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Chapter 1106 - 575: Extra: Brother, Let Me Stay by Your Side, Okay? (1-2)
Private airport, with vast open space, the wind is especially strong.Alice’s slender figure looks fragile under the heavy wind of the airport.
Chester furrowed his brows, his voice as light as usual, "Why are you here?"
Alice walked towards him against the wind.
The wind blew her straight hair, letting it flutter in the wind.
She asked him, "Are you going to New York?"
Chester said, "When did you start questioning my whereabouts?"
Alice stared at his expressionless face, her voice slightly hoarse, "Are you rushing to New York to see Becca?"
Chester squinted slightly, his gaze carried a chill.
Alice swallowed the bitterness in her throat and said, "Do you love Becca that much?"
Chester remained silent.
Tears appeared in Alice’s eyes, "Brother... Becca is already married to Howard Geoffrey. She loves Howard deeply; it’s impossible for her to be with you all her life..."
"My business is none of your concern." Alice’s words seemed to touch Chester’s taboo, and he coldly stepped forward.
Alice chased after him, reaching out to intercept Chester’s tall and proud figure, "Charlotte Yule has already told me everything..."
"So what?"
"Are you really planning to marry Charlotte Yule?"
"She and I have our respective needs, there’s no harm in it." Chester’s tone was light, as if discussing something irrelevant.
"Why do you want to marry Charlotte Yule?" Alice painfully uttered.
"I’ve told you, I need a wife."
"Even if it’s without love?"
"Yes."
Alice laughed coldly, the wind made her stagger, she almost couldn’t stand, but she continued to stare at Chester, "Is it because of what Becca once said?"
Chester’s face darkened a shade.
Alice knew she guessed right...
That time, he had just woken up from a coma, and Becca came to see him...
She still remembers what Becca said to him――
Doctor Robinson, I still want to call you that... Anyhow, you ultimately performed the surgery on me, fulfilling me and Howard.
I knew you would wake up, you would definitely wake up, because you wouldn’t leave Alice, and you wouldn’t leave the child...
But do you know, what I most anticipate is, when you wake up, you could forget all the past...
No dark childhood, no M, no meeting me...
I want you to start your new life anew, I want you to be harmonious with Alice, want you to have a simple life, someday to invite me and Howard, my sister, and Mr. Jones to your wedding... All of us together.
I really want you to be happy, Chester...
If because of me you’re unhappy in this life, I will feel guilty all my life.
I hope you have a good life, wishing you and Alice happiness.
"She wants you happy, you don’t want her to feel guilty, so you’re marrying Charlotte Yule to eliminate this guilt and let her live purely and happily for the rest of her life, right?" Alice choked, her voice now hoarse to the point of almost being inaudible.
Chester’s adam’s apple moved slightly, his thin lips pursed into a line.
Alice raspingly spoke out, "Why did you suddenly make such a decision? If you want to protect her, there are countless ways, why choose to marry someone you don’t love?"
In the airport’s strong wind, her tears were blown away, hitting the ground heavily.
She stared at him blankly, her vision already blurred.
His face firm, thin lips pursed into a line, he remained silent.
Her voice after the hoarse shout was indeed raspy, it seemed to lose strength, weakly saying, "Brother, this world is not just about Rebecca Quentin... Maybe until now no one can replace Becca in your heart, but I believe soon you will meet the other half who truly belongs to you in your life..."
Does he know, she and Becca are the same, they wish for his happiness.
She looked at him pleadingly.
He was silent for a long time before speaking, "Go back!"
She looked firmly at him, "I’m not going back!!"
He stopped responding to her, turned, and walked straight towards the airplane’s steps.
Her body weakened, collapsing to the ground.
"Miss Alice..." Keith Antony anxiously supported her.
She vacantly watched Chester’s back, tears cascaded down.
Chester paused in his steps, said, "Keith, stay and take her back."
"Yes."
By the time the plane soared into the air, Alice was already sitting in the car heading home.
Tears had dried in the wind, her whole demeanor listless leaning against the seatback.
Keith constantly looked back at her, feeling empathy, yet unsure of how to comfort her.
Finally, Keith couldn’t help but say, "Miss Alice... I think you don’t really understand what Miss Quentin means to the boss... The boss’s whole childhood was dark, Miss Quentin can be said to be the first ray of sunshine in the boss’s life, the first smiling face the boss saw, that warmth which only Miss Quentin can give... The boss has been living so lonely all these years, just to find Miss Quentin, and you say such heavy feelings can’t be forgotten overnight?"
Alice said nothing, she just quietly leaned against the seatback, her complexion pale without a trace of blood.
"Miss Alice, there’s another matter, I’ve considered it, and decided to tell you..."
Alice still remained in a deathly silence.
Keith spoke hesitantly, "Actually, the boss... he’s not well, his health is very poor." Such was the heavy truth that even Keith felt burdened mentioning it.
Alice’s sore eyelids lifted, staring at Keith in shock, "You’re saying... saying what?"
Keith sighed heavily, pulled the car over, and softly spoke, "The boss had a bullet pass through his head to save you, resulting in blood clots obstructing his brain, which caused him to be in a coma for more than a year... In fact, when the boss woke up, the doctor checked and found the blood clots still exist in his brain; he must have surgery immediately, or he’s at constant risk of life-threatening danger."
Alice suddenly bounced up from the seat, incredulously looking at Keith, "How could it be..."
Keith nodded, "Miss Alice, I wouldn’t joke about such matters with you..."
"I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it... he’s always been fine..."
Keith sorrowfully said, "I also don’t want to believe such truth; until two days ago, I never even thought the boss had health issues... until that day I called you."