A Moment in Destiny
Chapter 601 Do You Love Me?

Elijah let go of her just when the elevator door opened, but before Esther could barely stand, he picked her up and ran straight to his car. "What do you mean?"

"Don't come here anymore, Esther," Elijah said in a deep voice.

"Why?"

"She'll be fully recovered soon, and you no longer owe her so there's no need to keep coming."

"But she likes you!" Esther's voice couldn't help but to go dreary. "Did anything happen between you two?"

Elijah raised an eyebrow, "What do you think should happen between us?"

What was going through her head?

"Okay, I believe you!" Esther nodded her head with sudden excitement, "And nothing can happen between you and her in the future! Also, you are not allowed to like her, it can only be me!"

"Of course I only like you!" A gentle smile suffused Elijah's lips, softening his steely features. The sun's light cast in through the front windshield and shined on his handsome face, as bright and handsome as a God.

"Keep your word!"

"Esther, married couples have to trust each other. Am I so unworthy of your trust?" Elijah's tone sounded hurt. He stopped the car by the side of the road suddenly and turned his head to look at her. "Why did you stop?" Esther glared at him.

Elijah met with Esther's clear eyes and in a sudden, his tightly pursed thin lips slightly rose into a nice bewitching arc. A faint smile that could barely be found appeared on his stiffened face, "I want to know what you are thinking in your heart."

"My heart?" Esther was dumbfounded, "What's there about my heart?"

"Do you love me?" Elijah asked.

"Elijah Perry?!" Esther was stunned for a moment-Did she love him?

That moment of silence made Elijah laugh at himself. After all, she didn't love him more than he loved her somehow. Ultimately, he was the most frightened one and the one that was most afraid of losing. Elijah placed his hand on the steering wheel and was prepared to drive.

"Elijah!" Esther's mind was in momentary confusion. She quickly grabbed Elijah's cold hard hand when he was about to step on the gas pedal, stopping his movement. Esther wrinkled her eyebrows and asked "Do you love me then?"

A deep low sigh sounded in the car. Elijah looked up and gently picked up her loose hair, a self-deprecating smile spread across his handsome face, "I asked you first."

Esther's eyebrows which were already furrowed together wrinkled even deeper. She looked at Elijah who was talking, her thoughts flying around, "I like you!"

She didn't know if that was love, but she liked him. Watching Elijah being gentle with other women made her sad and her heart ached. Was that love?

But for a long time in her life, the person she loved was Hudson. Although her heart was racing fast and there was that feeling of dizziness when she looked at Elijah but was that love? Could a person love two people in a lifetime? Or did she become promiscuous?

"You didn't have true feelings for me ultimately." Elijah lightly smiled and shook his head, his face flashed a trace of helplessness. Elijah faded away from his usual coldness and locked his gaze quietly at Esther, he faintly murmured, "I lost."

Elijah sneered and his deep gaze flashed a trace of gentleness and bitterness. Looking at his bitter smile, Esther's heart jerked and arched slightly. She didn't want to see his expression like that. "Elijah, I..." Esther wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say.

"I understand." Elijah smiled bitterly again, somewhat helplessly.

Yet seeing his helpless smile, Esther panicked, "You? Then do you love me?"

Elijah looked sideways and answered her with his lingering deep kiss.

Until she was released by him, panting, and until he drove away, Esther still didn't understand what his answer meant. He loved her or not? What could a kiss mean?

"Let's move back to the villa, Esther." Elijah said all of a sudden after a long moment of silence, "Let's go back and stay at the villa."

"Why?" Esther wondered.

"You don't want to?"

"It feels a bit empty in a house that's too big." Esther was afraid of being lonely, being alone and no one to accompany her.

"Mrs. Carr is at the villa," Elijah said.

"Let's talk about it later." Esther shook her head.

When Kattie was discharged from the hospital on Saturday, Esther finally knew why Elijah insisted on moving back to the villa. It turned out that the person who lived across from their apartment was Kattie. It turned out that they had always been neighbors.

Esther knew about this on the day she went to personally pick up Kattie from the hospital with her driver.

Kattie recovered very well, she was no different from normal people. The doctor said that Kattie could recover to normal by exercising for a while.

Elijah wasn't there on the day of discharge. The company had a celebration and when he came back, Esther was next door and Kattie was talking to her, "Welcome Esther, we are neighbors from now on!" The tone that Kattie spoke in was like a mistress, making Esther uncomfortable. She smiled awkwardly, "Have you been living here for a long time, Kattie?"

"Well, it has been five years. We've been living as neighbors after Elijah graduated college." Kattie smiled gently, "Elijah's a good cook and he often cooked something for me."

Kattie said while her eyes drifted over Esther's face, and when she managed to see the sunken face of the little girl, the corners of her mouth revealed a deep and inscrutable smile.

There was a knock on the door at that moment, then the sound of a key turning and Elijah walked in just like that. In his hand were the keys to Kattie's apartment.

"You're back, Elijah!" Kattie smiled brightly and briskly stood up to greet.

Esther raised her eyes to look over, a little stunned that Elijah had the key to Kattie's apartment. The Elijah today was wearing a black suit on his tall and handsome figure, his perfect features expressed a noble aura. Elijah smiled lightly upon seeing Esther and Kattie sitting on the couch, "Congratulations on your recovery Kattie!"

"Thanks, Elijah! And thank you Esther for taking care of me these days." Kattie's eyes kept looking at Elijah's face and occasionally turning to look at Esther who was silent.

"I still have homework to do so I'll head back first." Esther smiled brightly, "Elijah, you stay and have a chat with Kattie."

Esther tried to maintain a smile but still felt her cheeks were stiff. She walked past Elijah with her head down and Elijah was stunned for a moment, his intuition told him that something was wrong. Esther had already walked out by then.

"Have a seat, Elijah." Kattie smiled.

Elijah smiled lightly and put the keys on the coffee table, "This is your keys. I'm a little tired today so I'll head back first."

"Okay." Kattie didn't say anything more, "Then you head back and rest. I'm fine here so don't worry."

Esther was torn about why Elijah had the keys to Kattie's apartment, but then she thought of what he had said about mutual trust between husband and wife, so she thought maybe she was overthinking about

it.

Shaking her head, Esther took out her sketchbook and began to draw sketches.

Elijah came back and looked for Esther. He was relieved when he saw her drawing in the study, "I'm back, Esther."

Esther lifted her head, "I know. Didn't we just saw each other just now?"

"Aren't you coming to greet me?" Elijah raised his eyebrows.

"We see each other every day, what's there to greet?" Esther pouted and stopped lifting her head, she continued focusing on her homework, "I still have to do my homework, don't disturb me!" Once she lowered her head, Esther thought of that set of keys again.

Then again, thought of Elijah said to move back to the villa and Esther's heart still felt a bit inexplicably bitter inside.

Elijah looked at her, untied his tie, backed out, and went off to take a shower.

When Elijah finished showering and came out with only a bath towel wrapped around his waist, he saw that Esther was frowning while drawing. He walked over and realized that she was doing some composition practice with everyday objects, only that every object she drew was a key!

Elijah was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was holding the keys to Kattie's apartment just now, Elijah instantly understood Esther. Of a sudden, his large hand stroked Esther's head affectionately and with frustration and powerlessness, he said in a deep voice, "Are you jealous, Esther?"

"No, I'm not!" Esther coldly snorted, "Stop being so narcissistic!"

"Then what's the point of drawing so many keys for nothing?" Elijah saw that every one of Esther's paintings.

Esther was stunned, only then she realized that she had used keys as the object today. The professor did say that every small object in daily life could be used as an element of the composition, but she didn't even realize that she drew nothing but keys. Slamming her head, Esther whimpered in chagrin, "Ah-damn keys!"

"Is there anything that you want to say, Esther?" Elijah asked amusedly, "If I'm not mistaken, you're very angry right now."

Esther jerked her head up and met Elijah's bare chest, the chest that was still dripping water just after bathing, with the fresh fragrance of his shower gel, the slightly damped dark hair scattered over his noble face, giving a decadent impression. While his limbs that were bare beyond the bath towel were long and strong, exuding a male charm that couldn't be underestimated.

Esther swallowed consciously, her throat was a little dry. Still, with her eyebrows furrowed, Esther watched as the water droplets slowly slide down Elijah's handsome face, she stood up of a sudden and pushed him straight onto the leather chair.

Elijah was stunned for a moment, but he followed Esther's movements and sat on the chair.

Esther crossed her arms, her small face was showing impatience and a small spark flickered under her eyes, "Tell me, what's with the keys? How did you have the keys to a single woman's apartment?" Esther did have a moment of anger, thinking that Elijah had the keys to someone else's apartment made her uncomfortable, "Hurry up and tell me the truth, I'll spare you!"

"Do you love me, Esther?" Elijah looked at her and spoke profoundly all of a sudden. His eyes were clanging in anticipation of something, there was no anger, no aggression, just looking at her like that with a burning light in his eyes as if he was expecting something.

"Love you, my ass!" Esther growled, "Don't you change the topic, I need to know why you're holding onto someone else's keys!"

"Since you don't love me, then I won't tell you either!" Elijah turned his head away without saying anything, he was a little disappointed.

"I..." looking up at Elijah's disappointed face, Esther found herself unable to say anything because she didn't know if she loved Elijah. Either way, she just felt uncomfortable, uncomfortable with him being nice to another woman.

Esther walked straight over and simply sat on Elijah's lap, her small hands wrapping around his neck, and pouted, "Tell me, Elijah, is there nothing between you two?"

"Esther!" Elijah looked at her with a straight face, "I've already said before, we need to trust each other."000