I’m Someone Else

Chapter 128

Tigre had to be killed. As Zoe said, Dominic’s head was still in Tigre’s hands, and Thomas, filled with self-blame, swore that Dominic would die with a whole body. He never expected Tigre to be so cunning. I knew I should’ve killed that b*stard first!

He checked the time. He was to pick up Olivia at 10.30PM, but it was still early. As such, he drove back to the rental house.

“Thomas!” Chloe, who had just returned from work, quickly greeted Thomas when she saw him entering the house.

“Where’s your dad?” Thomas asked with confusion as he glanced around the house.

“Oh, he’s gone out for a stroll.” Chloe smiled happily. Her father had recovered well since being discharged from the hospital. He no longer scavenged for a living and spent his days going to the park to play chess and chat with people. Life couldn’t be happier.

All of this was thanks to Thomas. Without his help and financial support, Adam wouldn’t have received effective treatment in the hospital, and if it weren’t for Thomas, her father would probably be alone and miserable now, considering her cancer, which Thomas had cured.

“I’m making dinner tonight, Thomas. What would you like?” the young woman asked with a smile.

She felt ashamed that she couldn’t help Thomas with anything while the man had done so much for her, and after thinking it over, the only way she could repay Thomas was by doing his laundry and cooking for him.

“I’m good with anything.” Thomas waved his hand.

After eight years in the military, he had become unfastidious about food. All that mattered was a full belly. There were no good dining conditions in the battlefields where bullets flew and resources were

scarce, after all.

Chloe nodded, having made up her mind. There was fish and meat in the fridge, and she was determined to show off her cooking skills to Thomas.

In no time, a scrumptious dinner was ready, and Thomas joined the Hahns at the dining table, chatting while eating.

“Why didn’t you come back last night, Thomas?”

“Oh, I had some things to take care of outside, and it was already late by the time I was done, so I didn’t come back.”

“Thomas.” Adam spoke up just then. “Always come home no matter how late it is. Don’t overwork yourself, alright? You might not feel it just yet because you’re young, but when you start getting on in years, you’ll start feeling the side effects of exhausting yourself.”

Thomas agreed as he looked at Adam’s concerned expression.

After dinner, Thomas put on his coat and prepared to leave.

“Thomas… Are you going out again?”

“Yeah.”

“Will you be coming back tonight?” Chloe asked, her voice full of hope. She couldn’t explain why, but she felt uneasy when Thomas stayed out for one night, and she couldn’t focus at all as though she had lost her soul.

“I have some things to take care of, so I won’t be coming back,” he answered truthfully.

“Oh.”

“Take care of yourself, Thomas,” Adam advised. Young people these days really have it tough. They toil day and night, yet the work seems to be endless. Well, if everyone had the leisurely lifestyle I have, society wouldn’t progress, would it?

“Don’t worry, Mr. Hahn. I will.”

He couldn’t possibly tell the Hahns the truth, or they would surely worry. He could only try to evade the question as much as possible. Fortunately, judging by Adam’s demeanor, it seemed that he believed Thomas was busy with work.

Thomas drove to the Denver Residence but didn’t enter. He turned off the engine and silently waited. The rendezvous time with Olivia was at 10.30PM, and it had just passed 10.00PM. He decided not to disturb her and let her spend more time with her family.

Thinking about this, Thomas felt a pang of sadness. Olivia still had a caring grandfather, but what about himself? He was an orphan, alone and adrift in the world like a floating cloud.

“Thomas, have you arrived?” Olivia called just after 10.30PM.

“Yeah, I’m right outside.”

“Hold on, I’ll come right out.” After hanging up, Olivia grabbed her coat and walked out with her sister.

Meanwhile, Harrison and his two daughters stood at the doorstep, watching his two precious granddaughters leave, his eyes filled with reluctance.

“We’re leaving, Grandpa. You should go back now. We’ll visit you whenever we can.”

“Alright, go on.”

It wasn’t until the taillights of the car disappeared that Harrison sighed deeply and muttered to himself, “What a pity. Olivia is such a sweet child. Why did it have to happen to her? It’s so unfair!”

“The day is approaching, isn’t it, Dad? When exactly is it?”

“Soon…” said Harrison before returning to the villa. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Hannah and Bella sighed with melancholy. It seemed that Olivia’s time was running out when Harrison had said so.

If only they had known, they shouldn’t have let Eira marry into the Pearson Family. Now, they were stuck with this situation, and there was nothing they could do about it, no matter how helpless they felt.

Thomas held a cigarette in one hand and gripped the steering wheel with the other. He wasn’t driving fast.

Meanwhile, Olivia turned to her sister. “Do you need any daily necessities, Ophelie?”

The young woman shook her head in response. “No, all my stuff is in the Pearson Residence. Let’s go and retrieve them.”

Her thoughts were simple. She believed she should take back what was hers since she had severed ties with the Pearson Family. She didn’t want her belongings to be taken over or discarded by others.

However, Olivia instinctively glanced at Thomas.

If they were to go to the Pearson Residence, it would likely be difficult to leave again.

Thomas furrowed his brows, seemingly contemplating something. At that, Olivia turned to Ophelie, saying, “Forget it. Let’s just go back to Northpine Villa. We can buy whatever we need.”

After all, buying daily necessities wouldn’t cost much money. There was no need to invite unnecessary trouble.

Ophelie pouted, looking indignant. “Fine.”

That place had been her home for twenty years, so naturally, she had some sentimental attachment to it. As such, how could she be content when she wasn’t even allowed to take her own things?!

She glanced at Thomas, then at her sister. She observed her sister’s demeanor earlier and now looked at Thomas inquisitively. It seemed like Olivia had already come to rely on him.

Although she didn’t have a good impression of Thomas in the past, he sincerely treated her sister well. Considering they would be living under the same roof in the future, it wouldn’t be good if their relationship became too strained.

While Olivia took Ophelie to choose a bedroom, Thomas headed straight to the kitchen and busied himself with brewing medicine.

As Olivia descended the stairs, she caught a whiff of the pungent aroma of medicinal herbs, and tears welled up in her eyes when she entered the kitchen.