Chapter 1080
When he tried to drive away Thirza, the violent reaction she had was still vivid in Steve's head. However, now, she was gonna leave on her own.
She was gonna leave without even a piece of luggage.
"Thirza, where are you going?" At the thought of her leaving, Steve felt as if someone had cut a hole in his heart.
But there was no way he could show the pain in his heart on his face.
Thirza smiled and said, "Go back to my grandma's home or go back to dad and mom. I miss them."
"What, you don't want me to leave? If that's the case, say it out loud."
This girl had learned how to threaten him. Steve knew that as long as he kept her, he would be compromising to her.
He could make a compromise with anything but this. He couldn't hurt Thirza.
Only after a long while did he squeeze out his own voice. "Tracey had actually talked to me about this for quite a few times. Since you've figured it all out by yourself, go head."
He didn't try to persuade her to stay. Thirza clenched her hands. "Well, so be it then. I'll be out of your life from now on."
She turned and left. When she passed by Steve, he grabbed her wrist.
There was a glimmer of hope in Thirza's heart. Steve's voice was full of bitterness. "Even if you want to leave, you should pack up."
Her face fell and she said, "No, I got everything I need over at Grandma's."
Thirza pleaded and pleaded in her heart, "Don't, don't let go of me."
"Don't let go of me and I'll stay."
However, Steve still let go of her hand. That being the case, Thirza walked out of the door without even looking back.
What Steve didn't see was the line of tears flowing down Thirza's cheek.
Her heart was in pain, and so was Steve's. He had to bear the pain of hurting Thirza.
Evalyn was the only one satisfied with the situation. "Steve, then I'll officially move in and live with you from now on."
She put on shoes at the door, waiting for Steve's answer.
Hearing Steve's positive answer, her tears finally dropped down onto her palms.
The door was slammed shut, making a harsh sound.
Steve was so weak that he almost collapsed on the spot. Thirza left, taking his soul away with her.
He let go of Evalyn's body and said, "It's late. I'm going to work."
"But you haven't had breakfast yet."
"I'm not hungry."
Steve also left in a hurry. He was worried about Thirza. Where would she go, wearing only her pajamas? This time, he especially paid attention to the stairwell, but she wasn't there. She was determined to leave.
When he got to the first floor, he happened to see Thirza in the taxi.
Half an hour later, he called Tina to make sure that Thirza really went home.
"Thirza just got home. What, this girl is angry again?" Tina was very clear about her granddaughter's temper, who was like a time bomb that could go off anytime. She did not believe that Steve had done something wrong to Thirza. She was sure that Thirza was the one who started the trouble, whatever it might be.
"No, it's just that... I was too harsh on her. If she's there already, I got nothing to worry about."
"Don't worry. She's just hot-tempered. She'll probably go back when she's over it."
"Right."
Steve did not want to be separated from Thirza, but things had already turned out this way.
He knew that Thirza might not come back this time.
He sighed and thought, "What can I do? What else can I do?"
From that day on, Thirza disappeared completely from Steve's world. She changed the number and there was no other way that Steve could get a hold of her.
The only lucky thing for him was that she was still in the same country and did not go back to Tracey and Adam like she said she would.
Evalyn, whose wish had finally been granted, moved in with Steve. And she thought everything was going to get on track now that Thirza was gone.
However, it turned out exactly the
opposite of what she had
anticipated. Steve was always
having dinner with some business
partners and barely came back home for dinner with her.
And it was almost taboo to bring up Thirza. There was a time she accidentally dropped a bunny on the couch into the dumpster.
When Steve saw this, he was furious. Not only did he ask her to turn over the trash can to get the bunny out, but he also asked her to apologize to the stupid toy.
Evalyn felt that Steve was about to go crazy. He was obviously by her side, but his heart had gone elsewhere.
The only place where Steve could find a trace of Thirza was her social platforms where she used to post a lot.
But since the day she left, she had never made any post. Steve scrolled through each and every post she had ever made before, in which photos she was always smiling like a blooming lily.
He refreshed the page and found that she had made a new post.
In the photo, Thirza was standing very close to a certain boy, their faces attached to each other's.
The boy, Harrison, who had always been beside Thirza, had a pair of charming green eyes.
Thirza had once told Steve how she liked Harrison's pair of green eyes that looked like precious green amber.
But she loved his eyes the most, like blue sky and blue seawater.
Steve saw the photo of the two of them and smashed the phone on the ground.
He had noticed the way HarrisonThis text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.
looked at Thirza, it was a kind of
look that represented sheer
infatuation, the kind of feeling that
could last for a lifetime, be ito
friendship or romantic love.
Thirza took him as a good buddy and had never been so intimate as they were now in the photo.
Steve picked up his cell phone. The screen had already been cracked. The smile on Thirza's face in the photo was still bright, but the smile did not belong to him anymore. "Thirza, my Thirza."
Steve held the phone with both hands as though he could hold Thirza in his arms like that.
He could almost as if hear Thirza's voice ringing in his ears.
"Steve, do you know why I never want to leave you? That's because I love you. I have loved you for a long, long time."
"Steve, I love you."
He did see how she wiped her tears silently before she left and the sorrow that was buried deep down in her eyes.
For the first time in Steve's life, he understood what true sorrow was. He didn't even feel such strong grief when Tracey left him for Adam.
He stroked the photo on the screen over and over again with his fingers. "Thirza, what should I do with you?"
Evalyn pushed the door open and came in. Dressed sexily, she said, "Well, Steve, now that there's finally no one to interrupt our little naughty game."
Steve looked up and his eyes were cold. "Get out, who let you in!"
"Steve, what's wrong with you?" Evalyn realized that there was something wrong with him.
"Get the hell out of here," Steve said fiercely.
"Steve, you were the one who said you wanted to try it out with me, and now you are telling me to go. What the hell do you want?"