Chapter 937

Gordon led us to a building and took Lisa and me upstairs. Honestly, I already had an idea of what Chris would give me. Back then, he had given our marital home to Jewel, which made me cut off all ties with him. This had been a constant source of pain and regret for him. Now, he had built this residential complex and offered me a unit as compensation. But he was gone. And we couldn't go back to the way things were. It was meaningless now. At the door, Gordon looked at the passcode lock and said, "The code is your birthday." He meant for me to open the door myself. Lisa, who had been holding onto my arm, gripped it even tighter, as if I would run away as soon as the door opened. I reached out and entered the code. The door clicked open as I pushed it. Everything that came into view made my eyes well up. The design of the house was in the style I loved, but different from our previous home. From the window, I could see the vast ocean. I remembered a phrase I had written when de