Winner Takes All

After just a moment of hesitation, Kieran was the one who produced a reaction first. He shoved Elissa and complained, "Look at what you've done. Katherine is really gone now because of you." Elissa changed her expression drastically and defended herself stubbornly, "What does that have to do with me? H-How would I know that she would react like this?"

"You are her mother, but you are telling me that you can't understand her reaction?" Kieran finally screamed at her while fuming.

"Why are you screaming at me?"

Elissa retorted with her eyebrows jerked up, "I'm just messing with Katherine, but how would I know that she couldn't take it at all?" Kieran couldn't help but let out a disdainful chuckle, "Did you see Katherine smile and laugh?"

"You..." Elissa's face was swollen red but she couldn't say anything in response.

At that moment, someone pushed the door inwards.

Both Kieran and Elissa looked up delightedly at the direction of the door.

When they saw that it was just Tommy, both their expressions darkened.

Elissa let out a sigh while sloughing back to the sofa dejectedly.

"Dad, mum, what happened?"

Tommy was already dejected before he came home, but he still managed to be concerned with their parents' situation when he saw them in that state.

"Your mother has driven your sister out of the family." Kieran lamented while glaring at Elissa.

Elissa was triggered immediately as she screamed, "What do you mean that I've driven her away? She darted out on her own."

Just as Kieran was about to argue with her, Tommy raised his hand and wiped his face while saying, "Stop arguing. Let me cool my head now."

Seeing that Tommy is drooping his head low and lacking confidence, Elissa instantly scurried to his side and asked worriedly, "Tommy, how was your conversation with Shirley?"

When Shirley's name was mentioned, Tommy felt his frame shudder as his eyes immediately reddened.

As he let out a cry, he hugged Elissa hard, "Mum... Shirley is gone. S-She has left this city."

This news was akin to a thunder that rocked both of Elissa's and Kieran's world.

"What has happened? Why did Shirley leave without any warning at all?" Kieran immediately came forward to console him.

Tommy didn't answer him as he continued to lean against Elissa's shoulders while crying his heart out.

Elissa was very nervous too as she patted his back while urging him, "Tommy, you need to tell us what has happened!"

"I don't know. I don't know anything at all."

Tommy continued to cry, "I have tried to search for her, but the unit where she used to rent was vacant, and she has apparently resigned her bank job. I can't get to her through phone and she never play any games too."

In these past few days, it was as if Tommy had contracted hysteria. He looked like his soul had been pulled out of him.

Shirley's disappearance was a huge blow to him. He felt like the world was ending.

He really wanted to marry Shirley with all his heart. If he was compared to Shirley side by side, according to the opinion of the masses, it was really him just hitting the jackpot on this one.

However, never in his dreams would he imagine Shirley suddenly disappearing from his life forever. Not too long ago, she seemed very happy to be able to marry him.

As he cried, he took out his phone.

"This was what Shirley has sent me in the morning. After sending me that, she has disappeared since deleted my contact."

Elissa and Kieran anxiously snatched over his phone.

The text message on WeChat was simple and straightforward.

"Tommy, let's break up. You are a good man, but don't look for me anymore. I will never return anymore."

After reading the message, Elissa's eyes widened in fury, "This is bad. This is really bad. Shirley must have decided to turn away from us because we can't manage to gather the amount needed for the dowry." After saying that, she suddenly punched Kieran exasperatedly, "You useless man, go make a call to Shirley now. At least you should allow Tommy a chance to persuade her to come back."

Kieran could only produce his phone in a hurry.

Tommy's tear eyes seemed to sparkle with a ray of hope.

It was as if he was able to grasp the tail of hoping slipping out of his life.

However, in a few seconds, Kieran put down his phone disappointedly, "The line is not working anymore."

"Bullshit!"

Elissa didn't believe that was the case as she attempted to call Shirley using her own phone. However, she also quickly put down her phone and showed an expression of grief, "The number is really no more. Shirley has cancelled this phone number. She was really planning to cease all communications with us since the beginning."

"Mum..." Tommy had his last hopes completely shattered, and he threw himself into Elissa's embrace and continued crying.

Elissa began to tear up as well, "Tommy, I'm really sorry towards you. I have done nothing at all to help you... and caused you to lose Shirley who is such a wonderful girl..."

In an instant, the house was full of their crying sound.

Kieran flopped down onto the sofa dejectedly as he watched his wife and son crying so pitifully. He felt like he head was going to explode.

The night sky was turning darker as time went on.

Suddenly, it was raining cats and dogs and lightning was flashing through the sky.

This sudden downpour caught the passers-by off guard as they scrambled to find shelter.

The only figure who was not doing that was slowly walking in the rain. Rain water continued to soak that figure endlessly as it moved forward ever so slowly. It reeked of despair.

After leaving home, Katherine didn't know where she should go to.

She resembled a lost soul wandering in the city without a destination in mind. When she was tired of walking, she would sit on the pavements to rest; After resting enough, she would then again wander the streets aimlessly.

She had turned off her phone too.

Her heart was as chilly as the coldest compartment in the fridge.

Her parent's attitude towards her was really the last straw.

Family?

Everything was such a joke.

That was no home to her.

She had ran out of tears, and her eyes were swollen because of all the crying.

Rain water continued to engulf her completely, and droplets of water were dripping from her shoulders. She was really a forlorn figure.

Katherine moved forward aimlessly and after some time she reached the roadside.

The pedestrian traffic light was still red, but she seemed to be oblivious to this fact as she crossed the road without paying any attention to the red light. She was moving so slowly at that moment. When she was in the middle of the road, a earth-shattering honk from a vehicle blared loudly.

Immediately, sound of car breaking followed that honking sound.

Katherine jumped up slightly and returned to reality.

As she turned her head around, her eyes widened in fear as her expression changed drastically.

The blinding car light almost blotted out her field of vision, but she could still make out the outline of a careening car speeding in her direction.

"Ah!"

As death approaches her, she let out an involuntary scream out of sheer fear.

She felt her feet give way and all of a sudden she was lying in a puddle.

Was she going to die just like this?

Perhaps this was the best outcome she could wish for.

As the blinking white light quickly overshadowed everything in her field of vision, only one thought remained in Katherine's mind.

Fortunately, the car managed to screech to a halt before hitting her. The car was just inches away from hitting her.

Katherine stared at the now motionless car and suddenly felt very lost.

Inexplicably, she felt an unknown source of anger rising up within her.

Still sitting in the puddle, she suddenly slammed the bonnet of the car and wailed, "You shouldn't have stopped! Just bang into me! Why did you break? Why did you stop?" "Why? Why?" She was like a broken record, only repeating certain patterns of sound.

After cursing at the driver, Katherine curled up into a ball and continued to cry with her whole frame visibly shivering.

The car door of the yellow Lamborghini opened.

A man dressed casually stepped out of the car and opened an umbrella. He walked to Katherine's side and shielded her from the rain.

"Do you think that your life is really that worthless?"

When Katherine heard these words, she froze for a moment and was about to scold the driver.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

However, she couldn't move an inch of her muscle after understanding what he was saying.

"It is raining so heavily now. Do you mind me to send you home?"

Through the mist of the rain and the blinding light, Katherine could make out a friendly and smiling face which was wearing a glasses that showed off its pair of bright eyes. She was at a loss for words.

"Home? I don't even have a home." Katherine answered bitterly.

The man squatted down right next to her and stretched out his left hand, "My name is Killian."

Katherine froze briefly perhaps because someone was sheltering her from the rain in the lowest point of her life. This action alone made her feel some warmth.

Then, she put her hand into Killian's palms and allowed him to help her to her feet.

"Get in my car now."

Killian led Katherine to the passenger's seat.

Katherine only realized that he was driving a Lamborghini at that moment. Her eyes sparkled with some curiosity.

Killian held the car door open, and she thanked him before getting into his car.

When Killian returned to his seat, she asked him in a surprised tone, "This... this is a Lamborghini?"

"That's right, it belongs to my family." Killian drove the car while replying her with a smile. "Where is your home? I'll send you back."

"I don't have a home."

Katherine swiped the moist strands of hair plastered to her forehead to the back of her ear. She looked like she was contemplating something and suddenly, it was as if she had come to a decision. By taking in a deep breath, she pretended to be pitiful, "Let's go to the hotel."

Killian smiled, "Alright."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐