Hugh's car was parked by the road.
When he saw me coming out with my suitcase, he got out at once and took the box from my hand.
"Got everything?"
"Mm."
He glanced at the Ashford family gate behind me. "Will you come back?"
I thought about it. "Maybe. When I'm no longer sad."
Hugh didn't try to persuade me. He didn't say that the Ashfords were still my parents. He just opened the car door and let me get in.
"Then come back whenever you want. If you never want to, that's fine too."
I looked at him and suddenly asked, "Hugh, do you think I'm troublesome?"
"No."
"I'm not as gentle as you imagine, and I don't know how to be a good girlfriend."
"No."
"I might still be sad about the past for a long time."
"No."
He answered too fast. I couldn't help laughing.
"Don't you need to thi
