Chapter 758 - Lilias Concern (1/2)

Lilia's heart immediately tightened at Alice's words.

Everything about Jack is so sad and heartbreaking.

Just so the Widjaya family wouldn't find him, he was willing to hide in the trunk and rushed here from Surabaya!

Lilia suddenly understood his intentions.

No one knew what would happen at this Ricardo family banquet.

So he hid in a corner of the crowd, waiting for the situation— or tension to be exact— to escalate.

If nothing had happened or Florence hadn't attacked his family, he would most likely return to Parma in secret and would never show his face in front of the Widjaya family again.

Just how deep was the guilt that made him have such pitiful considerations?

Lilia's throat choked, and she glanced at Jean with wet eyes..

However, after a flash of light, she saw that her man had already left the living room.

Irene kept wiping the corners of her eyes, holding back her tears, as if breathing was hurt for her.

After Lilia took a deep breath, she pulled her lips forward. ”I'll go out and see him.”

”Wait a moment!” Chris opened his mouth and handed the cigarette case in his pocket to Lilia as he walked. ”If he wants to be alone, leave him alone, and please, let this be with him.”

Lilia looked into a box of cigarettes in her hand and nodded. ”I know, thanks!”

After she left, Chris looked at the door.

He was an outsider, but he couldn't help but be heartbroken when he heard this, let alone the Widjaya family who value love and truth.

Especially Jean!

...

Lilia followed Jean to the garden outside the hotel building.

The night breeze was cool, ruffling her skirt and hair between her foreheads.

The starless sky was moistened with a dark color, and the green leaf branches were covered by the darkness of the night.

She stood nearby, looking at Jean's upright and cold figure, like a large tree that had grown accustomed to living alone.

After pondering for a moment, Lilia was still walking slowly.

She didn't say a word, squeezed the cigarette case in her hand, and when she stood beside him, she handed it over. ”I heard that cigarettes can relieve sadness!”

The man's eyes, which were condensed in the night sky, dropped a few inches.

He stretched out his hand and wrapped Lilia's finger and the cigarette case in her palm, then said in a dull tone, ”Come back, it's cold in here.”

Lilia replied, ”You shouldn't take too long either, the second brother's examination should be over soon!”

The man swallowed his throat, his eyes looked at his wife deeply, then he gently nodded and promised. ”Okay.”

Lilia held his fingertips tightly, took his hand, and kissed his lips.

Without saying anything, she put the cigarette case in his palm, then turned around and walked back.

At times like this, her husband needs time to sort out things and calm his thoughts.

She won't interfere, but... will definitely be with him in her own way.

Because of that, Lilia didn't go far from him.

Instead, she was standing at the hotel entrance, looking at the man smoking in the darkness of the night.

Perhaps, all she could give him was solitude.