Reborn on Wedding Night: Flirting the Cold Bigshot into Blushes-Chapter 289: I Probably Lost Godfery Shaw

Her voice was pitifully small, but Elijah Jefferson, whose entire attention was on Nancy Allen, still heard it.

He invited Nancy to go to his place.

Going to a man’s house at night was quite inappropriate, but Nancy agreed nonetheless.

Elijah was indeed one of the few friends Nancy had.

Elijah’s home was a hundred-square-meter three-bedroom apartment.

For ordinary people, it’s a very normal house, but for the Jefferson family, it seemed overly modest.

Elijah explained, "I don’t like living in big houses, empty houses are boring to live in alone. It’s enough for me to live here alone. Would you like something to drink?"

Nancy pointed at the chilled boiled water on the table.

Elijah chose to heat it up slightly before pouring it for Nancy.

Everyone around Nancy was always subconsciously considerate of her health.

Nancy sipped the warm water slowly, the pain in her throat easing a bit.

Elijah wasn’t in a hurry to inquire, waiting for her to calm down.

After quite a while, Nancy picked up a pen and paper and wrote: "I guess I’ve lost Godfery Shaw."

Elijah was drinking water too, and upon seeing this sentence, he choked, coughing violently.

"You...you said what? I... cough cough..."

Elijah momentarily couldn’t utter a complete sentence.

How could that be?

For someone like Godfery Shaw, it seemed impossible to give up on Nancy — even at the cost of his life.

Nancy looked at Elijah, her eyes filled with sadness.

Under such a gaze, Elijah’s agitation gradually calmed, realizing it wasn’t a joke; Nancy was speaking the truth.

Elijah regained his composure and softly asked, "What happened?"

Nancy hesitated for a moment and continued to write: "He mistook someone else for me, the person he likes actually isn’t me."

Such an issue, if asked by family or teachers, she wouldn’t reveal, only to Elijah and Emma Lewis, as they were friends she felt comfortable confiding in.

Elijah was utterly shocked, wondering how it was possible to mistake one person for another.

Nancy’s attitude towards Godfery Shaw; if he truly mistook her for someone else, Nancy must be incredibly saddened right now.

No wonder she went out at night, ending up being pulled into a bar.

Elijah sighed deeply in his heart, "Where did you get the info? Are you certain of its authenticity? Could it be a misunderstanding?"

"Godfery Shaw said it himself."

Elijah remained silent for a while, then asked again, "Do you have any plans?"

Nancy shook her head, appearing somewhat disoriented.

She originally had nothing much to do, simply living, her heart always thinking about how Godfery Shaw twice accompanied her through life-and-death situations, wanting to respond to this intense affection, only to discover it was all a misunderstanding.

Elijah felt a pang of sadness seeing Nancy’s bewildered look, suddenly suggesting, "How about this? Don’t overthink it. I have to go on business trips to several cities these days; why don’t you come with me, just treat it as traveling to unwind?"

Nancy hesitated a bit.

Elijah continued, "If you stay in Capital City, people around you will keep asking what’s going on; if you return to Riverwood City, you won’t know how to face Godfery Shaw. It’d be better to go out with me, think through these matters."

Nancy nodded in agreement.

Indeed, what good would staying here do? The closer she was, the more painful it felt.

Thinking of this, Nancy wrote: "Then let’s leave now."

Elijah glanced at the time, it was two in the morning, "Now?"

Nancy nodded.

Because if they didn’t leave now, once daylight arrived and Godfery Shaw realized her absence, she might not be able to leave.

Currently, Nancy was incapable of facing Godfery Shaw and explaining the mistaken identity calmly.

"Alright, then let’s leave now," Elijah agreed.

Upon leaving, Nancy didn’t bring her ID.

But for Elijah, this wasn’t an issue.

The two departed for another city overnight.

Among the places Elijah needed to visit, Nancy chose one furthest from Capital City.

As she left, Nancy messaged her parents, saying she needed to go out for a while and would be back in due time, assuring them not to worry.

After that, Nancy powered down her phone and boarded the plane. Always prone to sleep, Nancy couldn’t fall asleep this time.

At three in the morning on a plane, she leaned against the seatback, her gaze vacant.

Elijah watched worriedly, unable to help but say, "Nancy, sleep for a while, or your health might suffer."

Nancy responded with a soft yes, closing her eyes.

Elijah watched and sighed internally. Though her eyes were shut, her back was tense, meaning she wasn’t really asleep.

Elijah had no heart for sleep either, sighing countless times inside.

He thought Nancy’s life had been truly unfortunate.

Lost in childhood, abused by the Wright family, plotted against by Amos Shaw; now, having barely made it through countless life-threatening events, this happens.

Elijah began recalling how he grew fond of Nancy initially.

At first, she was just another resident in the old district; he saw her timid and meek demeanor, witnessed her cold and ruthless revenge upon others, observed her fragile back seeming like it would be crushed under the weight of pain and sorrow.

Used to watching her, unable to stop watching her, eventually drawn in.

He felt she needed rescuing, he actually wanted to be Nancy’s savior.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t. He had to admit Godfery Shaw was Nancy’s savior.

But now, it seemed that was gone too.

Looking at the sorrowful Nancy, even the faint delight he felt thinking he might have a chance, was completely overwhelmed by the sadness. All that remained were concern.

After several hours of flight, as they got off the plane, daylight had broken.

The moment the plane touched down, Nancy opened her eyes.

Her eyes showed no signs of sleepiness, only clarity.

After disembarking, Nancy turned on her phone, immediately met with numerous missed calls and messages.

All from her parents, brother, and Godfery Shaw.

Not wanting her parents to worry, Nancy decided to make a video call to her mom.

The ringtone rang for half a beat before it was connected.

Clara Goodman anxiously asked, "Nancy, where did you go? Why did you suddenly leave? Did something happen?"

Nancy took a deep breath, trying to appear calm, turned the phone camera towards herself, smiled, waved at the video, indicating she was fine, then typed in the message box.

"Mom and dad, I’m fine, just suddenly wanted to go out for a walk. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in some days."

Her parents quickly glanced at the message, then excitedly asked, "If you want to go out, go with family, leaving so suddenly makes us worried."

"Mom, I’m not a kid anymore. Over the years, everywhere I went, it was always alone. Don’t worry."

Clara paused, her smile turning somewhat bitter, "Mom understands, alright, it’s fine, if you want to play, go play, just check in daily for safety. About Godfery Shaw..."

Nancy, hearing Godfery Shaw’s name, hung up the video call in avoidance.

Then sent a message: "Mom, signal’s bad, that’s it for now, I didn’t sleep well on the plane, I’ll find somewhere to rest first."

On the other end, Mr. and Mrs. Allen watched the abruptly ended video, slightly relieved, at least confirming Nancy was safe.

Unsure of what was wrong with Nancy, like pre-wedding jitters, was she feeling panic over the imminent bright future?

Or did something happen last night?

After all, Godfery Shaw came out of Nancy’s room this morning.