Book 3 Goodbye, A Love
Without Tomorrow
I had taken care of the blind CEO for six years, and now he had regained his sight.
The first thing he did was propose to his “first love“.
Honestly, I no longer cared.
The love, the hate–whatever I owed him- was finally repaid.
But what he owed me… he would never be able to repay in this lifetime.
I stood under the dazzling crystal chandelier, watching Luke Crawford take out a massive diamond ring from a red velvet box and slip it onto Bella White’s ring finger.
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Bella White gently covered her mouth in excitement, her eyes glistening with tears.
“I do,” she said, choking up.
The crowd erupted into thunderous applause.
Amid the cheers and teasing from the audience, Luke Crawford stood and planted a light kiss on Bella White’s forehead.
The applause and cheers washed over me like a tidal wave, engulfing me completely.
Lowering my gaze, I quietly slipped away from the crowd.
It was a banquet celebrating Luke Crawford’s recovery, and also the carefully planned
engagement party he had arranged.
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As for me? I was nothing more than an irrelevant outsider.
Dragging my exhausted frame back to the apartment building, I bumped into my neighbor, Mrs. Smith, in the elevator.
“Sylvia, just got back?” Mrs. Smith greeted me politely.
Forcing a faint smile, I wasn’t really in the mood to talk.
Mrs. Smith looked me over carefully. “Sylvia, you don’t look too well. Is everything okay?”
“I’m fine,” I said, shaking my head
“Where’s your husband? A woman should. take care of herself and let your husband do more of the work,” Mrs. Smith said bluntly.
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Seeing me freeze in place, she suddenly smacked her forehead. “Oh, I forgot–his eyesight isn’t great, is it?”
Unexpectedly, I laughed. My voice hoarse, I replied, “Mrs. Smith, you’ve got it wrong. He’s not my husband. I’m their housekeeper.”
As usual, I cleaned up the apartment a bit and went to take a shower.
But when I stepped out of the bathroom, I heard the sound of the door unlocking.
Luke Crawford was back.
He looked up and saw my gaze full of surprise.
He scanned me up and down, and a cold, mocking smile suddenly curved his lips.
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“Didn’t go to the banquet?”
“I did,” I replied flatly.
He casually threw his coat onto the sofa and stepped closer to me.
“Then how do you still have the nerve to stay here?” he said, his voice cold and cutting.
I froze for a moment, turning my face away without answering.
He pinched my chin, forcing me to lift my head and meet his gaze.
“Oh, I forgot,” he drawled deliberately, a cruel smile spreading across his face. “You’re just a filthy wretch, aren’t you?”
My eyelashes fluttered as I bit down hard on my lip, my body trembling ever so slightly.
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He looked at me with scorn, seeming to savor my humiliation at the moment.
I pressed my lips together and, trying to steady my voice, said, “Today is your engagement party with Bella White. You shouldn’t be here.”
“Shouldn’t be?” My words seemed to enrage him. “Who do you think you are?!”
He tightened his grip on my chin, forcing me to look directly at him. “Didn’t you say you’re just a housekeeper? Then go do what a housekeeper is supposed to do.”
I froze, bitterness rising in my throat. So that remark had already reached his ears.
Perhaps my pale, miserable expression disgusted him, for he quickly released me
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and said coldly, “I’m hungry.”
Without a word, I went to the kitchen, rinsed some rice, and selected a few ingredients from the fridge to make a light porridge to soothe his stomach.
The entire process was quiet and practiced.
Like countless other nights before,l was used to staying silently by his side, like a shadow.
When he finally sat down at the table to eat, I mustered the courage to speak. My voice was soft but carried clearly in the quiet apartment.
“Luke Crawford, let’s end our arrangement.”
His hand, holding a spoon, paused mid–air. He looked up at me, his eyes full of derision
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and mockery.
“Playing hard to get? I don’t fall for that.”
I bit my lip and shook my head slightly. “Your eyesight is back, and Bella White has returned. From now on… I won’t bother you anymore.”
He looked at me, a faint smile still playing at the corners of his lips, as if he thought this was a tactic to make him stay.
Taking a deep breath, I met his gaze directly. “Luke Crawford, thank you for everything you’ve done for Daniel over the past six years.”
No matter what, Daniel had survived because of this arrangement.
I spoke with heartfelt sincerity, but the next
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moment, I heard a loud crash.
Luke Crawford had thrown his bowl and chopsticks across the floor with all his strength. Pieces of porcelain and grains of rice scattered everywhere.
I felt a pang of fear but straightened my back and stood my ground stubbornly.
In the next second, Luke Crawford slammed me hard against the wall behind me.
“You want to end the arrangement? Sylvia Green, dream on!”
His eyes burned with rage and hatred, as if he wanted to tear me apart.
My lashes fluttered, but I still managed to utter my final words from my heart.
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“Luke Crawford, I wish you and Bella White a lifetime of happiness together.”
Hearing this, Luke Crawford seemed to go mad.
He violently kicked over all the tables and chairs in the living room before glaring at me with clenched teeth.
“Sylvia Green, don’t you dare regret this!”
With that, he slammed the door and stormed
out.
I stood there for a long while, slowly rubbing my aching back where it had hit the wall.
Looking at the mess strewn across the floor, I felt nothing but coldness in my heart.
Luke Crawford and I had spent six years
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in this apartment together–or rather, I had spent six years taking care of him here.
Since he regained his sight a week ago, he hadn’t returned once.
It wasn’t until I received his invitation in the mail that I learned today was his engagement to Bella White.
