Chapter 532 Wish You Happiness
How much I wanted to run over, hold Mia tightly in my arms, and tell her how much I missed her. During the days she wasn't by my side, time seemed to drag on endlessly.
Then I would kiss her deeply, feeling her warmth and her gentle response.
So I called her name, I said, "Mia, I'm here."
She stood there, stunned, as if she were in a daze.
Before I appeared, she was smiling so happily, the light in her eyes so bright.
Why did she become so dazed when I showed up?
Didn't she miss me? Why couldn't I see the attachment and joy in her eyes that she used to have? I couldn't even see a hint of happiness.
Was it the separation that made her forget me, or did those events break her heart, making her stop waiting for me?
I didn't dare to think, nor did I dare to ask her.
I just wanted to hold her, kiss her, and tell her I missed her.
But I realized I might no longer have the chance to do any of that.
A boy appeared, like a fierce dog, guarding my Mia firmly behind him.
"Mia, who is he? Why are you with him? Come here, I'm here to take you home." I reached out my hand to her.
But she didn't respond to me. Instead, she looked at me for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "Benjamin, we have broken up. I would be very grateful if you could stop bothering me."
How cruel!
Since when did coming to see her and telling her I missed her become a disturbance to her?
I said, "Mia, I'm sorry, I didn't marry Maeve. None of that was what I wanted. The one I love has always been you."
Then Mia smiled again, this time with tears in her eyes.
"Maybe, Benjamin, maybe you do love me. But you love your power, status, and money more. In the face of those, I can only be your second choice, someone you can give up at any time. Benjamin, you know, I never wanted glory, prosperity, or wealth. I just wanted a small but warm home, a husband who loves me deeply, that's all. Benjamin, I don't deserve you, nor do I deserve your family. So, please don't come back."
I tried to catch up and hold her, but the boy stopped me. His young face carried a fierce determination, and the way he looked at me was like a wolf protecting its cub.
"No, don't leave me, Mia. Please don't abandon me. It's all my fault, I will change. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you. I love you, don't leave me."
I cried out in pain.
But my Mia, she wouldn't even look at me, quietly turning away.
Jane scolded me.
She laid out all my despicable actions, the shamelessness I didn't want to face but was real, leaving me with no rebuttal.
I begged Jane to let me go and talk to Mia properly. I said Mia loved me so much, she wouldn't really leave me. She was just hurt and angry with me.
But Jane unceremoniously told me to be kind. She said Mia had finally come out of her pain, had finally mustered the courage to start a new life, and I shouldn't disturb her anymore.
She said if I ever loved Mia, I should let her go for the sake of that love. Everyone has it hard. Mia shouldn't have to pay forever for someone with ambition.
I knew Jane was right, and I kept apologizing. No matter how ambitious I was, I never thought of abandoning Mia.
I have money, I can give all my money to Mia. As long as Mia is by my side, so I can see her whenever I miss her.
Jane got angry and slapped me hard.
She said, "Benjamin, you're a bastard. Mia, a girl, openly dated you. If you didn't want her, you should have told her and let her go. But you have no right to make her secretly follow you. She deserves to be loved properly, not to be a despised mistress, a homewrecker."
Jane yelled at me in anger, "You don't deserve Mia's love. Those years were Mia's foolishness."
I went crazy chasing after Mia, wanting to tell her I was wrong and that I would change if she gave me another chance.
The boy rushed up and knocked me to the ground.
I tried to get up and fight back in humiliation. I couldn't lose to another man.
Even though he was young, the light in his eyes when he looked at Mia was something only a man could understand. It was love, it was affection, it was the desire to possess.
Mia was my treasure, how could he deserve to love her?
But my body felt like it had been drained of strength. The punches and kicks landing on me brought not only pain but also a strange sense of comfort.
I even thought, kick me a few more times, harder. The more my body hurts, the less my heart will ache.
But he didn't. He just disdainfully warned me, saying that someone like me didn't deserve to be loved, let alone by Mia. He said I should live in eternal pain and regret, never able to extricate myself.
That day, I went back to the hotel and started investigating the boy's identity.
What I found out shocked and overwhelmed me.
He turned out to be Yancy, the heir of the Bailey family, the head of the four major families of Regalia.
The next day, I went to find Mia again. In my extreme grief, I blurted out, "You think I'm not good enough, but Yancy is the heir of the Bailey family. How is he any better than me? It's the same betrayal. Why can you tolerate him but not forgive me?"
Yancy laughed at me disdainfully. He said the Bailey family creed is to love only one person for a lifetime, and once chosen, it cannot be changed. He said the Bailey family has never had descendants who abandoned their wives and children, nor scumbags who are fickle.
He said he liked Mia and it would be for a lifetime.
I shouted that I didn't believe it, but deep down, I knew I had lost without a fight.
Because the determination in Yancy's eyes told me that every word he said was true.
I shamefully thought, how wonderful it would be if I had chosen Mia when faced with the choice between her and the family business.
But I was too greedy. I wanted Mia by my side and also wanted the family power. The excuses I made about being forced by my parents were just to cover up my own despicableness.
I caused all of this. It was my greed, my overconfidence in my love for Mia.
Because I never thought that Mia could also get tired and hurt.
I finally lost her.
She would never come back.
I watched from afar as the smile on her face grew more frequent, as she returned to her lively self, as she gradually accepted Yancy, as she was held and tenderly kissed by him, as she accepted his proposal, as she put on her wedding dress and placed her hand in his.
At the wedding, she solemnly vowed, "I do!"
I knew our story was completely over.
The future Mia would be the happiest woman in the world, but it had nothing to do with me.
And I, I would guard my cold family business and family, spending the rest of my life in lonely pain.
I would never find redemption.
Mia, you must be happy.
I looked at my beloved Mia on the stage for the last time and told her, "Mia, I love you, be happy!"
Goodbye, Mia.
Goodbye, my treasure.
Goodbye, my love.
If there was a next life, Mia, if there was a next life, I would choose you unwaveringly.
If there was a next life, I wanted nothing but you.
Goodbye, my treasure.
I wished you happiness!
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