A Moment in Destiny
Chapter 458 What Was Love

"Then go get yourselves ready, there's a bus this afternoon and it will send you all over there!"

Thus, Leila returned to F City together with her fellow trainees.

Getting off the highway, Leila stared at the city outside the window, where millions of lights were shining. This highway was strange yet familiar, she had passed by it with someone before!

She sighed inside and retracted her gaze. The stories that were carved into her past had faded into a distant dream. The simpler her life was, the happier she would be!

The car drove directly to the hostel at the police station. Leila looked at the time, it was half past eight at night. She should go back to see her mother!

Getting off the car, she first confirmed where she would stay during the training, and it turned out that she would be sharing a room with another young girl. Putting her luggage down, Leila went home only carrying a small bag. She did not hurry to hail a cab but chose to walk on the main street silently.

At this moment, a luxurious sedan passed by before her. In the car, a tall figure radiated with an aura of indifference, his cold and handsome looks were similar to the attractive gods in Greek mythology. He had profound features that were masculinely shaped, under his thick and dark brows were a pair of dark eyes that were like an abyss, shining coldly and sharply. His pursed thin lips indicated the facet of the owner of the body that was serious and cold.

He was making a call in the back, as he turned the corner of his eyes he could not help but look sidewards. He saw a thin figure dressed in a white t-shirt and dark fitted jeans, and it was so familiar. His chest immediately began to hurt suffocatingly, and the phone in his hand had already slipped off. He wanted to ask the driver to turn around immediately, yet the road was a single-way route.

When their car had finally turned back from the other end, that figure was no longer on the path. Vincent got off the car. Walking around in large strides, he examined his surroundings. Yet the beauty was already gone, he could not help but smile bitterly.

How could it be her? How could it possibly be her?

He knew that she was in City R, he knew that she had never come back.

He knew that she had gotten into the police station and became a police officer that was in charge of handling the files in the documentation room. He knew that she was living quietly, and knew that she had not contacted Arthur. He knew that she no longer needs him in her life!

Perhaps he missed her too much. Perhaps he really could not let it go, maybe her face, her voice, and her smile had long been carved into his consciousness and his bones, no longer able to be removed. Leila got into the cab, the car drove towards her home.

On the way, she stared at the bustling street. F City was still lively as ever, and the crowd was still bustling, nothing had changed!

The moment she opened the door of her home, Mabel paused.

"Leila?"

"Mum!" Leila smiled quietly and went forward, hugging her mother! "I'm back! Mum!"

"Dear child, my child!" the mother and the daughter wrapped their arms around each other.

Leila smiled lightly. She thought that no matter how deep the wound was, it would scab over. Time was the best medicine.

To her at the present, coming back was only for her job and not for anyone else.

She chatted happily with her mother for a long time, seeming to have returned to her teenage days a long, long time ago. The mother and daughter chatted until the daylight broke. When Vincent went back, his mother came.

These two months after Leila had left, he had visited his mother according to Leila's requests, but he always felt that there was too much between his mother and him. Once there was a barrier, they would never be able to get close again.

However, Nora too became quiet and almost did not speak much. She would visit Pippa occasionally and would keep sighing when she returned.

Vincent had never visited Pippa since she was sick.

Seeing that his mother had come to his mansion, Vincent merely greeted her lightly, "Mum! When did you arrive?"

Nora looked at her son, and guilt had caught onto her already aged face. Seeing that he had been this tired and absentminded, and crazily involved in his work as if he would never be happy again, Nora had aged quite significantly.

"Are you very tired?" Nora asked.

"I'm not!" He answered quickly, but his tone sounded weak. Sitting on the couch, Vincent was confused at his mother who had only been visiting for the first time in these two months. "Did anything happen to you?"

"Can't I come to visit without anything happening?"

"No! I'm fine, I'm just a little busy today so I didn't go to visit you," Vincent replied.

"Vincent, are you still blaming me?" Nora had held it in for half the day and she finally asked.

He did not agree nor did he disagree, Vincent did not reply for the moment.

Nora watched as Vincent suppressed his pained expression at this moment, feeling guilt in her heart.

Meanwhile, Vincent did not know how to get along with his mother. He did not want to see her, but once he thought that she was after all his mother, everything then became helpless.

But once he thought of what he did, he was the one who had hurt Leila and not his mother. Because how he had made it through all the extreme difficulties before was due to Leila being by his side, loving him. It was him who made Leila lose her trust, making her so furious.

While for himself, after being through so much, he could only suppress the guiltiness that he felt towards Leila deeply. If only she was well, he would then guard her silently and not disturb her. This was the only thing that he could do for her now.

He felt that something was wilting slowly in his heart, it was a vine named love. It was into his blood and bones, assimilated into his soul. It was like a hidden thorn every day, once it was touched it would pain him beyond measure.

He thought that this must be karma, to pain him for the rest of his life, to punish him for not knowing to treasure things.

"Vincent, Leila..." Nora wanted to speak again, but Vincent had already waved his hand coldly, stopping his mother from speaking.

Nora started to speak but then she stopped.

It was silent at the moment.

Nora thought about it and still spoke up. "Vincent, I know that it has been too late even if I can now realize that I was wrong!"

"Mum, stop bringing up what has passed!" Vincent's indifferent voice was so cold that it was devoid of any emotions. He stared at the night outside the window silent, and suddenly he turned his eyes sidewards and looked towards Nora who was beside him. Sorrow filled in his dark eyes, and finally, it became, "She doesn't want me anymore, and we would be strangers to each other thereafter!"

Nora was taken aback slightly. Once she raised her head, she suddenly found that Vincent's eyes were red, seeming that he was trying hard to suppress the sorrow that he could no longer contain. "Mum! I'm tired, I'll get upstairs first!" Vincent realized his reaction and stood up abruptly. He spoke to his mother quickly and began to go up the stairs.

Was her son crying?

Nora was in shock. Her son had always been matured for his age since young and was strong and cold since he was little. She had never seen him being this venerable. He was always an alpha, confident and strong, and was wise in making decisions and succeeding in business. Yet he was defeated by love!

What indeed, was love?

Nora sighed deeply once more.

Was herself dissimilar as well?

She had been conflicted over love for her entire life, conflicted of her whole life due to a person who did not love her. She had been wrong her entire life, which finally resulted in a wrong that could not be corrected.

Her son had wanted to cry just now!

Nora stared at Vincent who was going upstairs disbelievingly, he was so saddened over Leila leaving. Had he loved Leila that much?

Meanwhile, what should she do for her son?

Nora stared as her son's retreating figure went up the stairs and suddenly she came to a realization. She was wrong, she was indeed all wrong. She had been so wrong that it was blasphemous, so wrong that it was unbelievable!

She left Vincent's mansion.

The driver wanted to send Nora back, but she suddenly spoke, "Go to the Hunter family's house!"

"Madam?"

"Go!" Nora made up her mind.

When Leila and her mother were curled up on the couch talking about her experiences these days, the doorbell rang.

Mabel was puzzled, "Who would come? I'll go have a look!"

Leila looked at her watch, it was already eleven at night. Who would be visiting at this late hour?

When the door opened, Mabel saw Nora. After being slightly surprised, her expression went cold, "What are you doing here?"

"I..." Nora wanted to speak but stopped, pondering before she finally replied, "I want to see Leila!"

"She's not here!" Mabel wanted to close the door directly.

Nora put her hand forward to block the door quickly. The door that was about to shut slammed into her hand, but she did not exclaim her pain. "I have something to say. If Leila is not here, I can tell you just as fine!"

"I have nothing to talk about with you!" Mabel's tone was icy.

"Mabel, no matter what, we were once best friends, right? Even if we haven't seen each other for years and even if there was a misunderstanding between us, we were once like sisters, right?" Nora softened her tone begging, as her tone filled with genuineness. "Let me in and we'll talk about it, please?"

Mabel shook her head. "What was between us had already ended twenty-five years ago when I found out about the truth! No, from twenty-six years ago, when you did what you had done, it had already ended for us. I don't have a sister like you!"

"Mabel..."

"Mum, who came? It's so late?" Leila's voice came from inside, and she walked to the front door quickly as well.

When she saw that Nora was standing at the door, her entire person froze as she was taken aback. After a while, she nodded slightly and greeted calmly, "May I help you with anything?"

"Leila, you're home?" Surprise flashed on Nora's face. "I've got something to tell you, I was looking for you!"

"Looking for me?" Leila was puzzled.

Nora nodded deeply. "Can I go inside to tell you about it?"

Leila glanced at her mother, Mabel did not give any signs. Leila thought about it and nodded, "Mum, let her in!"

Mabel seemed not very welcoming of Nora's arrival.

Nora sat on the couch, seeing that Leila had cut off her long hair into a sleek short style, she sighed. "Leila, I came to beg you to go back with me! Please reconcile with Vincent."

Mabel heard this and was shocked, but Leila was very calm and merely smiled lightly while shaking her head.

"Leila, you and Vincent love each other. Since you both loved each other, why don't you get back together?" Nora sighed, "I know that you blamed me. I admit that it's my fault that caused you two to be unable to be together despite being in love. I can't make right what I have done wrong before, but I didn't provoke your father when I visited him at the ward that day! I went to apologize!"

"If you didn't provoke him, how could he have died?" Once Mabel heard this she instantly flared, standing up abruptly. She pointed at the door, "Get out, leave immediately!"

"I didn't, Mabel!" Nora explained, "I went to apologize to him, I didn't expect that the truth was actually that Eric liked men. Further, I didn't expect that he would fall in love with Brian. Perhaps I have been deceiving myself all this while and was unwilling to believe the truth! Back then they had been so close that it was out of the boundaries of being friends, and Eric was so cold towards me, I should have already suspected, it was me who didn't think of it. The day I apologized to Brian, he became hot with emotion, he was moved to tears. I guess he wasn't expecting me to apologize, I didn't expect that he would pass away on that day. If I had known I wouldn't have gone, I too am frustrated now!