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Chapter 1056 Time crept by at a snail‘s pace.
If she didn‘t go out soon , Ben might notice something .
The two regained their composure , and Stella turned on the tap and flushed cold water on her face.
She looked up at herself in the mirror with eyes that were still red.
Riley inhaled deeply and asked behind her, “Is there anything he left for me?” Stella pondered for a long time.
“There is only a recording.”
“Was there any mention of me?”
Her silence made Riley understand something. She laughed self–deprecatingly. “Perhaps there isn‘t.”
She murmured with her head lowered. “It‘s always been me pestering him, whether studying abroad or something
else; it‘s always been wishful thinking...”
Roger didn‘t even leave her a message before he died after all that had happened.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRiley had never loved a person so much.
Despite all that had happened, she still could not let him
go,
She felt his pain, and she felt his happiness.
The only sound left in the space was the water from the faucet dripping onto the extremely hollow–sounding white
tiles.
Stella said nothing; her breathing a little heavy.
She thought about all the twisted feelings Roger had for her and wondered if she should tell Riley about it.
After a pause, she said, “You have done enough for him. You should go and live your own life...”
“I‘d really like to, but things like emotions are beyond my control.”
Riley said with a husky voice, “What if I can‘t let him go... I simply can‘t...”
She laughed at herself and suddenly looked at Stella and begged her. “Can you give me the recorder?”
When Stella heard Riley, her eyes turned when looking at her through the mirror.
Riley‘s eyes were downcast and filled with sadness.
She wiped away the tear stain at the corners of her eyes.“ That‘s the last thing he left in this world. Even if it was
not for me, I still want to keep it, just as a last memento
Stella was silent for a long time, but still took out the recorder and gave it to her.
There were two recorders in the bag.
One was the one she used to record her conversation with Michael just now. Knowing that Diana would not believe
her if she told her straight about his affair, she recorded their conversation as evidence. The other recorder was
Roger‘s.
She handed it to Riley. “Everything he wanted to tell me is in there. Maybe you might hear some incredible things
From the recording, it was clear that Roger‘s feelings for her went beyond the love of a sibling.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe did not want to hide it from Riley. She could see that Riley loved Roger sincerely , and she didn‘t want such a
girl to be kept in the dark.
It would be up to her to decide once she‘d learned the truth.
“It‘s getting late, you should go out first.”
Stella nodded.
Before she left, she looked at Riley again. “Thank you for taking care of him.”
Riley just looked at that one recorder, and there seemed
to be a great heaviness in her eyes.
Outside the door...
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