Luellen's eyes flickered. The man she thought knew nothing but work… actually had a fiancée before. However, she seemed to have fled from him and married someone else. It was even while he was hoping to build a future for the two of them.
Luellen then realized. Perhaps Houston stuck to his work to avoid a kind of relationship that had once scarred him.
The girl even lied about her circumstances. The more Madam Henny gossiped, the more they realized the girl had found her high-school sweetheart. She eloped with that guy even though she was about to get married.
Summer and Luellen remained mum. They exchanged soulful looks before the former sniffed and patted her eyes with a tissue. Summer said, "That was so sad. How was Mr Houston? Has he moved on?"
"That's what he tells us." Madam Henny hummed. "But I catch him spacing out on their important dates. He asked for a day off on their supposed anniversary this year… "
