The advantage of living in Malibu is that it is indeed quiet and has enough **. Even if paparazzi slept at the door of the villa for several days, it is difficult to take useful photos. It is better to slept in Los Angeles city, and there may be more explosive points. Moreover, in the "Los Angeles City Secret" publicity period, Hugo's exposure has remained high, which has also made the paparazzi relax a little. Relatively speaking, the number of paparazzi at the door of the villa has also dropped a lot.

When leaving the villa today, Hugo did not feel the heat waves of paparazzi flocking in, nor did he feel strange. On the contrary, the strange thing was that there was only one person standing at the door, alone, which seemed too unusual. Moreover, this person did not hide, but just stood at the door of the garage in a daze, wandering and hesitating. It was not like a paparazzi, but like an ordinary resident waiting for people, Malibu, there were still many ordinary residents.

So, Hugo didn't think much and ran out in a small step. However, the flash of images appeared in his mind. Hugo always felt a little familiar and unfamiliar. This was almost the norm for Hugo who was face-blind, but today it made Hugo feel a little worried. Before he realized it, he slowed down, walked forward for only a few steps, and stopped in place.

Hugo stood there, gasping slightly, but the blurry image in his mind became clearer little by little, and finally even the face that he had hardly seen clearly became clear. Hugo actually didn't start running at all, but he couldn't help breathing, because he knew that face, which was always hidden deep in his memory: Lina Franco.

Why did Lena appear in Malibu today and stand in front of his villa? Is it to see James?

Hugo stood in his eyes, with his back facing the woman behind him, but he could feel the sight falling on his shoulders, which was scorching and heavy, making his muscles begin to tremble gently. Hugo did not turn around, and the woman did not speak, as if it was extremely difficult to make a sound. He could only stand silently and quietly look at Hugo's back.

Hugo took a few deep breaths. He originally thought that after he had completely let go, all this would become simple, but in fact it was not as simple as imagined, but not as difficult as imagined. Hugo gently outlined a smile on the corner of his mouth. He decided not to wait for her to speak, but he took the initiative.

So Hugo turned around like this.

Then Hugo saw Lina standing in front of her, wearing a light yellow spinning long skirt. The tender sky blue flowers on the hem of the skirt gently swaying in the sea breeze, swaying and outlining a touch of charm. It was indeed not as difficult as I imagined. The most difficult thing was that at the moment before turning around, once you turned around, all the shackles in your heart disappeared. Hugo's mouth relaxed, and he gently outlined a smile, warm and indifferent.

Looking up, Hugo saw Lina's eyes. Lina had a pair of sky blue eyes, and her curved peach blossom eyes were as quiet and intoxicated as a pool of spring water. Even though time added many wrinkles to the corners of her eyes, she still could not hide the depth of her eyes, which made people want to explore the story in that eyes. Although Hugo's eyes were amber, they inherited Lina's temperament.

Lina hit Hugo's eyes, looked away in panic, and couldn't help but tilt her body, not wanting to contact Hugo head-on, but as soon as she moved, she was stiff and stood there. Then her body began to tremble, and the trembling fingers could not calm down. She could only clench her fists in a hurry, then put them behind her, hiding her tension.

After pausing for a while, Lina forced herself to turn around again, raised her chin, looked at Hugo as if she was pretending to be calm, opened her mouth slightly, her lips squirmed for a moment but didn't say anything, but just looked at Hugo quietly, as if she wanted to use her eyes to carefully look at the man in front of her, see through the blank space of twenty-two years, and carefully depict Hugo's growth trajectory. But Lina failed, because the man in front of her was completely different from the tender boy in her memory, and only the sunlight between her eyebrows was reminding her that this was the little child.

This recognition easily destroyed Lena. She stood there at a loss, and even tears could not emerge. She just stood in a daze, as if her soul had begun to burn slowly, and a heartbreaking fragrance of flowers floated in the air.

At this moment, Lina truly realized what she had missed and what she had done to Hugo in front of her. The time was too strong and too cruel. She wiped away all traces and then wrote a completely different time again. She did not regret it because, as Hugo said, she was not worthy of regret, she did not even have the qualification to regret, her regret would only make Hugo become embarrassed, make the Franco family unworthy, and make herself lose her skin. Therefore, she did not have the qualification to regret, the qualification to complain... nor the qualification to be sad.

Hugo watched Lina fall apart in front of her eyes, but he felt a little reluctant to see this as a stranger. So Hugo opened his mouth, "Good afternoon..." Hugo tried to come up with a title, but he didn't find a suitable one, so he said, "Lina, are you here to find James?" Ms., too unfamiliar and too deliberate; mother, too sarcastic and too mean; mother, too intimate and too hypocritical... So, it's the most appropriate name, "James is going to the acting school, and he should be back soon, you'd better go in and wait for him."

As he spoke, Hugo walked back and greeted Lina into the villa, as if she was a hospitable owner. After all, James was living in Hugo's house now, and he didn't need to be pretentious.

However, Lina did not follow Hugo's footsteps, but watched Hugo walk to the wooden fence. Looking at the wide back, the voice in Lina's throat finally squeezed out. "I'm sorry..." This sentence, twenty-two years apart, exhausted all of Lina's strength. She knew that she was not qualified to apologize, but, apart from that, she didn't know what to say, "Hugo, I'm sorry."

Hugo stopped, stood there in a daze, then pursed his lips, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, turned around and looked at Lina in front of him, "I accept your apology." This sentence made Lina completely stunned. This response she absolutely did not expect, but the relief in the smile on Hugo's lips hurt Lina's eyes.

Hugo chose to forgive in order to let him go; and even more so for Adam. He had spent twenty-two years remembering the term "mother", but he forgot that there was a more important person in his life, the father. Therefore, he chose to forgive and formally bid farewell to the past twenty-two years. He chose to stand by his father and become Adam's son, not Lina's son. Just as Lina was James' mother.

It’s just a pity that Hugo spent too much time to realize this. Isn’t his obsession with Lina a kind of harm to Adam? Fortunately, Hugo finally figured out all this, so he could face Lina with a smile and calmness; so he could accept Lina’s apology calmly and calmly.

The faint smile on the corner of Hugo's mouth completely bloomed, "Come in, stand outside and continue waiting, someone will blame me for being careless." Hugo opened the wooden fence, "James performed well here recently, and it can be seen that he is indeed very interested in acting. If you want, he can show you the results later."

Lina looked at Hugo's relaxed expression and her steps finally took off, but it was so difficult. One step, followed by another, and then she passed by Hugo. She could even smell the fresh licorice fragrance on Hugo's body from the breeze. As soon as she stopped slightly, she stepped on the wooden stairs and walked down step by step.

"Be careful, the stair design here looks very stylish, but I have received complaints and complaints, which is too troublesome." Hugo fell behind him and introduced it friendly, as if he was just an ordinary friend in front of him, or more accurately, it was James' mother's visit.

Hugo took Lina into the first floor of the villa, but Lina curiously looked at the grass and trees in the room, bit by bit, and her mind was outlining Hugo and James and the others' life here, but her heart was mixed and her complex mood was hard to describe.

In fact, Lina had no idea why she came to Malibu, for James, Hugo, or to save the bad atmosphere at home. Lina just felt that her life had completely become a mess, and everything was different from the beginning, but she didn't know when it started to change, or that from the beginning, all this was a mirage built on lies.

Hugo looked at Lina's changing expression and could vaguely guess the chaos of the Frank family. James occasionally revealed his words, but it had nothing to do with Hugo. He had chosen to let go, so he refused to involve it. Even though he knew that the chaos was largely related to him, he was not responsible for quelling the chaos.

"So, can I give you something? White water? Coke? Juice? Or red wine?" Hugo politely performed his duties as a host. Lina was stunned, "White water, thank you." Hugo nodded slightly, then walked to the kitchen, poured a glass of warm water, and placed it in front of Lina.
Chapter completed!