Knock, knock, knock... At that moment, the door was knocked. "Good morning, Mr. Yin. I'm from hotel services, here to deliver your breakfast."
Charles Yin frowned, placed the check on the bed, and went to open the door.
The breakfast was lavish. Charles Yin glanced at the woman in the corner and said, "Come eat first."
But the woman kept crying. Charles Yin didn't say much, just started eating by himself, and while eating said, "About last night, I'll give you an explanation. I'll give you five million, but you can't tell anyone about what happened between us."
At that moment, Cecilia Gu suddenly looked up! She stared at this stranger in shock—five million? Did he think she was here to sell herself?
She couldn't understand how this man managed to drive Zach away, barged into this room and... Now he even wanted to insult her with money.
The more Cecilia thought about it, the more wronged she felt. Even if she had really been slept with, she would never accept that money.
"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this."
As if she ever would!
She quietly picked up her clothes from the floor and turned to the bathroom.
Looking at herself in the mirror—her hair a mess, her eyes red—Cecilia Gu couldn't believe how disheveled she looked. She never imagined things would turn out this way.
When Cecilia left, Charles Yin was still elegantly eating his toast, seemingly unconcerned by her departure. The check lay alone on the bed, as if mocking someone.
Just as she stepped out of the Hilton Hotel, Cecilia's phone buzzed softly. It was a text from Zach Zhao.
"Cecilia, I waited for you in the room all night, but you never came. Was something holding you up? It's okay, I'll keep waiting for you. I'm about to board my flight, and when I come back, I'll bring you a gift. Love, Zach."
Cecilia was stunned. He wasn't in the room at all—why would he say he waited all night? What went wrong?
Could Lydia have given her the wrong room card? Or... No, impossible. Lydia would never do something like that.
Cecilia put away her phone and looked at the bustling world outside. Suddenly, she felt a wave of sadness. Maybe, when Zach returned, things would never be the same between them.
Maybe it's better to end things here.
Just thinking about breaking up with Zach made Cecilia's heart ache, her body trembling slightly from the pain.
All of this happened just last night.
Lydia... could it really be you?
A familiar electronic voice came from the other end: "The number you dialed is powered off." Only then did Cecilia realize she'd dialed Lydia Lin's number.
But no one answered.
She walked down the street, recalling everything she and Zach had shared.
From the start of their relationship to the nervous excitement of yesterday, every beautiful memory replayed in her mind like a movie—so vivid, yet now so out of reach.
Just yesterday, they were joking about their future wedding. He even promised to call and text her every day for two years, so she could hear his voice and see his face.
But now, all of that had become impossible.
Could she really just call or text him like nothing had happened?
She couldn't...
They couldn't have a wedding, couldn't have children...
It's gone. Everything is gone...
A screeching car brake and the urgent ring of her phone snapped Cecilia out of her thoughts. Suddenly, she realized she was standing in the middle of the road, a car stopped dangerously close—almost hitting her.
Cecilia snapped back to reality, stepped to the side of the road, and watched as the car sped away.
Her phone kept ringing stubbornly. She glanced at it—it was Zach's mother calling.
She quickly wiped her tears and answered, "Hello, Mrs. Zhao..."
Before Cecilia could finish her greeting, a cold voice on the other end interrupted her.
"Miss Gu, as you can see, our Zach has been sent abroad for further training by his company. When he returns, his status will be very different. I never agreed to your relationship before, but kept quiet because Zach liked you. Now that you're in different cities, I hope you can leave Zach on your own and stop clinging to him."
Cecilia's fingers trembled as she gripped her phone.
"I'll be honest with you. There's another girl with Zach abroad. Her family background is excellent and she'll be a great help to him in the future. She likes Zach very much, and she's the one who recommended him for this opportunity. We all hope she'll become our daughter-in-law. Miss Gu, you're from the countryside, aren't you? How could someone like you be a match for Zach? If we forced them to break up, Zach might not agree. But if you were to break up with him yourself..."
Zach's mother stopped there. Everyone was smart enough to understand what she meant, even if she didn't say it outright.
She and Zach truly loved each other. Why did the whole world want to tear them apart?