A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 279

Around the corner where there was no streetlights, on the side of the screening room, the half face of a man was reflected, that was so deep and breathtaking. His dark hair covered his eyes, which converged with the glitter and blossomed with much pity and intense yearning.

Leila was stunned and her eyes went into a trance. Was she really getting old and starting to hallucinate? She blinked her eyes to confirm again. This time, she was really shocked and the color was instantly drained from her face. She stammered, "Se…senior, is that you?"

She didn't expect to meet Theodore Hall, wasn't he in Australia? Had he graduated?

"Leila, it's been so long!" There was a tremor in Theodore's voice. With a somewhat melancholy expression, he stepped out from the shadow and looked at Leila. His eyes didn't blink, as if thousands of years had passed, and a thousand words converged into a single sentence. "How have you been doing?"

Leila took a step back and gazed at him.

They hadn't seen each other for three years. Theodore, who had been in his senior year of university at the time, had matured. He was as tall and eye-catching as he was in those years. His body proportions were perfect, and she could tell that it was the result of exercise at a glance. At this moment, he was wearing a casual long-sleeved T-shirt, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

Theodore seemed to be a different person compared to three years ago. His aura was so compelling and his handsomeness was so breathtaking. Living in Australia had given him an outstanding temperament. Such a man was standing in front of her at this moment.

"Yeah, Senior, long time no see! You're back?!" Leila smiled gently. Indeed, she didn't expect to meet Theodore, especially since they hadn't seen each other for three years and they hadn't had any contact, she almost thought they were just strangers. In fact, they were really just strangers. The only ambiguity between them was that they watched a movie together and he asked her to wait for him. After that, he left for three years without a word.

However, nothing mattered today because she had long since stopped caring about it, or rather she never did.

"How about watching a movie together?" he said again.

The voice was too familiar to her, fruity and husky, clear and cool. However, Leila shook her head. "No, I have things to do! I've to go home!"

"Leila-" Theodore hurriedly shouted.

Leila raised her eyes indifferently. "Is there anything else, Senior?"

When Theodore listened to her indifferent tone, a trace of self-deprecation flashed across his eyes, and his expression was gloomy, as if it was overcast with black clouds. "We haven't seen each other for so long, do you want to be so distant?"

Leila chuckled and said, "Senior, you're joking, I really should go back, I have to work tomorrow!"

"Why didn't you reply to my letter?" His voice was hollow and distant, reaching her ears.

Leila was at a loss for words for a moment. She looked up in a trance and saw him gazing at her with a torch-like gaze. She was a little surprised, "Have you ever written to me?"

Theodore was dumbfounded. "You've never received a letter from me?"

Leila nodded. "Yes!"

"It's impossible! I wrote you 99 letters. Leila, didn't you receive any of them?" He was really shocked, "It's impossible that you didn't receive a single one!"

"I really didn't receive it!" Leila was also in utter shock, but it didn't seem like Theodore was lying. Subconsciously, she bit her lips tightly and shook her head gently.

"How did this happen?"

"Did you write down the wrong address?"

"Leila, I studied at P University for four years, how could I write down the wrong address?" He put on a wry smile, feeling doubly disappointed. "For the first year, I wrote you two letters a week, but none of them were answered. I told myself to persist, so I persisted in writing you 99 letters, but still didn't receive a single word from you, then I thought you might not want to talk to me, and I stopped sending letters after that..."

"I didn't receive it!" Leila was a little flustered at this point. "Excuse me, I should go back now!"

"Leila, please give me a few more moments!"

She couldn't stay out too long, it was already night time and she didn't want Vincent to find her in trouble. She turned around, but said politely, "Goodbye, senior!"

"Leila!"

She walked past him with her head down. She didn't say much and was indifferent as she didn't know what to say. Whatever she said, she felt it was redundant at this moment.

However, Theodore's body suddenly moved in the way that blocked her way. "Leila, listen to me!"

"Senior, I really have to go back, there's no bus if I'm late." Leila looked up with no choice and said softly.

Theodore gazed at her for a long time without speaking, but then he reached out and took her hand in his. "Leila, I'm back, and what I said three years ago still works! Since it was a misunderstanding, and since you didn't receive my letter, I'm back…."

"But I don't remember what you said, and besides, I'm married!" Leila bit her lips, then smiled softly with a faintly discernible smile. "Since I don't know your phone number, I can't inform you to come to my wedding reception. I'm sorry! But my husband and I will definitely treat you to a meal sometime!"

"You're married?" Theodore's hand tightened, holding Leila's hand a little tighter, causing her hand to hurt.

His countenance fell, as if he couldn't believe it, "You haven't graduated yet and how can you get married? Leila, is this your way of punishing me? Punishing me for not sticking around afterwards?"

For a moment, Leila's brain felt like a crashed computer. Turning around, she immediately shook her head. "Senior, I never lie! I may not tell you, but I don't lie!"

She gently pulled away his hand, turned and then left.

Theodore stood in place and didn't continue to go after her. Until the sound of her footsteps slowly went away, he lit a cigarette and walked out of the family screening room alone.

'Am I really too late?' He asked himself.

His slanting shadow was gradually elongated under the street light, crossing the quiet and charming street of the campus, and then he seemed to finally make up his mind to go after her.

"Leila, wait a minute!" Theodore shouted.

Leila had to stop in her tracks again and turn around gently.

She saw that Theodore was smiling with a calm expression, not at all like what he looked like just now. He even winked at her and said, "I'm just kidding with you. We are meeting as old alumni, so even if you are in a hurry, shouldn't you go in and sit for a while?"

Leila was not quite used to his gentleness and said with a faint smile, "Let's do it tomorrow. I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow to welcome your return, and now I really have to go!"

"Really?" Theodore smiled faintly, she would come to him, should he believe it?

"Of course!"

"Give me your phone number!" he said.

Leila froze and her expression changed, "How about you give me your phone number and I'll contact you!"

"Is it so hard to give me your phone number?" His words were vaguely harsh, and he frowned slightly and said, "Now you can leave!"

Even if she didn't tell him the phone number, he could get it easily, he just really wanted her to tell him in person.

However, in the end, Leila just smiled gently and left.

At the villa.

When Leila returned, the villa was lit up and the Bugatti was parked in the courtyard.

She looked at her watch to check the time, the time was 9 p.m. She had actually been outside for so long.

When she entered the villa, she saw Vincent sitting at the dining table with a sullen look on his face. When he saw her return, he looked up and cast his gaze at her with his tone very unpleasant. "Where have you been?"

"The university dormitory!" she answered.

Thinking of his previous remark that he would come to pick her up, but then he suddenly became so indifferent again. His attitude was so capricious that she could not accept it for a while, but she wouldn't show it.

Vincent stood up, walked over to the wine cooler, poured the fragrant red wine into a crystal clear glass, and then walked up to Leila with the wine glass in his hand. "Are you alone?"

"Yes!" She nodded.

The bright light shone on his handsome face, and he stood there coldly with fluctuations surged up within his eyes while his untamed and thick brows locked together.

"Haven't you eaten yet?" She glanced at the four dishes and soup laid out on the table and was slightly surprised that it looked like he had cooked the meal, but no one had eaten it. How long had he been back?

Did he come back to cook after being mean to her on the phone?

Should she make such a presumptuous guess? Maybe she shouldn't. When she saw he didn't say anything, she added, "I'm going upstairs!"

Vincent didn't say much, but blocked her way.

She looked up in slight surprise and saw him looking at her coldly, as if sizing her up, and as if he was thinking. His dark eyes were concealing his true feelings.

Leila stood in place, feeling nothing but bewilderment. "Can't I go upstairs?"

"No!"

"If there's anything you want to say, just say it!" She waited quietly.

"I haven't eaten!" His words were like informing her.

"Then eat!" She glanced at the meal on the table.

"I don't want to eat alone!" He said.

Leila frowned and nodded. "Do you want me to eat with you?"

He didn't say anything.

Leila frowned again, bothered by what he was going to do and what he wanted to do.

Vincent picked up his goblet and took another sip of red wine, "Yes!"

Leila breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the dining table.

Vincent picked up a pair of chopsticks and handed them to her.

"I've eaten!" She explained.

"Have some more!" He said in a deep voice.

Leila had no choice but to take the chopsticks. She looked at the dishes on the table, they all looked delicious and must have been made by him.

"What did you eat?" He said in an indifferent tone.

"Mung bean jelly!" She ate it at a shop near the school.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, "Eat less of that non-nutritious food in the future!"

Umm!

Leila paused but wanted to say something, but after some consideration, she thought it was unnecessary. Thus, she had to swallow the words stuck on the tip of her tongue, looking at the dishes on the table, she only took a stick of celery.

While Vincent just drank the wine and didn't move his chopsticks.

Leila also put down her chopsticks, and it just so happened that her phone rang. Who would call her at this hour?

She looked down at the phone and found that it was an unfamiliar number. She looked up at Vincent, whose eyes swept over her phone as if unconsciously.

She answered the phone. "Hello?"

Theodore's voice came from the other end of the phone, and Leila's face turned pale. She hadn't expected him to call her, and how did he know her number? Then she heard him say, "Leila, are you home?"

"You, how do you know my number?" She asked subconsciously.

"As I said, I will definitely know what I want to know!" His voice was so confident. His low voice coming through the phone made Leila frown, and for a moment, she was a little angry inside.

"Anything?" Her voice calmed down, she was indifferent and unable not to be. "If not, I'm hanging up!"

"Wait a minute -"

Leila's eyebrows knitted together as she waited for Theodore to speak.

"Leila, I'm sorry! There are some words that I can't spit out in front of you, but I'm really sorry that I didn't contact you afterwards. It wasn't because I have forgotten you, but I was afraid that you will ignore me forever. I was afraid that my heart wouldn't be able to stand it anymore and I would give up my studies and came back from Australia...I was afraid I wouldn't be able to finish my studies... Leila, can you understand?"