章 673: Text Messages on the Phone (28)

"I encouraged him to go to work. Through my husband, he was able to take part in a Hollywood picture. In fact, he personally wanted to take the leading male role for the movie. Despite me having caught him staring at your photo in a daze or standing in bewilderment, not knowing what to do with himself, at times, he gradually was able to feel less hurt by you.

"However, forgetting someone isn't something that happens overnight. Though he drank and smoked, didn’t speak much, and was a little bit of a loner, at the very least, he was able to live like a normal person again. So much so that he didn't come to see me for as long as a month. At the time, I was really happy. I thought he’d finally stepped out of the darkness and pain. But then, you reappeared... yet, he didn't have the courage to continue your story together... Eventually, he still wanted to work things out with you and re-immersed himself in that state of suffering and unease..."