Chapter 1274: Chapter 1274: The Vacant Plot
The last thing it offered was a sense of comfort, as if being bathed in a spring breeze.
In the quiet and cozy cafe, the second hand of the clock ticked away, and fine rain began to fall outside the window, glistening in the sunlight, dense as golden needles.
The sheer curtains obscured most of the floor-to-ceiling windows, with sunlight softly shining through onto the delicate and pretty face, her eyes reflecting the glittering light.
Suddenly, Jackie Qualls remembered Hannah’s appearance on stage, the enthusiastic cries of the fans still ringing in his ears, and a sense of nervousness unexpectedly surged in his heart.
Perhaps it had been too long since he’d seen her from such a close distance.
He longed to see her, every single day, but he dared not.
So sometimes, he envied Louis Snyder’s bravery, that impulsive and passionate quality unique to youth, pursuing the moment without regard for the consequences.
Regrettably, he couldn’t do it.
He had too many concerns.
"I thought you wouldn’t come today,"
Jackie Qualls reached out to gently hold the coffee cup on the table, the mild warmth from his fingertips dispelling the chill in his palm.
Hannah turned her head and looked at the man sitting opposite her, "I heard you were going abroad."
Not many people knew this news, mostly those within their circle.
Jackie Qualls nodded slightly, his fingertips caressing the white porcelain cup, "I’ve booked a ticket for next month, I still have the last part of my work to hand over."
Leaving was a spontaneous decision.
In fact, looking back now, he couldn’t even remember at what moment the idea came to him.
It was probably that night when he woke from a dream, staring into the pitch darkness of the room, and suddenly let go of his burdens.
Jackie Qualls lifted his eyes, gazing quietly at the person before him, saw the smile in her eyes and brows, just like when he first met her, striking straight into his heart.
He revealed a smile, his voice gentle, "Hannah, do you know, I once had a dream, where I met a completely different you..."
He shared everything that happened in his past life in this moment in a different manner.
Without any concealment.
This was not what Hannah had expected.
She had thought that with Jackie Qualls’s personality, he might keep this secret for a lifetime.
Just when Jackie Qualls chose to reveal everything, the vacant latter half of the original plot was finally filled in.
In that part of the story, Tiffany Lynch didn’t end up with George River even though they had already held their wedding.
It was probably because Tiffany Lynch’s ambitions were too great.
She needed more people to adore her, more people to chase after her.
Jackie Qualls, Louis Snyder, Jimmy Simmons, they were all just pawns in her eyes.
The year after the wedding, George River naturally took over the River Clan’s business.
At that time, Tiffany Lynch was pleased. From then on, she would be rightfully Mrs. River.
What a pity... good times do not last forever.
Although George River was always trained as the heir to the River Clan, his business acumen was not even half as good as his grandfather’s.
Without his grandfather’s protection, George River experienced for the first time the true difficulty and complexity of managing a company.
In the same situation, however, Jimmy Simmons, who had also just taken over the Simmons Clan, was exceptionally adept, even successfully negotiating several major projects.
With Jimmy Simmons’s success as a backdrop, George River’s situation became even more difficult.
Because he faced daily questions from the board of directors.
Questions about his ability.
