Chapter 108: I Didn’t Act
He did impress her this time. Arianna always thought Ryan was just a small follower and bodyguard to Travis.
According to Ryan, he bet with Travis many times on those certificates, and he always managed to pass tests in one try. Two important certificates brought him a house and a name-brand car, a gift from Travis, of course.
Arianna was only interested in that nursery certificate of him. She kept reading it.
Ryan said, “Susan made me work on this one…” His smile was mixed with some melancholy.
Another time he helped Arianna check her account and said, “Hey, how can you use money like this? It’s not economical at all.”
Arianna explained she wanted to pay back Travis’s equity in terms of the charity fund.
Ryan’s face was colored, and he said, “I think I’ll never find a wife like your kind!” After saying that, he still came to visit her, even though she sometimes ignored him. He still kept giving advice to her, even though she adopted little of them.
“Are you plotting something by being nice to me?”
“Sure I am. Haven’t you heard? The men’s singles club has a saying these days that goes, “whoever nails down Arianna gets both money and beauty.”
Then, before Arianna put on an ugly face, Ryan hurriedly explained, “I’m not one of them. You tortured Mr. Cooper for so long, misinterpreted his kindness, and refused his love. That’s why I deliberately approach you and try to avenge him.”
This time Arianna smiled, “Do you sympathize with me?”
Ryan asked, “Do you need sympathy?”
When Arianna climbed a mountain with friends, Ryan insisted on being a bodyguard.
They first climbed to the top of the mountain. Ryan sat on a large rock and looked at the horizon, and said, “I recently looked for you, and you always said you were out for blind dates. You have been on blind dates for so long. Is there any result?”
“No.”
“Are you too picky? You know, the youth of a woman is very short.”
“Actually, I am not interested in getting married.”
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“But I like children, so marriage must be done.”
“Bad excuse of a woman nearly getting old. You are old-fashioned. If you just want a child, you don’t even need to get married.”
Arianna didn’t speak for a long time. When Ryan thought she was angry, she nodded solemnly, “It’s also true. Why didn’t I think of it before?”
“Hey, I was just kidding, alright?”
“But I think it’s very feasible. It’s much easier to find someone who can provide a gene than to find a partner for life.”
“Big sister,” Ryan said bitterly, “The life of a single mother is not fancy at all.”
“Who knows?”
Ryan said too much, and Arianna wanted to seal his mouth. Then Arianna stood on the edge of the cliff and thought for a while.
“Why are you standing there? It’s dangerous.” Ryan walked over and pulled her back to the safe zone.
Arianna said, “We need a change of topic, big boy. It’s so boring.”
The moment Arianna stood on the edge of the cliff, she suddenly remembered that someone had asked her to have a baby. It’s always annoying for one to have a good memory of unpleasant things.
One day, Ryan struggled for some time, and then he asked Arianna, “I really want to know what Mr. Cooper finally left for you.”
Arianna was silent.
“I’m just curious. If that’s a love letter, then please don’t show me.” Ryan smiled like an innocent old boy.
Arianna was silent.
Ryan figured it out, and he asked, “You never opened that safe, did you?”
“When you said you would’ve stuck to your choice even if you were given ten more times to choose, I thought you were joking, but now it looks like you were just being honest.”
“I don’t tell lies.”
“I really wonder…”
“What is good in me that made Mr. Cooper so obsessed.”
Arianna had plenty of reasons not to open that safe. If there was some expensive jewelry in it, she wouldn’t be interested. And if there was a confession letter, or a formal farewell letter, or another letter of apology, which was not likely what Travis would do, she would not want to see them either for the sake of keeping a peaceful mind of herself. She was too lazy to explain that to Ryan.
Ryan’s handsome little face changed expressions frequently, from gloomy to indifferent. Ryan had not been hiding his feelings since they met again, but Arianna was familiar with his indifferent look before.
Arianna said faintly, “Ryan, you have been prancing around me for two months just for this safe thing? You could have just asked me.”
“I can’t help it when you always distort the goodwill from others.” Ryan said coldly, “I’m only doing this because every time when I’m close to you, it makes me feel I’m close to Mr. Cooper.”
Arianna sneered and walked away. After a few steps she took forward, Ryan caught up with her and apologized to her in the tone of an innocent child again, “I was just joking. Don’t take it seriously.”
“Ryan, you really should go to Hollywood. But if you really admire Mr. Cooper, you should not be acting. He never acted on anything.”
“I didn’t act. All the looks of me are true reflections of me, believe it or not.” When he said this sentence, he sounded like Travis Cooper.
Later, Arianna still went to open the safe because Ryan’s eyes went red, and her heart got soft. Arianna knew well that Ryan only treated her, especially because of Travis.
According to Ryan, that day, Travis left in a hurry and didn’t say anything. Ryan found the envelope with the key and the meeting time between Arianna and Travis on Travis’s desk.
“According to the investigation, Mr. Cooper’s car was running at a speed of 140Km per hour. Many years ago, Mr. Cooper’s father died in a car accident. That’s why Mr. Cooper had psychological barriers to driving by himself. And he couldn’t have been driving at that speed unless the car malfunctioned or the one taking the wheel was not him. Moreover, the investigation report said Mr. Cooper had a car accident in the dawn and was taken to the hospital in the morning, but we were not informed until the evening! I suspect Mr. Cooper’s death. But I’ve been investigating for a few months and got no clues.”
Although Arianna couldn’t tell if Ryan was letting out his true emotion or was just acting, she was moved when his eyes turned red. She didn’t avoid him when she opened the safe.