Between his slender fingers, the crystal cup reflected the light of the room, and her soft words sounded in his ears, "It will always be like this, Alan?"

When Catherine came to Egbert's side, the young man placed the wine glass in his hand on the long table: "I didn't expect to see Miss here again, what an honor." ”

The young man said politely and politely, "There will be some business later, Miss Catherine, and I will not be able to accompany you for a long time." ”

After hearing this, the blonde woman pulled out her gloves gracefully and smiled slightly, "There is a tea party on Friday, and if Mr.'s schedule allows, I will send someone to deliver an invitation." ”

****

Late at night, a black limousine slowly drove into the gate of the villa.

The room was pitch black, there was no light in the living room, and in the faint moonlight, a young woman with black hair and black eyes sat on a chair, and when he walked in, she got up from the wicker chair and walked over, "You're back?"

He turned on the light, Su Xiaoqi bowed down and took out a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet, came to the sofa in the living room and sat down, and said, "Allen, let's play cards." She smiled: "If you lose, you have to answer a question." ”

"You can't lie. ”

"Good. He replied, sitting down on the couch.

After shuffling the cards, she turned over the first card, which was an ace of hearts. Alan opened the card and it was a 7 of spades.

She took her glass and smiled, "How long have you known Karinse?"

"I met my grandfather four years ago at a party," he replied. ”

She nodded, "Good." "I took a sip of champagne.

Bai Chen's finger was placed on a card, and after round after round of flop, at this point, what cards the opponent had in his hand, they had calculated clearly with each other.

Compare the size, there is no need to read the cards or too much calculation, there is no skill to speak of.

The finger is pressed on the card and is not turned over.

She lowered her long eyelashes, and after falling silent, asked, "Alan, will we have a result?"

The blonde young man groaned for a moment, and said, "It may not satisfy you." ”

After listening to his words, Su Xiaoqi immediately got up from her seat, entered the room and closed the door, and fell into a cold war with him for the first time. On the second day she returned to Rome and divided her part with him. She came to the ancient Ligurian sea and watched the blue waters ebb and flow. Something had carved an invisible chasm between her and him, engulfing a qiē sharpness and ideals and romance.

Late at night, Roman theater

The long, black-haired woman stood on the steps, the cold wind blowing, the sea of perilla flowers could no longer be seen, the dotted lights of the city of Rome were gradually extinguished, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

A strong light hit, the headlights illuminated her eyes, and a black limousine stopped on the streets of the city of Rome, and a blonde man got out of the car.

As he approached her, his blue lake-like eyes reflected the serene moonlight, a faint glow that washed away the dust.

She understood that Eren had come from far away because he was thinking about himself. Su Xiaoqi walked down the steps and walked in front of the young man step by step. Standing on tiptoe, his fingers touching his face, "I miss you." ”

He put his arm around the woman's shoulder and kissed her softly on the lips. "Me too. ”

They kissed on the street, and tonight, she was his woman, and he was just her man. The two held hands as if nothing had happened. We went back to the hotel together, got on the elevator, and entered the room.

He hugged her shoulders, came to the bedside, lowered his head, strands of golden hair sprinkled on her shoulders, his hand clasped Su Xiaoqi's fingers, the hair strands wrapped around his fingertips, and in the heart-wrenching breath, the long black hair fell on the cloud-like brocade quilt like waves.

Early the next morning, Alan said, "We have three days and two nights left here. I'm going to take you to see a lot of places. ”

They had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant and took a speedboat to Lydah Island. He took her to roulette and in less than half an hour, she won $5,000.

"Alan, you're awesome. She kissed him on the cheek, "I've never won myself." ”

She followed him everywhere, and a white vaporetto drove them back to St. Mark's Square. He took her on a tour of the Champrun Palace, saw the colourful collection of royal carriages, took her to the Spanish Riding School, and saw the Lipizan thoroughbreds.

They are not separated when they go there, even when he is doing business.

Back in New York, they stayed at the Imperial Hotel.

Early in the morning, Su Xiaoqi and Alan got out of the elevator, and the two walked to the parking lot hand in hand, he lowered his head, kissed her on the lips, and hugged her into his arms.

When they parted slightly, she looked into his blue eyes, "Will it always be like this, Alan?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"We can get married. ”

Finally we talked, and that's exactly what he'd been thinking about all these days.

He fell in love with her, but he knew he couldn't make a commitment to her right now. When he first returned to the Rosehill family, his grandfather warned him that the life of the family stewards was their business, and that he could not think of anything else if he wanted to excel in his career.

They are a family of long-established wealth, capable of producing heirs, and only those who are determined and ruthless can take over power from the patriarchs and elders.

Before he came back to his senses, he always thought that he could handle anything calmly.

Alan lowered his eyes, "Alice, that's impossible. ”

"Really, why?"

"I also want us to be together all the time, don't you understand that our marriage can't work out." ”

He looked her in the eye, "I will always be with you, and tomorrow in Switzerland I will take you ......"

"I'm not going to go to Switzerland with you. She interrupted him, "I'm not coming to see you in the United States." ”

Thinking he had misheard, he turned back and said, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm going back. ”

Su Xiaoqi lowered her eyelashes, "Allen, I'm not that kind of woman, no matter where you go, there are many people who follow you, and many women like you, but I don't want to go on like this." ”

"I love you so much, but, one qiē is over. ”

"Come back to my room, Alice, and we'll talk. He pulled her arm.

"Unfortunately, no. Either it's perfect love, or it's pulled down. As soon as she wrestled her arm, she pulled it out of his hand and turned to run down the road.

Alan watched as she got into a white car, which quickly drove away as the engine sounded.

The hour hand points to 12:00 p.m. — when ......" a few sudden, long noises break the silence. He never called, she stayed by the phone, remembering Hans Christian Andersen's novel, all the magic that time has given Cinderella will disappear-

She lowered her eyes and thought sadly, I made a mistake, and in a fit of excitement gave him an ultimatum that he would always make the most rational decision, if he waited...... If you go to Switzerland with him...... If...... If...... I can't imagine what life would be like without each other, it's too painful to make. But you can't go on like this...... She wanted them to belong to each other.

Thinking about it from another angle, she didn't do anything wrong, fell in love with such an extraordinary man, wanted to be with him for a long time, at first she was afraid of getting him, and then she was afraid of losing him.

The antique clock placed in the corner of the wall swayed ticking, Su Xiaoqi leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and the outside world announced that he was going to get engaged, and it was over. It was so painful that she couldn't breathe—everything he had said had come true, and she couldn't breathe without him.

No, he didn't actually love that woman, she didn't want both parties to lose each other, she had to go to him, no matter what, she didn't want to lose each other.

At the banquet, the cups were staggered, laughter and laughter, and it was magnificent.

As soon as Su Xiaoqi walked to the hall, she was stopped by several men in suits, and a blonde man in a suit wearing sunglasses walked over, took off his sunglasses, and said, "Miss, this is not the place you should be!"

Tonight was the engagement party for Ellen and Catherine, and Fermi didn't arrange for anyone to follow her this time. "Let go of me!" Su Xiaoqi was forcibly taken out of the door by several workers, and the man in the suit grabbed her arm, lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Since Miss Catherine allows the matter between you and your husband to be separated, you should also know what it means to stop in moderation, right?"

The man in the blonde suit was condescending, and he said in a cold tone: "This is an exhortation, and it is also a warning. Stay in your place and be your mistress! I won't allow you to spoil it. ”

They pushed her out into the street. It was raining outside, and the bodyguards didn't even allow her to take the coat she had taken off when she entered. She looked up at the vast sky and reached out to catch the tears in the sky, but the rain slipped away from her fingertips. Eren was her door to this world, and once he closed it to her, the world closed to her.

The woman's body slowly slid to the ground, pouring in the rain, the cold wind was cold, and the street was dark.

During the reception, the glasses were staggered, and the silver-haired man walked up to Catherine and Egbert again.

Picking up the wine, the silver-haired man clinked glasses with Egbert, smiled, and said, "Sir, there is one less person by your side, I mean a qualified wife." She will be your companion and assistant in life, becoming an indispensable part of your life. ”

He placed his wine glass on the table, although there were rumors about him and Catherine, and tonight's banquet was not as speculated, but the intention of the Rosehill family and the Wilson family to marry was real.

Egbert said to the silver-haired man beside him, "Ling Qianjin is very good, but according to my current work arrangement and lifestyle, it is impossible to put marriage on the agenda for the time being, and this matter will be discussed later." ”

They seem to be forever immersed in endless abundance and happiness, swaying the crystal wine in the glasses, reflecting the colorful world.

Ying Geyan said at the banquet, but his mind flew away, he couldn't go on like this, it was time to settle the matter, he thought, I have to go back and have a good talk with Alice, and suddenly remembered that she was no longer in the mansion in New York.

Su Xiaoqi walked through one cold street after another in the rain, not feeling the cold wind blowing in her face, the rain gradually stopped, and a round of eclipsed sunrise struggled to show her face from the clouds on the horizon.

When she came back to her senses, she realized that she had been running all night, the sky was gradually clearing, and a morning light on the horizon was scattered on the earth. It was at that moment that she made a decision.

****

The street was still cold, and a man in a trench coat stood guard at the intersection, "Miss, I am your personal butler." You can change flights from Monaco to Russia. ”

She climbed the gangway, looked in the direction of downtown Manhattan at dawn, and commanded, "Let's go!"

The helicopter entered the airspace of Russia, and the pure and dazzling white field of vision was paved with a large area, and the icy air cut the face like a knife...... She stared at the ring between her ring fingers.

This ring represents the story of an extraordinary man in the world, Napoleon, and a woman. That love unveiled the history of a palace-level jewelry brand and created a legend of the times.

The most famous crown is related to Queen Joseph, who received the lingering love of the most extraordinary man in the world, obtained a status that was the envy of all women in the world, and enjoyed the glory and wealth of the world......

Gradually, she was tormented by suspicion all day in the palace, and she could not sleep well, and what she had been fearing finally happened—on November 30, 1809, when Napoleon was having lunch with her as usual, he ordered him to stand down, approached her, took her hand and pressed it to his heart, stared for a moment, and said:

"Josephine, you know, I have loved you, and the only happy moments I have ever had in this world have been given by you alone. ”

"But my fate is higher than my will, and my most precious love must give way to the interests of France. ”

Thinking of how much he fell in love with her at the beginning, Empress Joseph had to give up her position as queen at this moment, and her beauty, and the charm of youth, could not save Napoleon's determination.

On the third day after the divorce, he sat in the palace, staring at the sky, meditating behind closed doors, refusing to see anyone, and having no intention of doing anything—the vow that he had thought would never wither, closed his eyes, and became far away...... Until the moment before he died, her name was still called.

This ring, which represents eternal love, does not have a happy ending.

Perhaps, now, only when she is gone, what they leave each other is the most beautiful, complete, undestroyed and unbroken memories that have not been destroyed by time.

****

"Mr. Egbert. A man in a suit came to the young handsome man, "this was obtained from a jeweler." ”

The young man picked up the ring on his hand, "This is what she sold?"

"Yes, sir. ”

He knew very well how much she loved herself, and he was inducing this girl step by step to become a woman suitable for staying with the men of the Rosehill family, and encircled her in a gentle way. In order to adapt to the life around her, she will fade into what he wants to see, empathetic, reasonable, intellectual, suitable for the Ross Hill family, and not asking for superfluous things.

This qiē won't be long. Maybe he's too conceited and thinks he can calculate everything, including the human heart.

It is true that he could have counted many things, but he missed a little. That night, Alice went to the banquet to look for him, but was thrown out, and she walked through three streets without a coat and in the rain, until the dawn began to illuminate the city. He found out about it the next day.

"Did you find the provenance of the jewelry?"

"It is from the territory of Russia. The man in the suit said.

He lowered his eyes, Russia, which was the complete opposite of the forces of the Roshill family. Suddenly, Alice vanished from him, taking with her the Queen Joseph's ring, which was now back with him.

They are the oligarchic families of Wall Street, hidden behind the financial world, mostly partners and agents. Every descendant of the House of Roshill will know from the patriarch the rules of the family, that the heir shall not be allowed to hold power if he shows weakness, softness, etc., and that he must not be dominated by emotion, and that he shall not allow any part of his character to be dominated by instinct, especially lust, which is the worst disturbance of all reason. If the head of the family is incapacitated due to illness or weak-willedness, he must surrender power.

The best way to make a decision was to maintain a marriage-based connection with the Wilson family. However, he still pushed this one thing away. When such a decision is made, he inevitably feels a power higher than reason in his heart.