Chapter 8
Why wouldn’t she dare?
Camelia tilted her head slightly, blinking with composure:
“Is your permission something that matters to me?
Mukesh, you think too highly of yourself.
Let me tell you one last time–you mean absolutely nothing to me.
What we had is truly over.”
With that, ignoring Mukesh’s suddenly hollow expression, she laced her fingers with Elijah’s and turned away to continue
their moonlit conversation.
No one knew or cared when Mukesh finally left the estate.
But he didn’t return home. Instead, he bought a high–rise apartment near the vineyard with a view of the grape fields.
He took extended leave from his school. Every day, he drove to the estate gates, bringing different flowers or gifts Camelia had once mentioned but he had never bothered to get, waiting for her to appear.
She neither acknowledged him nor changed her plans because of him.
Nine years of a degrading, one–sided marriage had taught her one thing:
A woman should never alter her life’s direction to accommodate a man.
Work when she needed to work, socialize when she wanted to socialize.
In this vast world, her only responsibility was her own happiness.
As for Mukesh, Camelia figured his persistence must be because his grandfather missed her and had ordered him to seek her forgiveness.
So she personally called Grandfather Willibert to inform him that she had a fiancé and a new life now, asking him not to force Mukesh to stay in England on à futile mission out of concern for her.
Yet for an entire month after that call, Mukesh surprisingly continued to wait at the estate gates, just to catch a glimpse of her through a car window.
The first to lose patience was Elijah.
Late one night, as Elijah and Camelia returned from a party, they spotted Mukesh standing under a streetlight with his unchanging white roses.
Just as she stepped out of the car, the sky behind her suddenly erupted with thousands of rainbow fireworks.
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Cleared for Departure: So Is My Love
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Chapter 8
Elijah had torturously watched the video of Mukesh’s proposal to Camelia countless times.
Back then, young and naive, she had been dazzled by the spectacular fireworks, joyfully accepting Mukesh’s proposal.
Now, seeing how the fireworks caught her attention, the insecure Elijah finally snapped. He charged at Mukesh, and they began fighting furiously:
“Mukesh Willibert! You shameless homewrecker! Always trying to get my fiancée to look at you–in thirty–some years I’ve never seen anyone as pathetic as you!”
“If I’m pathetic, what are you? Camelia and I were together for nine solid years. If she hadn’t lost her ability to have children in that car accident,
I never would have agreed to let Elowen keep the baby.
Let me tell you, Camelia just misunderstands me now, thinking I cheated and stopped loving her. That’s the only reason she’s settling for an eternal backup like you.
Once I get her to forgive me, she’ll break off your engagement and come right back to me.”
Hearing this, Elijah laughed coldly with rage and knocked Mukesh to the ground with one punch.
When Camelia lost her baby in the car accident, it was Elijah who dropped everything to be by her side, caring for her without rest until she recovered.
Meanwhile, Mukesh had used work as an excuse while actually buying two tickets to Prague, taking Elowen sightseeing all over the tourist city.
As Camelia tried unsuccessfully to stop them, the men continued their vicious fight until two police officers happened to drive
- by.
One officer locked eyes with Mukesh, immediately got out of the car, broke up the fight, and took all three of them to a nearby hospital without discussion.
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