Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 419: The man both you and I love is going to get engaged to someone else...
She knew he had been heartbroken over her for a long time, knew that her departure had utterly changed him, turning him from a deeply affectionate boy into the notorious playboy of River City.
He played around in the world, all because of her.
None of this mattered to her, nor would it ever matter.
Because she knew very clearly that neither the playboy version of him nor the one rumored with any woman was his true self.
As long as she returned to him, he would become his true self again, that deeply affectionate and gentle boy who loved only her. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
She was so confident, confident to the point of forgetting her own heartache and not hurrying back, continuing her studies instead.
She wanted to make herself more beautiful and outstanding to appear before him.
In half a year, she would receive her postdoctoral award and return to his side.
Her thoughts were simple; she just wanted to make herself worthy of him, to reappear in his life in a dazzling way...
But now, he suddenly wants to get engaged!
So what should she do?
She who worked hard to forget everything, to grow, to make herself worthy of him, capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with him, willing to do anything to return to his side—what should she do?
She was on the verge of succeeding, yet he would no longer wait for her?
He had forgotten her, fallen in love with another girl, and was about to get engaged to that girl.
What should she do?
...
Tears unknowingly began to fall, blurring Grace Quarters’ vision.
Just then, a figure flitted past her eyes, and a girl in a khaki trench coat sat down in front of her.
The visitor was none other than her close friend, who had texted her earlier to notify her return, Ivy Wood.
Ivy Wood looked at Grace Quarters, silently shedding tears while staring at the glass of the café, and softly spoke, "Grace, you’re back."
Hearing Ivy Wood’s voice, Grace Quarters wiped the tears from her eyes and turned her head to look at the person before her.
Ivy Wood, her high school classmate, her best friend—her best friend who was in love with the same man as she was!
If it weren’t for Ivy Wood, she wouldn’t have left back then.
If not for her best friend, she and Malcom would not have reached this point today.
Back then, it was this woman who seized her weakness, left her with no choice but to leave Malcom by holding evidence against her, forcing her to leave.
Ha, six years have passed.
She had been gone for six years, and this woman still hadn’t managed to win over Malcom.
No, this poor woman hadn’t even had a single scandalous encounter with Malcom.
Did this woman think that by driving her away, she could get close to Malcom and claim him?
How utterly foolish!
Grace Quarters looked at Ivy Wood with cold eyes and asked in a chilled voice, "Tell me, you called me back, brought me here, what exactly do you want to say?"
Faced with this side of Grace Quarters, Ivy Wood suddenly didn’t know what to say.
She couldn’t meet Grace Quarters’ tear-swollen eyes and lowered her head, "Grace, I’m sorry."
Grace Quarters did not accept Ivy Wood’s apology and coldly replied, "No need to say sorry, you haven’t wronged me."
At these words, Ivy Wood lifted her head and suddenly grabbed Grace Quarters’ hand.
She looked at Grace Quarters, her emotions running high, and spoke urgently, "Grace, I am truly sorry. I don’t beg for your forgiveness, just please, don’t leave this time, okay?"
Grace Quarters didn’t answer Ivy Wood’s question, coldly withdrawing her hand from Ivy Wood’s grasp.
Seeing Grace Quarters unmoved, Ivy Wood became even more agitated, "Grace, Malcom is going to get engaged to another woman! The man both you and I love, he’s going to marry another woman! Grace, don’t you still love Malcom? How can you bear to let him marry another woman, why don’t you take him back?"
"Hah," Grace Quarters sneered, looking at Ivy Wood, "What? Should I take him back so you can snatch him away again?"
Before Ivy Wood could say anything, she continued coldly, "Just like you said, I am not worthy of Malcom anymore, so why should I even try?"
Saying this, her expression inevitably grew desolate, "Even though I still love him, love him dearly, as long as he is happy, that’s what matters."
Seeing Grace Quarters like this, Ivy Wood grasped Grace Quarters’ hand again, anxiously expressing her feelings, "Grace, I won’t fight you for him anymore, really! Go, take Malcom back! Compared to anyone else, I’d rather Malcom marry you than see him marry another woman!" ...
"Hah, take him back?" Grace Quarters looked at Ivy Wood with cold eyes, questioning coldly, "Ivy Wood, in your eyes, what do you take Malcom for? Do you think Malcom is some personal possession we can fight over?"
Before Ivy Wood could respond, she added, emphasizing each word, "But he’s not! He is a person, a man with his own mind, an irresistibly charming man!"
Frustrated, Grace Quarters shook off Ivy Wood’s grasp, "Ivy Wood, six years have passed, and everything has changed entirely! You forced me to leave back then, and now Malcom has fallen in love with another woman, yet you’re telling me to take him back?"
"Hah," Grace Quarters sneered, blatantly displaying the hatred in her eyes, "Ivy Wood, don’t you find yourself utterly ridiculous?"
Ivy Wood: "..."
She knew, she knew it all.
She knew how ridiculous she was, but what else could she do?
From the moment she fell in love with Malcom Moore, she had already turned herself into such a ridiculous and pathetic person.
To have Malcom Moore, she went to great lengths to chase Grace Quarters away, and now, to prevent Malcom Moore from marrying another woman, she had to personally ask Grace Quarters to come back.
Neither the girl named Serena Sterling nor the Grace Quarters before her was the one Malcom Moore loved all along!
Yet, regardless of whether Malcom Moore loved her or not, whether there was ever a chance for them to be together, she couldn’t bear to see him marry another woman, couldn’t bear to see him happily married to someone for a lifetime.
If she couldn’t have Malcom, then let him belong to all women!
Ivy Wood looked at Grace Quarters, speaking humbly, "Grace, no matter what you say, just stay, just be willing to take Malcom back."
"Ha, Ivy Wood, it’s easy for you to say!" Grace Quarters looked at Ivy Wood, probing her wounds, "Over these six years, you’ve fought and you’ve tried, but what have you achieved? Haven’t you made no progress at all, haven’t you failed to get even a fleeting look from Malcom, haven’t you remained a stranger in his eyes?"
Grace Quarters looked at Ivy Wood with hatred, "Now that Malcom has fallen for another woman, you tell me to come back and take him? Ivy Wood, tell me how I should do it?"
