The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 1019 - 999: Deeper than Love, the Quietness Hidden at the Bottom of the Heart!

Chapter 1019: Chapter 999: Deeper than Love, the Quietness Hidden at the Bottom of the Heart!

Roy Thompson didn’t say anything; he just took out his phone and sent a message: Investigate everything about Senna Leon, the eldest daughter of the Leon family in Andras City!

"That’s enough. If you keep this up, your sister will come up here and blow her top again!"

After putting down his phone, Roy Thompson gently patted the man’s shoulder, "Instead of going crazy here, you might want to spend some time finding out if something happened to the Leon family. There’s no harm in being decadent later!"

Sure enough, the man who had been leaning on the bed lifted his head abruptly when he heard those words, instinctively wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"

"Are you saying something happened to the Leon family?"

This realization instantly sobered Rio Gordon up. His eyes brightened, and he became somewhat agitated. It was clear that before this, he hadn’t even considered this possibility, so as soon as he asked the question, Rio reached for his phone, but Roy Thompson held him back.

"I’ve already sent someone to investigate!"

Roy Thompson gave him a look, "What you need to do now is get yourself together. In your current state, even if you knew what happened to the Leon family, you wouldn’t be able to do anything!"

It was undeniable — Roy Thompson’s words hit the man where it hurt the most. Being powerless when you needed to do something was what a man hated the most. At that moment, Rio finally understood what Willy Smith had once told him about hating being too young to do anything!

Being too young, there are some things you just can’t do, and even if something happened to the Leon family, at his age, he couldn’t do much.

"Brother-in-law, if something really has happened to their family, could you help them?"

This was the first thing Rio said after a long silence, and hearing this, Roy Thompson was somewhat taken aback, "Didn’t you say you didn’t like her?"

He hadn’t forgotten that this man had outright thrown the girl out the door in front of everyone when they returned to the country; Roy Thompson couldn’t hold back and retorted, "Weren’t you intent on driving her away? Now that she has disappeared from your sight, isn’t it just perfect? Exactly what you wanted, for some peace and quiet!"

"But in the end, I allowed her to appear before me, and I apologized to her, so..."

"So, just because you allowed it, she must appear in your sight? Just because you say so?" Roy Thompson didn’t even let him finish his sentence and interrupted him outright; there were times when things needed to be said, "Rio, no one will stand still waiting for you, and don’t expect those who like you to keep liking you forever. So, if you like her, treat her well!"

Rio Gordon said nothing further but silently engraved Roy Thompson’s words into his mind, heart wrenched along with it, all his senses tortured by a hollow, soulless pain, his voice choking up again.

"Brother-in-law, I... understood too late. By the time I realized, she was already no longer by my side. What should I do?"

Back then, he only knew that the girl clinging to him was annoying, disturbing his normal life and studies, which is why he found her irritating. But he hadn’t expected that one day, when she no longer clung to him, he would realize the world felt empty.

Only after she disappeared did he understand that being disturbed and affected was exactly because she mattered to him. How could a woman who didn’t matter disturb him?

Unfortunately, he realized too late!

Seeing his young brother-in-law’s remorseful face, Roy Thompson understood how regretful he was feeling now.

"The only thing you can do now is this, just one word — wait!"

With that, Roy Thompson said no more and stood up to leave, "When she was here, you should have cherished her. Now that she’s not, the only thing you can do is wait for her to appear again, and when she does, make sure you have the ability to cherish her properly!"

Watching Roy Thompson walk out the door, Rio Gordon’s mind finally settled down.

Wait for her to appear again and have the ability to cherish her properly!

Yes, he was just a student now, and even if the Gordon family name was influential, that was his parents’ affair, not his; he could rely on his family for a while, but not forever. Thus, what he could do now was to finish his studies as quickly as possible so that he could have the ability to cherish the people he wanted to cherish.

When the day came that he had that ability, even if she didn’t appear, he would have the skill to find her wherever in the world she might be.

When Rio Gordon had gathered himself and was about to go downstairs, Roy Thompson had just hung up the phone. Seeing him descend, he spoke straightforwardly, "Something indeed happened to the Leon family, but it’s been hushed up through connections and hasn’t been exposed by the media. Senna Leon has been secretly sent abroad!"

"Which country?"

Rio almost instinctively blurted out.

"I don’t know yet, but even if I did, I wouldn’t tell you because..."

Roy Thompson paused and spoke very directly, "She has nothing to do with you now, and moreover, both of you are minors. You have no right to intrude on someone else’s private affairs!"

Upon hearing this, Rio, who had bright eyes just moments before, suddenly dimmed at these words. Indeed, he couldn’t do anything!

He had no ability, no standing, and no rights; the only thing he really could do was... wait!

"Sis, brother-in-law, I’m fine. You guys can go back!"

With that, Rio Gordon headed straight upstairs!

From then on, Rio Gordon seemed like a changed person. Already not very talkative, he became even less so, turning into the coldest person in the family. Years later, Bella Gordon would learn just how deeply this separation had scarred her brother.

That night, Bella Gordon and Roy Thompson naturally didn’t leave; they stayed at the Gordon family’s house until Michael Gordon and Ivy Aretha returned, and only then did the couple move back. At Rio Gordon’s request, Bella Gordon didn’t tell Michael Gordon and Ivy Aretha about the matter.

Although Roy Thompson did pull some strings regarding the Leon family’s situation, which had passed, Senna Leon still hadn’t returned.

Rio Gordon also never mentioned anything about Senna Leon again. Bella Gordon thought it had just passed, given that the two didn’t have the kind of emotional foundation she and Roy Thompson had, even starting from disliking each other; she gradually stopped worrying about it, but...