Chapter 168 - Behaviour turns into a habit (1/2)

”Is it worth it?” Mei Li asked.

”I... Don't know,” Ryn choked out.

They were on their way to her new home after half an hour spent coaxing Mrs Long to let her go. Of course, she also had to ignore the sad puppy look coming from Jeremy. It made her felt as if she did something wrong, like abandoning him cruelly at his parents' house while she went to another guy. It made her felt like the bad guy.

Ryn looked down on her laps. Her hands were still shaking. She clutched them, trying to stop the shiver.

She was doing the right thing, she told herself for the millions times. This was the best for all of them. This was the best for her.

She needed this to be free from all the chains and lived the life that she should live in.

Mei Li did not comment. She let Ryn thinking over this silently. Although she did want to help Jeremy reunite with Ryn, the person she should be focused on was Ryn. If she found Ryn not happy and unwilling to be with Jeremy, she should not force her. This was Ryn's own life and she should be the one in charge of her own life, not someone else.

”We're here. Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you today?” Mei Li asked once she stopped the car in front of the apartment.

”No need. Thanks for helping me and sending me here,” Ryn said as she took her bags.

Ryn lifted up her head and looked at the building. Today her new life would begin.

”This is it.”

She grabbed all the bags and walked slowly into the building. She did not notice the black car stopping at the gate and two windows lowered down revealing Mrs Long and Jeremy.

”This is where she is going to live?” Mrs Long asked nervously.

She saw how old the building was. Even the security guards were old. Would they be able to guard her precious Catherine?

”I'll buy the building,” Jeremy said shortly and took out his phone.

”You do that. Install more cameras especially in front of her home and the places she would use,” Mrs Long ordered her son.

”I'll do that, mother,” Jeremy replied. Even without his mother's instruction, he would do just that.

Once Mrs Long was done instructing her son and heard for herself that the owner would meet her son this evening, she told the driver to drive the car away.

She still needed to make nutritious soup for her baby daughter, Mika. It would take several hours to cook it and she needed to start cooking it right away.

Ryn, on the other hand, walked slowly toward her new home, holding all her belongings. She stopped in front of the gate and sighed. Once she opened the gate, the door and entered the house, her new life would officially begin.

And she felt a bit worried about it, honestly.

Would she get used back to be alone in the house?

She finally entered the house and dropped the bags in the living room. She quickly locked both the gate and the door. Then, she dropped herself on the couch, feeling weary.

This was just the beginning but she was already this exhausted.

And she knew all this weariness came from her own mind. She was still trying to believe that she was truly alone now. No one would knock on the door and announce the breakfast or dinner are ready. No one would ask her how she would feel or whether she would like to have some dessert or something. Or to tell her her clothes were done pressing and folded.

She was truly alone now.

She closed her eyes and just sat there doing nothing. She just wanted to enjoy the feeling of being truly alone.

Several hours later she woke up. She looked left and right in puzzled before she remembered where she was and why she was there. She shook her head and stood up, only to groan a bit. Her body was all stiffed from sleeping in the sitting position.

She must stop doing this!