"Yeah, six years! She was so ruthless back then she even aborted their first child..."
Willow Sumrs added. Naomi Shaw couldn’t help but gasp and cover her mouth. ’Get rid of the child?’ No matter how terrible her relationship with Julian Donovan had gotten, she had never once considered getting rid of Joy.
Willow Sumrs sighed softly. "She and Mr. Rhodes finally got their happy ending after all the bitterness. Naomi, what I’m trying to say is, if even a woman that ruthless can be won over, how could Julian Donovan possibly not be moved by your gentle nature? Especially when you’re such a wonderful girl!"
At the ntion of this, Naomi’s heart ached. She averted her gaze and said nothing. Willow Sumrs reached over and squeezed her hand. "So, Naomi, you shouldn’t doubt Julian Donovan’s feelings for you, let alone his love!"
Naomi Shaw looked up at Willow Sumrs, stunned.
Naomi Shaw looked up at Willow Sumrs, stunned.
’Shouldn’t she doubt his love for her? She rembered the anger and pain in his eyes that day when she’d confronted him. But she was too insecure to believe he could fall in love with her. For so long, he had been soone she could only look up to; his sudden willingness to lower himself to the dust for her felt deeply unsettling.’
’In fact, if she cald down and really thought about it, he’d always been very clear about his feelings. Just as he had told her plainly from the very beginning that he didn’t love her. So, was the love he was professing now also truly from the heart?’
’Her heart suddenly began to pound uncontrollably. If... if he really did love her as he claid, and really wanted to get back together with her... She abruptly lost the courage to follow that train of thought. Her mind was in turmoil.’
Lillian Huxley returned from the restroom to see Willow Sumrs grinning at her mischievously. Lillian glared at her. "Willow Sumrs, what have you been saying about behind my back?"
"Just telling everyone your love story with Mr. Rhodes!"
Willow Sumrs giggled. Lillian Huxley rolled her eyes at her. "As if you need to tell it. Didn’t you already write a book about it? Just give her a copy!"
Hearing this, Naomi Shaw looked at Willow Sumrs with admiration. "Wow! You published a book? Willow, that’s incredible!"
Willow Sumrs slapped the table in frustration. "Damn it! Don’t even ntion it! The final draft has been ready for a month or two, but they still haven’t set a release date. I’m about to die of impatience!"
Naomi Shaw smiled reassuringly. "Good things take ti. Don’t worry, just be patient and wait!"
Lillian Huxley chid in, "With her temperant, I think she’ll worry herself to death before the book is even released. Just yesterday, she had to write fifteen thousand words for a special feature, and she was so stressed she got blisters all over her mouth!"
"Yeah, I’m practically disfigured, BOO HOO..."
Willow Sumrs clenched her fists dramatically in a pose of tornted anguish. Naomi Shaw glanced at the corner of her mouth and, sure enough, saw a cluster of tiny blisters there. She quickly offered so thoughtful advice. "Willow, you should get so cold sore cream, it works wonders!"
"Really? In that case, I’ll go to the pharmacy and buy so in a bit!"
Willow Sumrs was just wondering how to treat these damn blisters when Lillian Huxley, sitting opposite her, suddenly leaned forward suspiciously and stared at her mouth. "Hmm? Willow, are you sure those are from stress?"
"What else would they be from?"
Willow Sumrs rolled her eyes at her. Lillian Huxley sat up straight, took a slow, deliberate sip of water, and said, "I thought maybe your Walter Jennings gave you a love bite!"
Willow Sumrs instantly flew into a rage, shouting furiously at Lillian Huxley, "Lillian Huxley, get lost!"
Lillian Huxley just roared with laughter, not holding back in the slightest. Their playful bickering made Naomi Shaw’s mood lift considerably, and she began to laugh happily along with them.
’She suddenly found herself missing Lara Nash. ’It’s strange sotis,’ she thought, ’how two people with completely opposite personalities can beco the best of friends, like Willow Sumrs and Lillian Huxley... or and Lara.’’
’I wonder how Lara and that man are doing? Is she really planning on spending the rest of her life with him?’
Thanks to Lillian Huxley and Willow Sumrs’s lively antics, the atmosphere was much lighter than it had been at the start of the al. After they finished eating, fruit was served. While eating a piece, Lillian Huxley said to Naomi Shaw, "Naomi, I think I’m the most qualified person to speak up for Julian Donovan. I know exactly what it feels like to go from not loving soone to loving them deeply. Sotis, without a major event, the one who thinks they’re not in love never realizes they’ve already fallen. That’s why I think it must have been your departure three years ago that made Julian Donovan suddenly understand that you were special to him!"
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