Chapter 277: Chapter 277: "Your love hasn’t reached the level of being indestructible yet.
In the living room, with Daisy Ginger’s departure, silence fell over the place.
The huge floor-to-ceiling windows allowed sunlight to flood the entire space, making every subtle emotion on everyone’s face distinctly visible.
Edward Stephens stood at the door, looking at Charlotte Smith not far away, his voice now cold and devoid of any emotion.
"What exactly do you want to do?" he said, almost with a tone of disgust, impatience laden with gloom.
Charlotte looked at him, her gaze filled with sadness and hesitation. Finally, as if unable to bear the weight of his stare, she slowly lowered her head.
"Young Master, you are still too naive," she said softly. "This naivety, now, will harm you and those you love."
"Everything I’m doing now is for your own good. You’re not yet fully-fledged, so what makes you think you can break free from the Stephens family?"
She stepped forward, standing in front of Edward Stephens, and looked up at him.
"...If you really don’t want to go back, then take Miss Ginger and leave. Hide where no one can find you, change your identities... But that’s impossible."
"Your love hasn’t reached the point of being indestructible," Charlotte looked at him. "The more stubborn you are now, the more heartbroken you’ll be later." She lowered her head. "It would be better to separate now while the feelings aren’t as deep."
Edward Stephens stood where he was, not moving an inch.
Even though he was in Banyan City, he could already feel the pressure closing in from all sides, the weight the Stephens family had placed on his shoulders since he was young.
There was once a time when he felt honored by this weight, but later, he only felt disgust and nausea.
"You should go," Edward Stephens said. "I will talk to him myself."
"..." Charlotte lowered her head; her lips moved slightly but she didn’t say anything else. She simply sighed softly, walked past Edward Stephens, opened the door, and left.
Daisy Ginger stood at the door, seeing Charlotte come out of the living room, and looked up at her.
A beautiful woman like veiled in faint moonlight, her watery eyes paused on her for a second, then she lowered her head, nodded towards her, and passed by her, leaving.
Daisy Ginger watched her back, not knowing why, but she sensed that her conversation with Edward Stephens must have ended unpleasantly.
She didn’t bother with Charlotte anymore, and as soon as she left, she immediately stepped inside, grabbed Edward Stephens’s hand, and asked, "What did you talk about?"
Edward Stephens’s face still showed his lingering sulk, but his expression had a hint of fatigue. He looked down at her hand holding his, then looked at her: "Are you not mad at me anymore?"
Daisy Ginger pursed her lips, shook off his fingers, and stepped back: "How could I not be? I haven’t forgiven you yet."
The man looked at her and, for some reason, gave a faint smile. He reached his hand out, gently grasping her slender wrist, then held her fingers in his palm.
His grip wasn’t tight, but the warmth of his body transferred over, providing comfort.
Edward Stephens said, "I didn’t mean to upset you, it’s just that my relationship with her is complicated, and even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand. I did have feelings for her in the past; she’s three years older than me and looked after me. I thought that was love... but it really wasn’t."
Daisy Ginger’s bright eyes looked at him, Edward Stephens reached out, gently stroked her face, made eye contact, and softly said, "Do you understand what I mean?"