Chapter 1086: Chapter 1086 That was before
"He had been sitting there the whole time; I thought he was a friend of yours."
The waiter pointed to a spot not far from where they had been before.
It was just across an aisle.
But now that area had emptied.
The surroundings weren’t exactly quiet, with the sounds of people whispering in the distance. What had been cheerful music had now turned into a quiet piano piece.
The melody was lyrical, with a slightly sorrowful atmosphere.
Hannah walked to an open space and looked up at the bright moon above the night sky.
The bright moonlight shone down, as if weaving a layer of dreamy and beautiful gauze over the world. Everything seemed ethereal, as if shrouded in mist.
The sound of footsteps ceased behind her, and George River quietly observed the profile of the person in front of him.
She looked especially beautiful in the moonlight. Her delicate brows and eyes, her rosy lips—a frown or a smile, all were captivating.
He walked up to her, leaning against the cold wall, and from a distance, with dark emotions in his eyes, he called out, "Hannah."
When he called her name, it was as if he was calling out to his own heart.
She turned to meet his gaze, the corners of her mouth curling into a slight smile.
After not seeing each other for a while, the once spirited President of the River Clan now looked somewhat haggard, the faint sense of weariness in his eyes not easily dispelled.
Yet the suppressed emotions in his eyes made him seem more composed than before.
She spoke, "I heard the River Clan has been quite busy lately?"
George River’s gaze lingered on the brows and eyes of the person before him, then shifted his eyes away after a moment, "The board has decided to disband Prideful Entertainment."
Hannah didn’t seem surprised, merely smiling as she asked, "Is it the board’s decision, or yours?"
George River met her gaze, "It’s the board’s decision, and it’s mine."
The existence of Prideful Entertainment was from the outset his own stubborn resolution.
Tiffany Lynch’s departure had left him in guilt for five years, and he had waited for five years.
That unforgettable first love of his youth—he had once thought that was everything to him. He had even defied his grandfather and used his status as the sole heir of the River Clan to blackmail into creating Prideful Entertainment.
Naming it after Tiffany Lynch.
Such emotions that seemingly defied the whole world had no winners, only a clumsy and belatedly wise man coming to terms with his own heart.
George River snapped back to reality, tingeing his eyes with self-mockery, "I saw the news online."
At his words, Hannah turned her head, pondering for a moment, "The news about Arnold Simmons and me?"
George River fell silent, his knuckles whitening in his pockets, "You were always so cautious during the two years we were together; I didn’t expect you would choose to go public so directly this time."
"Is it strange? Arnold and I are together, and going public was only a matter of time." She laughed, bright and innocent, with an indifference in her words that struck at the heart, "As for the two years I spent with you, we had a contract. I preferred to think of our relationship as that of an employer and an employee. I took your money, and you were happy to look at my face because it closely resembled that of your first love, weren’t you?"
Perhaps because she had had a little to drink earlier, her laughter now brought a faint flush to her cheeks, an innocent allure amidst her purity.
Like a delicate pink peach blossom trembling in the wind.
George River watched intently, his expression tense, the emotions in his eyes deep and complex, "That was in the past, you should know, I now..."
"Regret it?" she suddenly cut into his unfinished sentence and added coolly, "But that’s your business. You’ve always known that I don’t care."
