A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 325

“Mum, just trust me, it’s really not what you think, Arthur Lane is my friend!” Leila explained, “Mum, I…”

“What’s wrong? Are you stammering?”

“I want to get a divorce!” Leila mustered up her courage.

“Why?” Stunned for a moment, Mabel immediately held Leila upright and looked in her eyes. “Did you cry last night? Why are your eyelids swollen like this? Are you and Vincent getting a divorce because of that vice president?”

“No, mum!” Leila was almost crying. “I really just want a divorce.”

“My silly girl, do you think marriage is just a child’s play?” Mabel sighed quietly, not even surprised or angry, but only spoke with a serious tone, “Every couple has to go through a running-in period, don’t you like Vincent?”

“Mum?” Leila was stunned, then she denied it. “I don’t like Mr. White!”

“Silly child, if you don’t like him, why would your father and I have agreed to let you marry him? Do you think it was just because of the video by Macey?”

“Mum?!” Leila was stunned again, “You guys?”

“We want you to be happy, do you think that we agree for the marriage just for the sake of the dignity of the Hunter family?” Mabel gently stroked Leila’s little face. “My dear child, if it was for the sake of the Hunter family, I would not agree to you marrying him, but we saw you genuinely like him. Vincent might have had his own purpose in marrying you, but I believe in my daughter, as long as he stays with you for a longer time, he will definitely fall in love with you!”

“No, mum, he won’t fall in love with me, you don’t understand!” Leila was too surprised as her parents had actually known it. They all knew that she liked Vincent but she thought she had hidden it well.

“Leila, to love someone you need to let him know that you love him, let him feel that you like him, if he didn’t know you love him, how can he let his guard down to love you? And have you ever told him that you like him?”

“Mum…I…” Leila shook her head feebly. “I don’t know what to do anymore, I’m so sad, I just want to get a divorce.”

“You don’t want to be used by him in front of the camera, right?”

“Mum!” A mother was always the one who knew her child best.

“Leila, don’t take something just from its cover, mum can clearly see that he treats you different than he treats Macey.”

“How is it different?”

“He calls me mum because of you, and treats me with extra respect because of you too whereas he is really hostile to your dad.”

“Is that so?” Leila was unsure and her little face scrunched together.

“Leila, mum doesn’t allow you to get a divorce!” Mabel said seriously at this point. “But if you really can’t live with him anymore and you feel really unhappy, then you just divorce him! But ask your own heart first, do you really want to leave him?”

“Mum…” Leila hesitated for a moment. “Will you be very sad if Mr. White and I divorce?”

“It doesn’t matter how mum feels, what matters is how you really feel in your heart, is it really to the point where you can't live anymore?” Mabel asked softly, “I believe in my child, we have come through those difficult times together, yet, you have also gone through so many tribulations and mum hopes that those tribulations are the wealth of your life. Sometimes you seem to have reached the cliff, but if you don’t know how to turn around, how do you know the alternative way is not easy? Marriage is managed by wisdom, not impulse. How many couples have gone through sweet lives, or even lived together for longer, but who knows that they have not thought about divorce? Maybe in the long life of a couple, they don't know how many times they think about the topic of divorce, but in the end they all hold back to get to the sweet wedding, it's not easy to live a lifetime, especially to be with the person we love, even if he is annoying, why don't we use our wisdom to defuse it?”

Leila lowered her head, her mum’s words made her know that she didn’t want her to get a divorce, yet, she was still trying to explain some reasons, hoping to save her marriage, but what if it continued, how was she going to live happily?

Leila really didn’t know anymore.

The White’s Group.

“Have you found out, Vincent? Who made the anonymous call?” Arthur followed Vincent into the president’s office.

Noticing Vincent frowned, Arthur changed his debauchery look into a serious face.

“There is no way to find out. Obviously, it is an intentional act. Have you asked about it at HL Apartment?”

“Yes, Manager Hart said that a hacker had infiltrated their network and intercepted the video, and it is not leaked out directly!”

“We’ll find it out slowly!” Vincent sat on the boss chair.

“But this has a big impact on our company’s shares and the shares price!”

“Now you are worried about it?”

“Can’t you be worried? The president and the vice president of the company grab a woman, such a fucking bloody gimmick!” Arthur just wanted to curse.

“Since they are looking for you means they have prepared well, we sure can’t get away!”

“We don’t have any clue!” Arthur lit up his cigarette in frustration, “I may be promiscuous but there is no need for me to get involved, right?”

“Let’s wait and see what happens!” Vincent frowned, suddenly thinking of Leila at this moment, he felt an empty and numbing pain in his heart.

“These recent days, you better don’t meet with Leila. Remember that don’t provoke her if you don’t want to see her too miserable!” Having already collected the emotions that had just fluctuated, Vincent spoke calmly and his calmness invisibly settled down Arthur’s violent emotion too.

“Are you afraid that I will really abduct your wife?” Arthur laughed teasingly, “But Leila is really a good companion who is calm and obedient in front of the media, don’t forget that she is only that young!”

“The woman I choose is not that bad!” There was a hint of pride and doting in the calm tone, Vincent thought about everything that happened last night, in front of the media, she was really that calm.

“It seems you become serious towards this!” Arthur laughed again while looking at Vincent who showed a gloomy face.

It seemed that no man could tolerate another man coveting his woman even if he was Vincent’s brother or even if he had only been kind enough to take in his poor wife. Vincent’s face stiffened, perhaps himself didn’t even know the position of Leila in his heart.

“Get out and work!” Vincent ignored Arthur’s teasing, instead, he began to take the documents and read them.

“Alright, I’m going out!”

The door of the president’s office was pulled and locked, but Vincent didn’t care to look at the documents in his hand, and his eyebrows knitted together.

The phone rang suddenly and Vincent looked at the phone, it was mother-in-law calling. His eyebrows were knitted even tighter and then he pressed the answer button, Mabel’s voice rang out on the other end of the phone. “Vincent, do I disturb you?”

“Mum! No!” Vincent was polite and calm but his voice was low. “Is there anything?”

Mabel seemed relieved, “Well, Leila is back to home, if you have nothing to do after work, go ahead and pick her up!”

Vincent was slightly surprised, seemed to think of something then he nodded. “Alright! I’ll go now!”

“Vincent, Leila is still young and she doesn’t know how to behave, just tolerate her! Well, I’m hanging up!” Mabel was about to hang up the phone.

“Mum, wait…” Vincent’s voice rose sharply.

Mabel hadn’t hung up and asked with a smile, “Go ahead.”

“I want to eat the ribs you made!”

“Oh, sure! I’ll buy them right now and make a big pot of stew!”

“See you later then, thank you!” After hanging up the phone, Vincent’s eyebrows gradually loosened up, he curled up a smile around the corner of his lip and then turned back to his paperwork.

Only then, he suddenly looked up as he thought of something and called back immediately.

Mabel had just hung up the phone when she received another call from Vincent.

“Mum, what did Leila say when she returned home?” Vincent asked in a low voice.

Mabel smiled, “No, she said that she was tired from the press conference last night and was now going to bed, we’ll wait for you to come back for dinner!”

“Alright!”

Nothing was said and Vincent frowned, was it not said, or did mother-in-law help to hide it?!

Vincent looked at the time, it was five thirty in the afternoon, he then got up and took his suit jacket.

“Where are you going, Vincent?” He met Arthur as soon as he left.

“Do I need to report to you? My vice president?”

“Going to find Leila?” Arthur raised his eyebrows.

Vincent’s face remained unchanged and he snorted.

In the Hunter’s family’s living room, Vincent’s arrival made Mabel extraordinarily happy but she said nothing. “Leila is in her room, go and look for her, later only three of us eat together as your father has a meeting tonight, wait for a while, it will be ready soon!”

“Ugh! Alright!” Vincent looked a little unnatural, he then went upstairs after he put his suit jacket on the sofa.

On the other side, Mabel sighed quietly as he was willing to come here meant things weren’t as serious as she thought, she just didn’t know what would happen to Leila.

Vincent pushed open Leila’s door and walked straight over to her, she was still sleeping when he left in the morning, he had given her medicine and wondered how she was doing now.

On the bed, there was a curled up body where Leila’s messy hair covering the side of her face as she was sleeping and the corner of her cherry red mouth still slightly opened, her eyelids were red and swollen, her eyebrows furrowed, yet, this touched the softest part of his heart.

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, Vincent gently stroked her hair away from her face and looked at her with a smile.

He caressed her gently with his long and slender fingers sliding down from the forehead to her cheek and such a feeling of reassurance that merged into his heart made him happy.

Lowering his eyes, Vincent suddenly found that Leila who was curled up on the bed was extraordinarily petite. Had she reached the limit of what she could not bear?

The outstretched hand kept gently groping her cheek carefully as if afraid of touching the porcelain doll.

Finally awakened by this tickling sensation, Leila’s eyes snapped open to meet a pair of deep and gentle eyes. When she suddenly saw him, she was about to open her mouth to call out Mr. White, but then she suddenly pursed her lips and swallowed the words.

When his hand did not leave her cheek, Leila finally couldn’t bear with it anymore and pulled his hand off while saying in a cold voice, “What are you doing here?”

“Still angry?” He raised his eyebrows.

She was stunned but thinking that he was just acting. “I want to get a divorce!”

“I know, you have said it!”

“You?”

“Your mother asked me to come!” He said.