Chapter 158 - Life is Funny (1/2)

The villa was beautiful because it directly faced the open sea. A neat row of coconut trees decorated its sides. The villa was located on a small island that looked like letter 'F' when seen from the air. The villa could only be reached by boat or helicopter from Singapore.

Caspar often retreated to this island when he didn't want to be disturbed, and lately he had been coming there more often. His tolerance for humans was running low.

After parting ways with Finland, he was not fond of meeting people and no longer bothered to take on a new identity. He had been Heinrich Schneider for too long, but he no longer bothered himself with such things. After all, almost no commoner knew his face.

Now he understood why Lauriel had gone off the grid after he lost his family in the war. Life without a loved one was meaningless.

Caspar gazed far into the sea. He kept pondering why fate played a such a joke on him. He fell in love with the only woman who didn't love him back - or she didn't love him as much as he loved her. And now, the same woman had made Lauriel, whom he admired, fall in love with her.

Of all the people in this world, why did it have to be Lauriel?

When he woke up this morning he found 10 missed calls from Lauriel that came in during the night, indicating that the man must be in a reversed timezone to his. There were also several texts from Lauriel asking for his whereabouts and asking to meet.

[If you still value me as a friend, I want to meet you. We will come to Ned and Portia's wedding.]

That was the content of the last text message from Lauriel.

Lauriel really changed, Caspar thought. Lauriel, who liked to be alone, now he even wanted to come to a clan event like Ned and Portia's wedding, which would surely be very lively, something so out of character for him. Finland was indeed a special girl who could make all these men change. Caspar no longer wanted to hurt women, and Lauriel no longer lived like a hermit.

Falling in love with someone really changed people. If he hadn't experience it himself, Caspar may still look down on people who did stupid things for love or change 180 degrees because of someone they love.

In two months, after officiating the wedding of Ned and Portia, Caspar intended to resign from worldly affairs, just like what Lauriel did in the past. This would be his last public appearance. He smiled bitterly imagining how he and Lauriel switched positions.