Chapter 59. Loneliest People in the World (1)

Sometimes, love would force someone to do the things they didn’t like.

Benedict skipped out of town, taking the courage to face the woman he didn’t wish to see anymore for the woman he hoped to spend the rest of his life with. And here he was, walking closer to Kathleen as she waited for him in a cold and quiet spot under the bridge of Hudson Park.

He could see her folding her arms from behind as she gazed at the glistening colors of sunset on the lake’s surface. Benedict quietly stood beside her, lighting a cigarette and gazing further in the same direction.

Kathleen turned her head to him with a smile when she felt his presence.

“I feel delighted. For the first time, you chose me over your wife.”

Benedict smirked. He knew that she was only teasing him.

“Drop the act and say whatever it is that you have to say,” he said at the drop of a hat.

Benedict lied to Hadley for not picking her up because of this, but he didn’t come here because he w