with that kind of gaze because it was the same as hers. That was deadly loneliness that nothing was important to him anymore.

“Hudson, I know that you don’t love me, and I will not force you! I will not make things difficult for you if you want to divorce and actually, we can still be friends after divorce. You have the right to love and so do I. I will not create any more troubles for you and let’s go to handle the divorce formalities after you are recovered! Eat an apple!”

Hudson’s eyes were distracted. He was puzzled and his firm facial features were twisted. Then, he gradually became calm and indifferent as if he did not believe that Winnie would be so decisive.

“Love someone but cannot be together is the saddest thing in this world. I deeply understand your heart and I truly can feel it. Even though knowing that it was impossible, we still imagined it. But both of you truly love each other and I can’t get what I want no matter how stubborn I am. I should let go and give freedom to both of us!” Winnie said it calmly.

Her words made him silent, and he closed his eyes then remained silent.

No matter how he and Esther could not be together again. What could he do? Let her go? He was unable to do so! Everything was destroyed by himself!

At this moment, he did not dare to tell her the truth because there was still some imagination in his mind!

When going into the ward, she saw Winnie was inside. Before this, Hudson’s face showed unpleasant and confused. But, when he saw Esther, he was surprised, and joy was expressed on his face. “Esther, you are here!”

“Hudson, Winnie!” Esther greeted them warmly and asked, “How’s your body?”

Winnie lowered the corner of her lower lip rigidly. She looked a little embarrassed until she was going to cry. She was annoyed at Hudson's indifferent face. He was so indifferent towards her whereas he always gave a smiley face to Esther. This was the difference between love and no love!

Esther did not go close to Hudson but only looked at him at a distance. “Hudson, you must recover soon! Alright, I have visited you and I should go now! I don’t want to disturb both of you!”

Esther did not wait for Hudson to react and turned around and was about to leave!

“Esther!” Hudson called her.

Esther stopped walking and turned her body with a smiley face. “Yes, anything? Hudson?”

“Oh, I will go out for a while and I will be back later!” Winnie understood the situation and left the room for them.

Esther was waiting, “Hudson?”

“Esther, let’s leave this place. We can leave this place and never come back anymore. We can go to Switzerland and stay there for the rest of our lifetimes. Can we?” Hudson struggled for the last time and if Esther agreed, he would immediately let go of the Ball family’s business then left with her.

Esther did not speak, and her eyes gradually went blank because there was nothing in her mind. After a while, she looked at him and said, “Hudson, I’m not from a wealthy family and I am not a virgin anymore. Do you mind?”

He was stunned.

Esther slightly raised her head to move her face away then looked at him from the side of her eyes. Her eyes were filled with confusion and gloom.

Hudson looked at her and his eyebrows expressed his pain. How could he do not mind? But it was all his fault and how could he blame Esther? He shook his head and said, “No, I don’t care about it!”

“But, how about the next ten years? How about twenty years later?” Esther asked with a mournful smile. “After ten years, I am not young anymore and when your affection for me is not that strong, will you still not mind?”

“Esther, I don’t mind! Don’t mind!” Hudson shook his head. “All is my fault and what right do I have to care about it?”

“Hudson, let your body recover well first! Winnie is a good girl, and she loves you so much. Actually, sometimes it will be more exhausting to stay with a person you love compared to a person that loves you! Since those who love each other can’t be together, then be together with someone that loves you! Because of me, Kattie is still in the hospital and I can’t leave! Hudson, I am sorry, and you are my Hudson forever!” When she was saying the words, every breath that she took was painful, but she still remained her smiley face. “Forever Hudson!”

But, he could only become her brother!

“Esther, do you truly feel guilty of Kattie or are you unable to leave Elijah?” Suddenly, Hudson asked with an admiring, jealous yet hateful tone.

There was a lightning strike in Esther’s mind apparently.

Was she unable to leave Elijah?

Hudson smiled bitterly and said, “Esther, ten years. It is ten years! How could I not know you well?”

“I don’t!” Esther denied but she felt that her tone was not that firm anymore. “Hudson, I should leave first!

She was panicked and did not dare to look at Hudson’s face. “We are siblings forever and you are always my good brother. I will visit you again!”

She directly left!

Hudson knew that he truly lost Esther this time!

Esther walked past the corridor hurriedly and Winnie saw her walking into the lift from the other side. She came back to the ward.

She looked at Hudson’s face from the entrance. She realized that Hudson was the same as her brother because both of them had an indifferent expression and slender body figure. Also, they did not smile too often, and their eyes were sharp and scary. But, without noticing, they were portraying an attractive and cool charisma.

She was still attracted to him while looking at him.

Once falling in love with this kind of man, it might be a lifetime of protection, loyalty, and the only one. However, he loved Esther, not her, Winnie!

Since she needed to let go, after all, it would be better for her to do it earlier!

After Esther left, Elijah came in from outside.

“Elijah?” Winnie was stunned because she did not expect the arrival of Elijah.

Elijah slightly nodded his head before walking into the ward.

Hudson moved his head indifferently and looked into Elijah’s cold eyes. Hudson’s indifferent expression met Elijah’s cold eyes. At that moment, both of their eyes were like fighting incisively.

Elijah was dressed in a neat suit and looked tall. He did not show much expression on his indifferent facial features and there was a coldness that isolating everything within his indifference.