Chapter 1
Chapter 1
“Alright now, don’t go back and start a fight with him. He’s just busy with work; it’s not like he missed the send-off on purpose.”
My parents had traveled thousands of miles to visit me. I had intended to pull out all the stops and show off how happy and in love I was to put their minds at ease. Instead, my boyfriend had been practically invisible the entire time, save for picking them up on the first day, claiming he was busy with his damn work.
President Xie had finally graced us with his presence for today’s farewell dinner, only to take a phone call and leave before the food was even served.
Even after all that, my mother was the one comforting me, terrified that I might start a conflict with him.
When I thought about how they had even booked their own hotel in advance just to avoid being a burden, I felt a crushing sense of guilt.
At the security checkpoint, watching their aging figures shuffling along in the crowd, my nose stung and my vision blurred with tears.
God only knows how I found the heart to leave my parents behind five years ago to follow Xie Mingchen to a place so far away from them.