Chapter 229 Did She Really Give up on Firmament

Lucian watched Rosalie walk away. She looked delicate, but her back stayed straight, like a sapling bracing against the wind. The irritation that had tailed him all morning finally eased. No one knew better than he did what she had poured into Firmament. He still remembered the day he passed his road test and picked up his first car. Rosalie came by with her laptop, her eyes sparkling as she promised a surprise. He could still hear the crisp clatter of her keyboard, echoing through nights that dissolved into dawn. He also remembered the week her laptop gave out during finals while rain sang against the windows. She grew so anxious that she burst into tears. He took the laptop to one repair shop after another, rain soaking him through. But in the end, everything inside was gone. He spent hours talking her down until she swiped at her eyes and said it was fine, because a better idea had just hit her. And that idea was Firmament. Three years later, Firmament had survived setback