Chapter 22
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Peter received many birthday wishes on his phone.
He suddenly remembered, in a daze, that today was his birthday.
He was like a numb machine, making his brain stop working.
His fingers unconsciously flipped through the screen, and somehow, he stumbled upon the message Josephine had sent him before.
May 27, 2024, 00:00
“Peter, happy birthday.”
May 27, 2023, 00:00
“Peter, happy birthday.”
May 27, 2022, 00:00
“Peter, happy birthday.”
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The words on the phone screen looked like a wild beast ready to devour.
He only felt a chill all over his body, as if being fiercely torn apart by an invisible wild beast. Every bone and muscle in his limbs were enduring unbearable agony, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably.
The phone slipped from the palm and was heavily smashed on the ground.
I don’t know if it should be said that Josephine knew him too well.
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He knew that even if she had sent it, he wouldn’t go to see it.
It was still his carelessness to blame.
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He had never realized that she was always the first person to celebrate his birthday every year.
The heart felt a dull pain, and he held onto it tightly as if he could only breathe again.
After he calmed down, he picked up the car keys and walked straight towards the company.
The villa in the late night seemed particularly quiet.
As soon as the door was opened, Peter smelled the foul odor coming from inside.
It was the smell of decaying flesh.
He didn’t even turn on the lights, and walked slowly to Camila’s body.
Camila was starved to death.
As she was dying, both of her hands had been gnawed to pieces. She curled up in pain, as if this could make her feel a little better.
There were bloodstains scratched out by her fingernails on the wall.
Under the cover of night, it appeared somewhat terrifying.
Peter, however, was not afraid at all.
He just calmly looked down at the stinking corpse, his expression unusually calm, with a slight furrow between his brows, and spoke to
Camila.
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“You made a mess here.”
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He rolled up his sleeves, filled a basin with water, and started cleaning up the mess.
It wasn’t until the sky began to lighten that he finally “sorted out” Camila completely.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead.
Picking up Josephine’s portrait again, a gentle kiss landed on Josephine’s lips in the photo.
He chuckled lightly, his tone tinged with a hint of complaint.
“Josephine, you annoying woman, you did so much for me, why won’t you just tell me?”
“Other people receive gifts on their birthdays, but you, you just sent me off with a simple “happy birthday“? I know, you did it on purpose, because I don’t even know when your birthday is, that’s why you deliberately didn’t give me a gift, right? Josephine?”
“But now I know, I know that day we went to the amusement park was actually your birthday. Your wish was for me to accompany you on the Ferris wheel, but I was completely clueless. I called you childish and left you all alone. Am I such a jerk? I just knew that you must have left while I was gone, cursing me as a jerk!”
He sniffed, tears sliding down his cheeks onto her smiling face.
“Josephine, you’re right, I was a jerk!”
He didn’t have any photos of Josephine, not even one.
So this photo was still printed from her previous news interview by him.
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His tears were increasing, as if he couldn’t control them.
Peter was sobbing uncontrollably.
Josephine’s mind was filled with the image of her pale face after she learned about her illness.
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It seems that from that time on, Josephine, who used to love smiling,
stopped smiling.
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She wanted him to accompany her to do the last five things.
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The first thing, he accompanied her to the charity gala, but he bought the painting she wanted and gave it to Camila.
The second thing was to accompany her to Colorado, but he abandoned her when he was about to board the plane, actually he was rushing to see Camila who had just returned to the country.
The third thing, she asked him to stay and accompany her. He reluctantly agreed, trying hard to restrain himself, but actually cursing her in his heart.
The fourth thing, accompanying her to the amusement park, he not only was impatient, giving her a bad look all day long, but also ignored her requests.
The fifth thing, she just wanted him to cook a meal for her, but he ended up calling Camila over as well.
Up to now, he can still recall the disappointment in Josephine’s eyes at that time.
At this moment, it felt like a knife, stirring up all the internal organs and causing unbearable pain.
He didn’t do any of these five things well.
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