Chapter129
"What if I don't want her to go back? What are you going to do about it?" Raymond asked. He was clearly provoking Ryan on purpose.
"You...!" Ryan calmed himself then. Arguing with this person is not going to work. He had to take another approach.
"Seriously you don't have to do this Raymond. You don't have to force yourself to stay with a woman that you don't even know. Your grandfather...he...he is alright now!" Ryan said. He almost blurted out that he wasn't even sick to begin with but he changed it at last.
"You can just end your relationship with Joanna and let Allen go. She has been through so much. You don't have to torture her like this" Ryan said.
When Raymond heard Ryan's words, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. Torture Allen? Between the both of them, who is doing that right now?
"I could do that...but what do we do? I already changed my mind. I'm sure that you already investigated Joanna and I before coming back. We never had a relationship with each other. Allen is the one that I want now" Raymond said.
Ryan was angry now. For the first time, he lost control of his temper in front of Raymond. "what?! Allen is the one that you are interested in?! I'm warning you Raymond, don't mess around with her!" Ryan said. He could never keep a clear head when Allen was involved anyway. Maybe it was the love that he had for her. Or maybe it was the guilt from putting her life in danger five years ago.
No matter what, he would never stand by and watch someone mess around with Allen. Especially not Raymond.
"Mess with Allen? I should be the one saying this to you. She is your sister in law. Yet you ask her to get together with you, are you trying to disrespect her? You should at least have some respect for her!" Raymond said in a very righteous voice that made Ryan want to puke.
Ryan felt like he was going to be angered to death by this person. He has never treated him like a cousin before. And now Allen is suddenly his sister in law? Does this situation even make any sense?!
He and Allen aren't even married!
"The two of you are not even married! What sister in law are you talking about?!" Ryan asked. It sounded as if he was whining now.
"Yes, sister in law. We are going to be married soon. Besides Ryan, you already hurt her so much five years ago. A woman that you abandoned after you got her in trouble, how dare you show up and ask her to be with you?!" Raymond asked. He had been keeping this in all night. It took all his self control to not beat Ryan into a pulp for Allen..
Ryan was so angry now. He glared at Raymond. "Hey, you don't know what you are talking about?! Back then, I really did not have a choice!" Ryan said. Raymond would never understand! How dare he bring it up when he doesn't even know what happened?.
"Of course. That is just like you Ryan. You've never had a choice. You've always been a coward. Your only choice has always been to run away and let people deal with the aftermath of the terrible decisions that you make. How can you do that to young girl and then run away?! Do you even have a heart? If you feel even the tiniest guilt for Allen then you should not show up in front of her ever again!" Raymond asked.
Ryan sneered. Not show up in front of Allen? Like he was ever going to do that! He has loved Allen consistently for so many years. He came back this time because of her... there was no way that he was going to let her go this time.
"I'm not going to let her go. That's for sure" Ryan said.
He turned and walked out of the office.
Raymond sighed. It would be difficult to deal with Ryan again this time.....
*****
A few days later, Joanna was sitting in a cafe, with a scarf around her, wearing big dark sunglasses so she won't be recognized.
She had been gone for quite some time now. She did not yet have a plan to come back to the public and so she did not want anyone to see her for now.
She was here today to meet Paul. She was going to need his help if she was going to come back with a new identity. With the identity of April, Raymond's first love.
Of course, she did not have a single idea that there was someone else pretending to be her right now.
Paul walked into the restaurant and he immediately saw a woman wearing black sunglasses. He walked towards her. He could not believe it. He was actually meeting Joanna. Joanna...she really has come back.
After that day when she called him, she never tried to call him back again. He tried so many times to call her but the calls never went through.
In the end, he had almost convinced himself that the first phone call never really happened.
Until today, when she had called him and asked him to come meet her in a cafe. He walked over to her and sat down.
He looked into the woman's face. It really was Joanna! Joanna she....what kind of prank is this? She just shows up and disappears however she wishes. Just what is this?
"It's only been about four months and you don't remember me again?" Joanna asked Paul in an accusing voice.
Paul was convinced now. The woman sitting in front of him is Joanna. She really is Joanna. Joanna has come back.
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