One Night Stand With That Beggar

Eudora George was disappointed. She clenched her teeth and covered her wound with her hands. She closed her eyes to calm herself down.

He was no longer her hero. After her mother died, her loving father had also slowly turned into this monster whom she couldn’t even recognize anymore.

Eudora took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

“Tell Laura that I will do everything to make Felix sign that divorce agreement.”

With that, she turned around and left the house.

Gordon George stepped forward to chase after Eudora but he was pulled back by his other daughter.

“Dad, Eudora is too much. Now that she’s Amos Granger’s lover, she no longer respects her own husband.”

Gordon frowned. “She’s nothing but bad luck!”

…

After leaving her family home, Eudora wandered around aimlessly.

She didn’t know how long she had been walking on the streets. Her phone started ringing again, but Eudora didn’t have the energy to pick up the call. ‘Who else could it be if not her father who wanted her to go back so badly?’ she thought.

But the phone kept ringing. Eudora was so annoyed that she answered the phone without even looking at the caller ID.

“I won’t go back. Don’t even think about it!” Eudora yelled into the phone.

The caller was silent. Suddenly a deep masculine voice erupted from the other end, “Eudora? Did someone piss you off?”

“Mr… Mr. Granger?” Eudora was stunned and checked her screen. This was an unknown number as well, but it was a different number from before.

“Where are you?” Amos asked.

Only then Eudora realized that the sky had already turned dark. She quickly said, “I’ll come back now.”

“Where are you now?” Amos asked again. Eudora looked around her surroundings and told him her location. Amos replied quickly, “Find a safe place and wait for me there. I’ll come and pick you up.”

After that, he hung up the phone.

Eudora looked around and noticed that the lights in one of the markets were still on. She walked over and sat on a bench by the door.

Quite a distance away, Eudora saw a young man walking towards her direction, his hand holding on to a little girl. The girl was wearing a princess outfit with a smile on her face.

When they walked past Eudora, she heard the girl whispering to the man, “Daddy, I want a big doll!”

“Okay, Daddy will buy it for you.”

“Then what about my princess bed?”

“Of course I will buy for you too, my little princess!”

The girl giggled and turned to look at the sky. “Daddy, I want the stars in the sky too. Can you help me pick them?”

The man pretended to be in a dilemma. “Well, that is quite difficult for me. What should I do?”

The little girl thought that she had put her father in a difficult situation and immediately shook her head. “Then I don’t want it.”

“Now now. Close your eyes and let Daddy try!”

The little girl closed her eyes. The man looked around and noticed Eudora sitting on the bench. He walked towards Eudora, his hands holding a stack of neon-colored plastic origami.

“Miss, do you know how to fold a star?”

“Oh yes!” Eudora took the origami and quickly folded a star for him. The man thanked her repeatedly, carefully holding the star in his palm as if he was protecting a treasure.

“Little princess, open your eyes and have a look!”

“Wow!”

“… ”

As the two of them slowly walked away, Eudora’s eyes welled up with tears.

…

When Amos arrived at the location Eudora gave him, he saw a woman sitting by the bench alone. When he approached her, he saw that her shoulders were trembling slightly.

He walked over and pulled her into his arms. “Are you crying?”

Eudora didn’t expect Amos to reach so quickly. He wiped her tears away and shook her head. “No, there’s just something in my eyes…”

Who did she think she was fooling? With such a poor excuse no less.

“Where did you go this afternoon? It’s okay if you don’t want to tell me, I can still find out myself.”

Eudora muttered softly, “I was at my family home.”

Amos’ eyes darkened. “Did they bully you?”

“I’m fine!” Eudora shook her head. She didn’t know why, but somehow Amos’ concerned eyes made her feel like crying even more. Her tears couldn’t stop pouring.

Amos noticed the mark on her cheek and the bloodstain on her arm.

“Did they hurt you too?” He gently pulled Eudora’s bleeding arm. “Eudora, how long do you want to keep up with this pretense? Why won’t you rely on me?”

Eudora cried even harder at his words.

This was the second time that she cried in his arms. He had always been so unapproachable and scary, but somehow every time when someone hurt her, Amos would always rush to her side. She couldn’t help but lower her guard around him.

“Stop crying okay,” Amos said exasperatedly. “We need to dress the wound on your arm first.”

He wiped away her tears away and carried her to his car.

Amos sped home. The moment they were in the living room, he took out his first-aid kit and carefully cleaned the wound on Eudora’s arm.

The blood had already dried up. After cleaning up and disinfecting the area, there was a small cut across her arm and it looked a little gory.

Amos frowned. “Was it Gordon? Is he still a man?”

Eudora was stunned. “How did you know?”

“Well… If there’s anyone in this world that could make you cry so much, it must be your father. Am I right?”

That’s true. Eudora laughed bitterly. “Don’t worry, I’ll never cry for him again in the future. He’s not worth it!”

Amos frowned. “But why did he ask you to go back?”

“It’s Laura,” Eudora said. “She wants me to go back and save her son. As for my family… they probably think that I ruined their reputation by doing that to my husband?”

Amos narrowed his eyes. “So it was both the George Family and the Meyer Family huh?”

“What do you mean?” Eudora asked subconsciously.

“Nothing!” Amos replied. He then carried Eudora upstairs. “You need to rest.”

Eudora initially felt awkward to have Amos care for her that way, but when she reached her bed, she was so exhausted that she fell asleep soon after.

After Eudora fell into a deep sleep, Amos stood up from the bed and left the room to make a phone call.

“Clint, I told you to take care of the Meyer family. What’s the progress?”

“There seems to be some hiccups. Felix Meyer is too shrewd. The officers couldn’t find any evidence to prove his involvement. If they aren’t able to find anything by tomorrow, he will be released.”

“Heh…” Amos sneered.

Clint Zuckerberg shuddered at his boss’ cold reply.

“What about the Phantom Group? It’s been doing well these past few years. Surely there’s something you could find there?”

Clint understood his boss’ message clearly. “Noted President Granger. I will look it up first thing tomorrow.”

“And!” Amos paused, “Ask Gordon George to come to my office tomorrow.”

After hanging up the phone, Amos walked back into the room and held Eudora’s hand.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

The wound on her arm stood out like a sore thumb on her perfect porcelain skin.

Amos stared at it and his eyes gradually darkened again.

“Gordon George?”

Even if he’s her biological father, Amos will never allow him to bully his woman.