Reborn on Wedding Night: Flirting the Cold Bigshot into Blushes-Chapter 424: Too Perfect, Chosen to Be Forgotten
After sending Nancy Allen to the flower house, Julius Shaw left.
Once Julius Shaw left, Ruby Carter visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
Nancy Allen said, "There’s no one here but us, so you don’t have to be reserved. You can do whatever you like. There’s a break room inside where you can rest if you’re tired."
Ruby Carter timidly walked up to Nancy Allen and, after a long while, finally mustered the courage to ask, "Madam, why did you say those things to me before?"
Nancy Allen patted the bench beside her, indicating for Ruby Carter to sit down and talk.
The two pale-faced girls sat together on the bench.
Nancy Allen softly said, "Because as long as you’re alive, anything is possible. Once you’re gone, there’s nothing left, and it only leaves those who care about you in pain and sorrow."
Ruby Carter lowered her head, "But I don’t want things to be this way. Over the years, my brother couldn’t study properly or work well because of me. If... if..."
Nancy Allen understood what Ruby Carter wanted to say, that she believed everything would be better without her.
Nancy Allen interrupted Ruby Carter’s thoughts, "There is no ’if.’ You two were born as siblings. What people fear most isn’t physical suffering, but the lack of inner support. And you, you’re your brother’s pillar of strength. Do you want to topple his mental support?"
Ruby Carter shook her head vigorously, "I don’t."
"That’s good then, just live well."
"Is it really possible?"
"It is possible."
Nancy Allen handed a key to the flower house to Ruby Carter, "From now on, you can be here, so close to your brother. You can use anything in the shop. That hanging chair over there is mine, although, when I’m not here, you can use it too."
Nancy Allen was quite lenient with Ruby Carter. That hanging chair was hers and she previously wouldn’t let anyone use it because she couldn’t stand others’ scents.
But in front of the equally frail and empathetic Ruby Carter, Nancy appeared very lenient.
It mainly helped that she didn’t mind the soap powder scent on Ruby Carter.
Ruby Carter obediently nodded her head.
Nancy Allen noticed Ruby Carter taking out high school textbooks from her cloth bag and casually asked, "Why are you studying high school textbooks?"
Ruby Carter, a bit embarrassed, whispered, "I took a break from school because of my poor health. The school said I could self-study for the college entrance exam. I want to score well to earn a scholarship and lighten my brother’s burden."
Nancy Allen couldn’t help but chuckle. In her flower house, first there was Alva King pretending to study, and now there’s Ruby Carter genuinely studying.
With a smile, Nancy Allen said, "Yes, study hard. If you’re missing any books, there’s a card for the bookstore in the drawer. You can read any book at the bookstore for free."
The usually gentle Ruby Carter suddenly perked up upon hearing this, her big eyes sparkling, "Really?"
"Of course, it’s true."
Ruby Carter, excited, took out the bookstore card, "Wow, it’s a card for the biggest bookstore in Riverwood City. Madam, thank you so much!"
The bookstore was bought by Godfery Shaw. He originally bought it to learn about CEO romance novels. When Alva King expressed a desire to repeat a grade, Nancy Allen gave her a card.
Now Alva King didn’t use it, but Ruby Carter did.
The attitudes upon receiving it were entirely different.
Alva King had casually tossed it into a drawer at the time.
Ruby Carter, meanwhile, cherished it too much to put it down.
Nancy Allen, in fact, was a smart person, very adept at reading others. It wasn’t easy for anyone to deceive her.
It’s just that she didn’t pay much attention to many things and only casually helped Alva King without bothering with those details.
Thinking back, Alva King’s initial simplicity and pitifulness appeared very fake.
After settling Ruby Carter in, Nancy Allen lay down on her hanging chair, leisurely reading a mindless romance novel.
Seeing Nancy Allen reading, Ruby Carter also quieted down, taking her workbook to do exercises.
The flower house was peaceful, with the occasional customer coming to buy flowers. There was no need to attend them; they would buy flowers and pay on their own.
Ruby Carter could read whenever she wanted, sit whenever she wished, and appear anywhere in the flower house without being driven away.
This was essentially Ruby Carter’s dream place.
Her eyes slightly reddened, Ruby Carter silently mouthed toward Nancy’s direction, "Thank you so very much."
Nancy Allen quietly flipped through her novel as the sun gradually set in the west.
In a daze, she saw that person walking toward her against the sunset.
He was wearing a steady gray suit, the sunlight casting a shadow below his prominent nose, making his face look even more chiseled.
Nancy Allen murmured, "Godfery Shaw."
As he got closer, she saw his eyes, which had a wild, invasive look.
But it wasn’t Godfery Shaw. Nancy Allen closed her eyes.
Julius Shaw approached and asked, "Nancy, what’s the matter?"
Nancy Allen reopened her eyes and softly said, "The sun is a bit dazzling."
Julius Shaw took Nancy Allen back.
Nancy Allen waved at Ruby Carter, "Goodbye, your brother will come to pick you up after work."
Ruby Carter smiled and said, "Goodbye."
Nancy Allen and Julius Shaw got into the car together, and she continued to look outside the window.
Julius Shaw suddenly, somewhat gloomily, asked, "Do you like that Ruby Carter a lot?"
Drawing her gaze back, Nancy Allen shook her head, gently leaning on Julius Shaw’s shoulder.
She understood that Julius Shaw didn’t want her to like anyone other than him.
If she seemed to like someone too much, Julius Shaw might destroy them.
See, by saying she didn’t like her, Julius Shaw wouldn’t inquire further.
The two returned to Imperial Garden, and everything was calm and peaceful.
Whenever Julius Shaw had spare time, he started reading medical books.
Unknowingly, the first book on the treatment and care for anorexia had become increasingly thick as he read it.
Whenever he considered something important, he would separately note it down and place it in the book, making the whole book increasingly thick.
It’s hard to imagine that someone who couldn’t even recognize all the characters was reading this book.
Everyone at Imperial Garden felt Julius Shaw was changing.
Changing for the better.
Before this, who would have thought that the Young Master, who would lose control and hurt others as soon as he appeared, could one day live and communicate like a normal person.
Everyone felt that if there was no other way, then it wasn’t so bad to be like this.
After all, whether it was the older brother or the younger brother, it was the same person, just with a change in character.
Godfery Shaw’s personality was too lofty, giving people an ethereal, untouchable feeling.
He was too perfect; anyone beside him would be overshadowed by his light.
That was a feeling as if he were unreachable, like being on the edge of the sky.
Whereas Julius Shaw was grounded, with a bad temper and lacking in many things, appeared very real.
So real that those around him felt that the legendary Young Master Shaw wasn’t much different from ordinary people, reducing that insurmountable distance and making everyone feel that it wasn’t so bad after all.
Godfery Shaw, being too perfect, was gradually chosen to be forgotten.
Only Nancy Allen would never forget.
Because he was her Godfery Shaw! She only wanted Godfery Shaw to come back!
