A Moment in Destiny
Chapter 562 Always Loved Her

"Esther, come back and live with us! Although Hudson is not allowed to marry you, you're still the daughter of the Ball family!" said Christ.

"No! I've grown up!" Esther said with a smile, her eyes curved like a crescent moon. "Hudson, you've to take good care of your health, I'll come to visit you!"

After uttering these words, Esther smiled and took another look at Hudson. "I'm leaving, don't worry about me, I'm strong now. I'm healthy and happy without the Ball family, aren't I? You don't have to worry about me!!"

"Esther" Hudson shouted hurriedly.

However, she was already out of his sight.

Christ cast his gaze to the door and he felt bitter in his heart as he watched Esther's slowly disappearing back. Esther had completely inherited her mother's personality, keeping a smile on her face even when she obviously wanted to cry.

He thought, 'Eula, you've given birth to a daughter just like you! She is so big-hearted and counts men for little!'

Christ's hand clenched at his side, that was an eternal pain in his heart.

"Even if I can't fall in love with Esther, I won't continue the relationship with Winnie!" Hudson had already made up his mind.

"How dare you!" Christ yelled angrily.

"I don't want Ball Group; you can give it to Ethel. I won't do anything wrong with Esther, but I love her. No matter who she is, I love her, and that can't be changed. Even if I spend all my life as a monk, I still love her!"

"If you love her, you should make her happy instead of tying her to you when you know you can't. She is Elijah's, and the Ball family is going to plan a wedding for her!" Christ rebuked pointedly. "She is my daughter, and I want her to marry honourably into the Perry family! Their marriage will create the myth of corporate marriage!"

Hudson lowered his eyes. "I know that everything can't be undone, I know that I've lost her! You can leave now; I'll think it over!"

"Don't pester Esther anymore!" Christ instructed, "Take good care of yourself and get well soon, Ball Group is yours, Ethel isn't fit for management, he's too playful!"

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Esther ran out, tears welling up in her eyes. She was sad, was that the reason why Hudson married Winnie? Honestly, she didn't believe it, and what was the scandal they mentioned?

As she thought about it, her tears burst out again. She was such a failure. "What the hell are you crying about? Esther, if you cry again, I'll slap you to death!"

Getting off the elevator, Esther slapped herself twice in a secluded corner on the first floor. "Ouch! It hurts so much. How come the more I slap myself, the more I want to cry. Esther, you idiot, I won't slap you anymore, so stop crying, okay?"

As soon as Ethel came out of the elevator, he saw Esther talking to herself and even slapping herself. For a moment, he was stunned, was this woman crazy?

Ethel gently walked over and heard Esther muttering, "What's the big deal? They look down on me, and I look down on them! It's not like no one wants to marry me, why do I have to marry Hudson. Hudson is so stupid, Hudson is a big idiot! Elijah is a big idiot too! Men are all stinky shit, yes, they're all piles of stinky poop. What's the big deal? Boohoo—"

"Esther, if you still think about Hudson, I'll slap you again, slap you, slap you, slap you-" Esther continued mumbling to herself as if warning herself, and slapped her face again. "Boohoo-it hurts. I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll never dare to think about him anymore!"

Then she changed her tone, lifted her head, and pointed into the air like a virtual character. "Yes, that's good, you know the pain, right? If you think it hurts, behave yourself, there's nothing great about Hudson, neither is Elijah, and Christ is even a fart!"

She muttered, suddenly changed her tone, lowered her head, and whispered, "Uh! I can't scold Christ, he's Hudson's father! He's a fart, oh no, he's Mr. Ball, snobbish Mr. Ball!"

"Yes! He's Mr. Ball. Esther, you can't be a snob, the Ball family has raised you for ten years!"

With a snap, Ethel slapped Esther on the shoulder. "Esther, what are you muttering about? Are you performing cross talk alone?"

"None of your business!" Esther jumped up in shock, and as soon as she turned around, she was confronted with Ethel's stunning face, "Go away!"

"Hey! I didn't mess with you. Are you in a bad mood?" Seeing Esther's face with tear marks that she couldn't wipe off in time, Ethel froze. "What's wrong?" "I hate you!" Esther walked away.

"You're really in a bad mood?" Ethel chased after her, "How about I take you to a place where anyone who goes there will forget about being unhappy!" "Where's that place?" Esther raised her eyebrows. "What kind of place are you talking about?"

She really wanted to go, and anyway, she was not happy now, not at all!

"Let's go!" Ethel had originally planned to visit Hudson, but since he bumped into Esther, he decided to abandon that plan. Anyway, he wasn't dead, so he didn't have to worry about him! Getting into Ethel's car, Esther got depressed again. "If your surname is Ball, I'll beat you to death today!"

"Why?" Ethel asked in confusion, "Did the people surnamed Ball piss you off?"

"Your dad is too snobbish, but he's an elder, so I don't beat him. And Hudson has raised me for ten years, he's my benefactor. As for you, I don't have to be polite with you, but fortunately, you don't have a surname like your dad!" Esther wiped her tears, squinted her eyes, and looked out the window. The street was prosperous, but none of the prosperity belonged to her.

"Uh! My dad is a snob?" Ethel frowned and nodded in utter agreement. "Yeah, my mom said the same thing about him, so my mom would rather be his mistress than his wife. It seems I'm lucky that my last name is Kirby instead of Ball, otherwise wouldn't you be in my car today?"

"I don't want to take your car right now either, I just want to find a place that will help me forget my troubles. If you recommend a place where I can't forget my troubles, I'll definitely give you a hard time!" Esther bared her teeth and threatened. "I haven't gotten even with you for running off in the middle of your last treat!"

"Uh! Esther, I'm trying to help you, how can you not know what's good and what's bad for you?" Ethel shook his head in amusement, he didn't expect her to hold a grudge.

"Humph! I didn't ask you to take me there!" Esther pouted, "I want to get off! I don't want to go!"

"Fine, fine!" Ethel helplessly rolled his eyes. "I'll take you there, and if it's not fun, you'll give me a hard time. My lady, I really owe you!"

"Humph!" Esther pouted her small mouth, suddenly realizing that Ethel wasn't so hateful anymore. "Haha, you're actually kinder than I thought!" "I've always been kind!"

"So, you're a person with great kindness!" Esther smiled and narrowed her eyes with a sly look, "Then tell me, what is the place we are going to?" "You'll know when we get there!" Ethel deliberately mystified.

"Well! I'll take a nap first, call me when we get there!" Esther said, not feeling embarrassed at all.

"Uh! Are you treating me like a driver?" Ethel shouted a shrewd glint flashed in his half-squinted peach blossom eyes, "Tell me what happened last night first."

"What do you mean?" Esther said in a clear and melodious voice. Lazily sweeping a glance at Ethel, Esther then leaned against the car seat cushion.

"What's wrong with my brother?" The volume of his hearty voice rose slightly and seemed to contain disbelief, while his half-squinted eyes narrowed even more at the moment. He glanced at Esther before concentrating on driving again.

"Nothing happened to Hudson! Hudson is fine!" She waved her hand and said, "I'm going to sleep, wake me up when we get there!"

Esther slept for quite a long time this time.

An hour later, when Ethel arrived at the destination, he didn't wake her up as he saw that she was sleeping soundly in the car. After covering her with his shirt, he got out of the car first to make an appointment. When Esther woke up, she found that she seemed to be in the mountain.

Looking at the shirt covering her, which was Ethel's, she got out of the car. "Ethel, Ethel, where are you?"

She saw a large signboard standing on the roof of a red three-story building with a few words typed on it―J Park.

At a glance, she saw the words Extreme Sports and Water Sports written on the signboard. It turned out that Ethel was going to take her bungee jumping!

"Esther, do you dare to bungee jump?" Ethel had already made an appointment with the staff and walked over.

"So you're taking me bungee jumping, well, you've found the right person, let's go!" Esther was excited, bungee jumping could indeed vent one's depression. "Ethel, I didn't expect you to know how to live it up!' "Do you still settle scores with me?" Ethel winked mischievously.

"You really love to hold a grudge, aren't you a man?" Esther bared her teeth and made a face. "Let's go, let's go up to the bridge, I want to jump the highest one!"

After walking along the suspension bridge at the top of the mountain, there was a big bungee jump at an altitude of 300 meters just after the bridge. The staff said there was a huge lake after the jump, but boats were prepared as backups that would then help jumpers land safely.

"How did you come up with this?" Esther asked.

"Because I saw you crying! And you even slapped yourself. So I'm being kind, bungee jumping is the most effective way to relieve stress, and you can come occasionally in the future. But it's better to come with a companion, I thought you were afraid to come, so I come alone every time. Let's come together in the future!"

"Okay, okay!" Esther was unusually excited. "Later, let me be the first one to jump! If I die, Ethel, you help me collect the corpse!"

"What are you talking about? Esther!" Ethel was stunned as his gaze fell on Esther's face. She was so cheerful when talking about such a heavy topic as life and death. It actually made him feel heartache and she really made others worry about her. At first, it was already strange for her to slap herself in the face, and this time, she actually wanted to die and wasn't afraid to bungee jump. She was a woman who really kept surprising people. "We're here to play, we're not going to die!"

"Pah! I'm not going to die, I'm going to live, and I'm going to live beautifully!" Esther blinked.

"Miss, don't worry, our facilities are very safe!" The staff walked ahead to the jumping platform and took the rope, "Let me help you tie it!"

"Okay!" As soon as the rope was tied around her, she felt like she could float down at any time. "Ethel, I'm the first to jump!"

"I'll watch you jump later, and then I'll follow you down. Are you sure you're not scared?" Ethel, who was also fastening his own safety harness, finished his inspection quickly and pulled her toward the jumping platform.

"I'm not scared!" Esther checked her safety harness twice.

"Let's jump together!" Ethel was a little uneasy.

"If we collide, we'll get hurt!" Esther shook her head.

"It's okay, participants can jump together here!" The staff said. "We can guarantee you two won't bump into each other!"

"Well, then let's jump together!" Esther nodded.

Ethel was worried that she would be afraid, so after thinking for a while, he turned to the staff for a thin rope. One end of the rope was tied around his waist, and the other end was tied around Esther's waist. This was good, they wouldn't be too far apart after the jump.

They stood up on the jumping platform. Ethel said, "After I say one and two, we jumped together."

"What are you shouting for, just jump!" Esther pushed him, and two of them were flung down together. Esther let out a scream. "Oh—"‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒☐☐☐