My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 476

Diego asked, 'Who is your partner?'

When Diego asked this question, it meant that he had accepted Emma's relationship.

Emma answered, 'The great pianist at home, of course.'

Kevin playfully replied, 'You even added the word 'great'! Dear little Emma, how 'great' is he?'

His words seemed to imply something else, and he was playfully joking with the young lady.

I was typing while thinking of helping Emma get out of this predicament when I saw her reply. 'Greater than you!'

I thought, Are all married women so bold? I remember she used to be a shy little girl!

Then, Ian sent a smiling emoji, to which Kevin retorted, 'What are you doing, sending such peculiar emojis?"

Ian replied, 'There are children in our group.'

Tracy immediately argued, 'We're all adults.'

He tagged Emma in his message. 'Invite him to the group then! Everyone can invite their partners to this group, but we'll kick them out once they break up or divorce!'

Emma then replied with ellipses, implying that she felt speechless.

I couldn't help but ask, 'Who would you kick out if it were Shawn and me?'

Ian replied with a meme that said, 'You will not make me dig myself into a hole.'

When Shawn saw me giggling at my phone, he leaned toward me and asked, "What's so funny? Is it the group chat from before?"

"It's a new group with everyone whom we know."

Shawn retorted, "That's something all you talkative people need."

I was at a loss for words.

Later, Emma added Christopher to our WhatsApp group. Christopher, like Shawn, was also a lurker in the group. It didn't matter if both of them were inside the chatroom or not because they wouldn't reply to any of our messages.

Just then, Ian sent a message. 'What are you guys currently doing?'

The unfamiliar contact on WhatsApp rebuked, 'Why do you have so much to ask?'

To that message, Ian quickly replied, 'Aimes Murray, cut me some slack!'

So, that unfamiliar contact is Aimes.

Aimes didn't reply after Ian sent his message, and the group instantly fell silent.

After putting away my phone, I held Shawn's arm and commented, "It seems like Ian can't outargue Aimes, but Aimes will not embarrass him too much."

Being quiet was Aimes' way of sparing Ian from embarrassment.

Shawn hummed in response. "Aimes is like a cannon that sets off after you light the kindle, so in a way, he and Ian are each other's match."

Nodding to show my agreement, I asked, "Whom are we visiting?"

He smiled. "Rudy."

Is Rudy back in Bryxton? I wondered. "Isn't he supposed to be in Europe?"

"He came back in secret, so no one knows he's back. Also, he has just arrived, but since Sir Larson sees him as a thorn in his side, you can say that he is scared to come back so openly."

After listening to Shawn's explanation, I asked, "Does he have a place to stay?"

"He's staying at the seaside villa I own."

…

When Shawn and I arrived near his seaside villa, we got out of the car and walked on the beach. It didn't take us long to spot Rudy lying on the lounge chair while comfortably enjoying his time sunbathing.

Seeing that Shawn and I had arrived, Rudy raised his wine glass and took a sip. "Bryxton is one of the few cities with sunshine. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to experience it right after coming here."

I stood beside Shawn and heard him asking Rudy, "Why did you suddenly come to Bryxton? Are you still hoping for something?"

Rudy replied, "Hannah's dead."

Shocked, I exclaimed, "What happened?" I just saw her a while ago.

"She had a relapse and killed herself. I laid her to rest yesterday and thought that since I had no more responsibilities in Europe, I should just return to Bryxton."

Rudy had always seen Hannah as his responsibility, and now that he didn't have any responsibilities left, he returned to Bryxton.

However, he was still alone, no matter where he was.

He suddenly spoke in a lamenting tone, "I used to think I couldn't stand giving up my authority, but once I did so, I felt relaxed. I enjoy having such relaxing days, so in the next few days, I'm going to look for a school where I can teach."

With a smile, I questioned, "What subject are you going to teach?"

Rudy complained to Shawn, "Hey, why do I have a vague feeling that Mrs. Xenos is looking down on me?"

However, Shawn agreed with my opinion, "Well, yeah, what can you teach?"

Rudy was at a loss for words.

After that, he ignored us, so Shawn led me into the villa, where I noticed a fully stocked kitchen. He took off his coat before rolling up his sleeves. I asked, "Are we having lunch here?"

"Yes. What would you like to eat?"

Shawn is such a diligent man at home. Also, he knows and is good at everything, I praised him in my mind.

"Anything will do. I'll eat everything you make."

"Sure. You can head outside and enjoy the sun while I cook."

It was rare for the weather in Bryxton to be this sunny, so I took a pair of Shawn's sunglasses from the living room and headed outside to the lounge chair beside the pool.

When Rudy saw me coming out, he asked, "Where's Shawn?"

"He's cooking," I answered.

He snorted before complaining, "That two-faced man."

"Why did you say that?"

"I've previously lived with him for two days, but he ate bread and drank milk every day with no intentions of cooking, so I ate bread and drank milk as well for those two days."

I remembered Shawn cooking up a meal for himself around the time we just met, so I didn't expect that he wouldn't cook for Rudy.

I laughed and said, "That's not being two-faced."

Instead of saying anything, Rudy snorted again. I stayed in the sun for a while more before heading inside, where I saw Shawn preparing an Australian lobster.