Chapter 819
Chapter 819
"You look tired."
Henry cupped May's face and looked carefully at it before taking her hand and bringing her into the
room. "Come on in and have a seat. Let me give you a massage."
Being amused and moved at the same time, May let him drag her into the room and hold her down
onto the small sofa. The old sofa had begun to peel off, but it was clean. Truly, the rented house was
simply furnished, but the furniture, the floor, and the walls were all kept tidy by her.
"Why do you have the key to my house?"
May had always missed Henry since she had come back home, but she still threw away the SIM card
she had used in France to cut off all means of retreat. There was a moment when she really wanted to
end everything relating to France, come back and start over. She was trying hard to forget Henry.
Henry heard her, with a satisfied expression on his face, saying, "Actually, I knew you were looking for
a house three days ago."
"So I rented this place first before I rented it out to you at a lower price. Aren't I smart?"
Henry beamed a smile at her, just like a child waiting to be praised.
Hearing that, May looked back in surprise, but Henry pinned her to the sofa. "Sit still and don't move.
You've been bustling about these days and must be exhausted."
Henry massaged her shoulder and head expertly. He also used the massage techniques he had
learned himself.
The massage gradually relaxed the tense muscles on her shoulders and reduced her fatigue. Henry
was patient with everything he did. Just like when he was cooking, he followed the steps meticulously.
"How much is the original rent?"
May was touched that Henry rented the house first before renting it out to her at a lower price. She
knew his kindness for her, but she had always been financially independent.
"And why did you pay the down payment for my parents?"
It distressed May to think of her parents and brother. "Their down payment should be at least two
hundred thousand dollars."
"Over four hundred thousand dollars."
Henry told her straight as he massaged her neck carefully without stopping. Then he added slowly,
"You don't have to worry about these things. Let me handle them."
"You're my girlfriend, and I have an obligation to take care of your family." Henry considered helping her
as a matter of course.
However, May only felt a twinge of bitterness. "You're under no obligation to take care of them."
May was always financially independent. In fact, she had hardly spent Henry's money during all these
years they had been together. He had given her gifts on holidays, but that was all.
"Even if we get married someday, you have no obligation to spend so much money for my family."
May wanted to change his mind, but the moment she said "get married", she stopped at once.
Henry knew what she was thinking. Last time, they had quarreled over marriage.
"I didn't know you had such a big trouble with your job last time. I'm sorry."
Henry came round her and squatted down in front of her, staring up at her eyes affectionately.
Suddenly, a scene flashed through May's mind. It would have been great if he was squatting down in
front of her and proposing to her with a ring at this moment, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
She heaved a sigh in her mind.
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"May, don't be angry with me, okay?"
Dressed in a fine suit like a gentleman, Henry, the tall and big man with a handsome face, was staring
lovingly at her, giving her the puppy eyes as before.
There was nothing she could do about it every time he made the sad puppy eyes.
"I'm not angry," May told him helplessly.
"That's great!"
"I was afraid that you didn't want me anymore."
Hearing that, Henry jumped up immediately like a child and then gave her a big hug in ecstasy.
May found it difficult to breathe in his arms, but holding each other tight could make her feel his strong
heartbeat and excitement.
Henry was relieved to hear that he was forgiven.
"I'm so tired."
"I've been looking for you for so long. Three days ago, I heard the news about you, but I didn't dare to
see you at once. I was afraid that you were still angry with me."
Henry took off his suit jacket as he spoke.
May thought he was going to do something crazy and stopped him at once. "No, don't..."
Henry took off his black suit jacket and threw his white shirt on the sofa, looking back at her with a
wicked smile. "What are you thinking?"
May blushed instantly under his gaze.
"You're not in France now. You can't do whatever you want like before..." Back then, Henry always took
her in his arms suddenly and kissed her in the street.
It was a normal thing to do between lovers in France, and the passers-by thought nothing of it, but if
they did in back home, people would stop and watch, especially when Henry had such an attractive
appearance.
"Actually, I just want to take a hot shower."
Henry stared at her with a bright smile.
"But now I think it's better for us to shower together."
Henry scooped May up with his big hands and went straight into the small bathroom before May could
react.
"The bathroom is very small. Let me go…"
"No way. When we were in college, we used to live in a house smaller than this."
Sometimes, Henry would play a trick. He turned on the showerhead and thus May got drenched. Now
she had no choice but to shower with him.
With water all over her face, May looked up at the smug Henry and got amused instantly.
She punched him in the chest.
Henry felt no pain. Instead, it tickled him and he burst into laughter. The next moment, he stripped the
woman in front of him naked.
They had been together for seven years, and he was much more familiar with her body than his own.
The two of them had fun in the bathroom. After they came out, Henry blew dry her hair and stared at
her, looking unsatisfied. "No, I need to go to bed..." She was blushing furiously.
"But I haven't seen you for days. You were angry at me, while I was worried all the time."
Henry used his baby voice skillfully again. He buried his head in May's shoulder, which tickled her and
made her laugh again.
The two of them horsed around in bed.
"If you'd like to stay, let's start our new life here. I've already got a job."
"I'll stay by your side from now on. I promise you I'll settle down."
He promised in a whisper, while May was deeply moved.
May put it all behind for the moment that he wouldn't make a commitment to marriage.
"You have to promise me that you won't turn off your phone suddenly. I need you to be available to me
all the time."
Henry insisted. Even though he was exhausted, he badgered her into promising him.
May didn't wake up until noon because she had a restless night and that she had bustled about to look
for a house recently.
She reached out to touch the other side of the bed in a daze, only to find it was cold.
May woke up all of a sudden. She looked around the shabby room and found that Henry was nowhere
to be seen. But there was a note he left on the nightstand, on which was his neat handwriting.
"I'm sorry I can't stay overnight because I have something urgent to deal with. I have to go back to
France and stay for three days to go through the handover procedure."
As her mind cleared, May sat up and wrapped the night robe tightly around herself.
Then she looked down at the note Henry left again.
He lied again.
He stood her up again.
But he had no choice because he was too busy.
In the end, May blamed herself for not being considerate enough.
A bitter smile spread across her face.
When she was in France, May had run into difficulty with her work, so she asked Henry to marry her on
the phone on impulse. In a fit of anger, she even thought of breaking up with him and marrying some
random guy back home. She didn't want to marry for money. All she wanted was a stable life.
However, how could she leave him?
"Alas!" May breathed a sigh.
They had been dating for seven years. Truly, Henry was always the one showing weakness and
pleasing her, but May felt that she was the one who got wrapped around his little finger. "He is such a
hard case. I wouldn't have helped him if I knew better."