Chapter 1131: Is He Seriously Ill?

Maple Swallow took a deep, heavy breath on the other end of the line before hanging up.

Rufus Swallow leaned against the airport railing, smoking alone.

He recalled how Norris Moore had taken the plane ticket without looking back and let out a silent chuckle.

She really didn't leave any room for him to hope.

She seemed so calm and composed, yet she ran faster than anyone else when she heard he was in trouble.

Who could really be fooled by that façade?

In Tung City, she was having a harder time than he had imagined.

Yet, she still pretended like she didn't care at all.

The woman he loved was still stubborn enough to make his heart ache.

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From Tung City to London, a whole sixteen hours.

It wasn't that he hadn't traveled farther than this, nor that he hadn't felt anxiety and fear before. However, never had every minute, every second of breathing been such torture as now.

"Didn't you ask me how he was doing? I lied to you."