Chapter 118

Suddenly, Lenora’s face turned pale, and she clutched her cousin tightly, unwilling to let go. Ophelia could tell at a glance what she was thinking. She offered comfort. “I married into Sunset Vista, but don’t worry, Mr. Winford is different from what they say outside. I’ll explain everything to you later; for now, let’s go inside!” She was afraid the sky would fall if she was a minute late!

The person who opened the door for her was Graham. Upon seeing her, he visibly sighed in relief, lowered his voice, and said, “At the time when dinner was supposed to be cooking, Mr. Winford didn’t let anyone into the kitchen.” The implication made Ophelia’s heart race with fear.

Winford clearly took her words to heart and even made a point to clear the kitchen for her, which showed how much he cared about the promised dinner! However, she only returned now, making him wait and starve for so long! Her heart immediately raced with anxiety as she pulled Lenora forward. “This is my cousin. You take her inside and have someone get her a clean set of clothes. I’m going to see Mr. Winford…”

She quietly crept into the living room, nervously peeking around the wall. Suddenly, she found herself staring into the man’s unfathomable eyes. “Did you come back?”

Ophelia slipped and almost stumbled to the ground. Winford had no expression on his face, and his tone revealed no joy or anger. He sat facing her, with a book in his hands, as if he had been waiting for her for a long time. “Old husband!”

Ophelia stammered for a moment, quickly stood up straight, clasped her hands behind her back, and felt extremely guilty. The man’s gaze was as dark as night, as if a mountain was heavily pressing down on her shoulders. He said, “Come here.” The two short words, though spoken in a very plain tone, conveyed an irresistible meaning.

“I just happened to encounter something temporarily, and I accidentally got delayed…” Ophelia explained weakly while she slowly made her way towards him. She quietly observed his expression and noticed that his face didn’t seem as bad as before, which made her secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

However, just at the moment of approaching, a force suddenly grabbed her wrist! In the next moment, she let out an “ah” and fell into his arms, completely unprepared.

“Did you get delayed?” A cold voice came from above. “Did Lia forget what I said?”

She instinctively asked, “What…?”

“It seemed that he really had forgotten.” The man’s voice suddenly grew heavy as he forcibly lifted her face. He lost control of his strength a bit, and Ophelia felt some pain. She instinctively wanted to speak, but suddenly met his cold and dangerous gaze. A sense of extreme danger enveloped her. She froze in place, “Husband…?”

“Lia, I had told you before that you should remember well whatever you promised me, because I took it seriously—” His deep eyes narrowed dangerously. “The consequences of breaking a promise were severe, do you remember?”

Ophelia was so scared that she didn’t dare to move. “I…” She wanted to defend herself and had just opened her mouth when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the loneliness hidden behind the coldness in his eyes.

She was taken aback, and in that moment, it seemed as if she saw Winford from a past life—no one loved him, no one accompanied him. He had given his whole heart to her, yet in her eyes, there was only Cullen. No matter how much he gave, she was unwilling to look back at him even once…

She felt a pang in her heart and was a bit flustered. She hadn’t expected that just a dinner would make him care so much. However, upon reflection, she had never given him anything, so how could he possibly feel secure? In an instant, the luck of entering the room was gone, and the thought of trying to act cute to win his forgiveness had vanished completely.

For her, it was just two hours that had passed by accident. However, during those two hours, he had been waiting for her, but when he couldn’t wait any longer, what kind of feelings did he have?

“Sorry, my husband!” She suddenly hugged Winford, filled with guilt and self-reproach. Winford was momentarily taken aback.

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have come back so late, I shouldn’t have come back so late without calling you in advance, and I shouldn’t have made you wait for so long…” “It was all my fault, you can punish me, but please don’t do it like this.” She carefully brushed over his cold brows and eyes, her voice muffled, “…I would feel heartbroken.”

“Did it hurt?”