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Chapter 0141
“What? It’s true and I am so proud of you”
He gives me a mischievous smile and I just know he got me right where he wanted me.
“Can I play video games then since I’m a math genius?”
I just knew it. He has been battering me up.
I sigh. “Fine, but only for an hour”
He rushes up the stairs screaming thank you over and over again making me smile in the
process.
“Hey, Maria. You’re free to leave” I tell our nanny as I walk into the kitchen.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Now go”
She smiles at me before taking her things. Fifteen minutes later she’s gone and I wish I
hadn’t insisted on
her to leaving.
With Noah in his room. I was alone. I had nothing to occupy my mind and so my thoughts
started running
rampant.
I was just contemplating starting dinner early when my front door opened.
“Yoohoo. Ava where are you?”
Letty voice brings a smile to my face.
“In the kitchen” I shout back.
Minutes later, she walks into the room and I am surprised to see Corrine following behind
her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Look who I found. We got here at the same time” Letty says sitting at the kitchen island.
I’d told Letty how Corrine stood up for me against Anita. She has immediately liked her,
reasoning that
anyone who stood up for me was worth her respect.
“What are you doing here?” I ask Corrine.
“Well, you gave me an inch at the restaurant and I thought to myself, she’s ready. I’ve
always wanted to be
your friend, so here I am.”
There was this part of me that was sceptical. It wanted to shut her off. Instead I push it
back. It was time I
stepped pushing people away.
“Well, welcome to my humble home”
She smiles and I smile back at her. Genuinely happy that she was here.
“I came for an entirely different reason. Have you seen the gossip column? It was posted
like an hour
ago” Letty asks.
“No. Why?”
She hands me a phone and I read the caption. With each word I read, my mood sours.
[Billionaire Rowan Woods seen going on a lunch date with ex–wife, Ava Sharp months after
their divorce
and weeks after rumours of him dating her elder sister, Emma Sharp]
Below was a picture of Rowan escorting me to the restaurant with his hand on my lower
back.
“Shit” I curse. “This is going to cause unnecessary drama”
Emma was going to shit a brick. I wasn’t afraid of her, but I just didn’t want trouble. The
image portrayed a
certain intimacy that wasn’t truly there. Anyone looking at it was going to think that there
was something
more between us.
“Is there something going on that I’m unaware of?” Letty asks as Corrine just stares
between the two of
“Nothing. He unexpectedly showed up at my appointment and then asked me if we could
talk over lunch”
after that I recount everything that happened. Including his apology.
When I am done, I am even more confused than I was before. Things were just not making
sense no
matter which angle I tried looking at it from.
“What if he is genuinely sorry?” Letty asks.
That is a question I kept asking myself since he apologized. I kept pushing it to the back of
my mind
because I was just not strong enough to deal with it right now.
1 don’t know” I sigh in defeat. “Forgiveness is something that has to be earned and so far
he has done nothing to earn it. All he has managed to do is leave me with confusion and
more unanswered questions”
Honestly, how can I move past everything? He has spent the last nine years drilling into
me that he hates my F***ing guts and now all of a sudden he’s sorry?
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His quick three hundred and sixty degree turn just doesn’t seem genuine. There is no way
someone can
change that fast.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“What do you think Corrine?” Letty asks her since she had been too quiet.
“I think these are the actions of a man who doesn’t know he’s in love”
At that I burst out laughing. “That’s a good one Corrine. Rowan doesn’t love me”
I mean come on, he said as much on that day he came bulging into my house, avenging
his lovely Emma. 1
“Think about it though” she insists.
“She may be onto something. I mean why would he all of a sudden start caring for you? It
doesn’t make
sense unless he already cared for you but never realized. And again why does he suddenly
want to be
around you now that you’re divorced? Corrine may be right. He may have been in love
with
before and it took losing you for those feelings to come to the surface”
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I didn’t want to listen to their nonsense. So instead of answering their questions, I change
the subject.
They don’t push it and I am thankful for that.
Everything after that is perfect. I have a great time with both of them. Knowing very well
that now Corrine
was part of our inner circle.
Even though everything was great, I couldn’t help thinking of what they said.
Rowan can’t possibly be in love with me. They had to be wrong because Rowan has only
ever loved one woman and her name is Emma Sharp.
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