“Yeah, you understand, right? A broken heart isn’t easy to mend – even if it was fixed, there’d still be


    cracks…” Renee said softly as her beautiful eyes teared up. She held her head up high, not wanting to


    let her tears fall. She refused to cry over that man again, especially when so many years had passed. It


    would be too humiliating.


    “Honestly, for the longest time, I felt like my heart had crumbled to dust. I didn’t want marriage, I didn’t


    want love, I didn’t even want any type of rtionship. I just believed that I would never be a bride


    again… until I met Mr. Q. For once, I felt like marriage could be a good thing…” Renee started thinking


    about their brief time together. Although it had been a mere facade orchestrated by her children and


    she had never taken it seriously, every minute she spent with the man had been blissful. No other man


    had made her feel that way before.


    Hence, she really didn’t want her judgment to be wrong again.


    “Yeah, Mr. Q does have a certain charm to him. He might not have had the best reputation back then,


    but I feel like he had his reasons. Especially four years ago, when he lost to Stefan Hunt, which left a


    scar on his face… That’s when I found that he was more like a victim of circumstance. He has a big


    heart, so he really does seem more suitable for marriagepared to Stefan Hunt…” Rosie shared


    many stories from Mr. Q’s past, having known him for a longer time.


    “Everyone sees the Carmine Pawnshop as some kind of hellhole, and thinks we would sell anything for


    profit, even human lives. They just assume that we are immoral people, and that Mr. Q is the infamous


    ‘Night Demon’, the leader of this horrible ce.”


    “Some have even said he would resort to murder if it profited him, but I’ve never seen himmit any


    crimes, even after I joined the pawnshop. In fact, he’s actually helped a lot of others who were suffering


    like me…”


    “I remember one night, we all heard loud wails in the front yard, and we were terrified. Rumors said that


    the ‘Night Demon’ ate babies, after all, and yet… Heh, did you know what he was actually doing?”


    “What?” Renee stared at her curiously.


    “He was helping a cat give birth! Can you imagine a grown man like him squatting in that pitch ck


    yard, cheering for the mother cat? The cat was agitated though and scratched his hand, which made


    him cry out in pain. But people spread rumors saying he was so excited about eating children that he


    was crying out in glee… It was so ridiculous that we secretlyughed at him for a whole year!”


    “It really is hard to imagine him helping a cat give birth!” Renee couldn’t help giggling. As the two


    continued to drink happily, Renee soon became drunk.


    On the contrary, due to her background, Rosie had quite a high tolerance, and was still sober. “Miss


    Everheart, you’re drunk. We should head back.” She was worried Renee might not be able to walk


    later, and tried convincing her to stop.


    “Head back? Nuh uh, we’re drinking like there’s no tomorrow… Waiter, get me another two bottles of


    beer!” Renee stumbled over and pushed Rosie back into her seat, slurring her words. “Come on, tell


    me more about Mr. Q! That guy’s such aedian!”


    “Well…” Just as Rosie was wondering what to do, she noticed that Renee’s phone was ringing.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.