Capture Your Heart novel Chapter 194

“Nonsense! I just listen to the Buddhist stories to learn the lessons of life, which makes me feel better.”

“Really?” Troy eagerly asks.

“Yep.”

“Then hurry up and come back!”

“…” Karin rubs her forehead. “No, I have more stories to listen to.”

“What? I can tell you stories if you want. I promise my stories are the best ones that you’ve never heard before.”

“Save it! Your stories are nothing to the Buddhist stories, okay?”

“What’s wrong with you? How could you look down upon your fiancé? The Buddha won’t forgive you.”

“He will as I’m telling the truth.”

Troy is angry. “Don’t you talk to the fucking monks ever! You’ve been brain-washed by them to argue with me.”

“I want to be brain-washed. Hope you’d take a chance to be brain-washed by them, too.”

Then Karin breaks off the call.

Troy feels exasperated. Karin has hung up on him for the third time. He instantly makes up his mind not to call her anymore. He wants her to miss her and calls him.

It’s obvious that he has spoiled her. How can she ignore his husband’s dignity?

Then he lies in the bed with a darkened face.

On the third day, Karin goes to find the monk again, and he smiles at her. “I’ll tell you one last story today. I hope the Buddha could help you ease your pain.”

“Thanks…” Karin joins her palms in pranam.

Then the monk relates, “When a man waited in her car for the traffic lights to turn green, a little boy in rags asked him if he wanted to buy some flowers. The moment he gave the boy the money, the lights turned green, and people behind his cars sounded their horns to urge him to go. Then he rudely yelled at the boy, “Just give the fucking flowers to me now.” But the boy thanked him politely all the same.

Then the man felt guilty of his bad attitude towards the boy. So he immediately pulled aside and apologized to the boy for his rudeness and bought another bunch of flowers for the boy. The boy accepted it with a smile.

However, he found his car broke down when he came back to his car. Suddenly, a breakdown van came to his rescue when he got anxious. The driver of the van gave him a note, which read, ‘This is the bunch of flowers you’ve bought for me.’”

This is the last story for Karin, and she thinks, in the three days, the monk’s stories are the best ones to purify her mind and soul that she’s ever heard.

The monk looks right into her eyes and says, “A brave man is the one can face up the wrong that they’ve done and apologize for it at once. Your kindness can be in exchange of your repay which set you free from your guilty past.”

She rises up to her feet and bows to the monk. “Thank you, sir. I know what to do now.”

“You’re welcome. The credits should be given to the Buddha.”

After visiting other temples and places of interests in India, Karin plans to go back to Zurich earlier.

Troy hasn’t called her since their last call, and she doesn’t bother to call him, either. She has told him she needs some personal time and space to sort out the problems on her mind.

She doesn’t call Troy until she gets to the airport.

Troy is walking out of his office after the meeting when his phone rings off. He’s over the moon when he finds it’s Karin’s call. He has spent days in waiting her calls but she hasn’t called him, not to mention any messages. He’d have flown to find her but for his tons of work.

He rejects her call and sits in his chair happily as he has successfully defended his male dignity. Robert catches his huge smile when he opens his door, and he asks in a teasing tone, “Are you an idiot? You can’t keep your mouth close.”

Troy glares at him. “I’m your boss and I can do whatever I like.”