Semua Bab Five Years After Divorce, My Ex-Husband Wants Me Again: Bab 41 - Bab 50

The drive back from the school took less than thirty minutes.Margaret spent most of it looking out the window.The driver spoke once to ask whether she wanted to stop anywhere before returning home.She shook her head.The rest of the journey passed without conversation.By the time the car turned through the estate gates, one name had followed her all the way home.Beaumont.Margaret stepped inside the house and handed her coat to a member of staff before continuing toward the sitting room.The housekeeper appeared a few moments later carrying a tray; a teapot rested beside a single cup.Margaret sat down.The housekeeper placed everything carefully on the table."Everything alright, Mrs. Sinclair?" She adjusted the edge of the tray cloth before looking up.Margaret reached for the teacup."Of course." She replied almost immediately.The housekeeper nodded and left.Margaret waited until the door closed before lifting the cup.A book rested on a stool beside her. She opened it, seve

CHARLIEThe city moved past the car window in a blur of headlights and traffic signals.I sat in the back seat with one arm resting against the door while the driver's eyes remained focused on the road.My phone rested in my hand. I turned it over once and set it beside me, then I picked it up again.The club events refused to leave my head. The ready conversation between Nora and Alexander; she looked so comfortable around him.And I was very sure they weren't discussing business.What could they be discussing at the club?I looked out the window. My hand tightened briefly around the phone, then my attention changed to the message I had received earlier from an unknown number.It was a video file with no explanation attached to it, and I haven't downloaded it yet.By the time the estate gates appeared ahead of us, the phone was already in my hand again.The driver pulled into the circular driveway.I looked at the notification one more time before opening the car door.The house was

NORAI sat behind my desk at Beaumont Group with the envelope open beside me and stared at my mother's handwriting for several seconds before unfolding the first page.My fingers rested against the edge of the paper, and then I began reading.My darling Nora,If you are reading this, then Helena kept her promise.A breath caught in my throat.I lowered my eyes to the next line.I knew she would.The corner of the page pressed against my thumb.For years I worried about leaving things unfinished. It is a strange thing to know that your time may be shorter than you expected. People begin thinking about what they will leave behind… and mine is You.I swallowed and kept reading.Helena was one of the very few people I trusted completely. If this letter reached you, then she protected it all these years.Tell her thank you for me.The words blurred briefly. My eyes remained on Helena's name.I lifted a hand and pressed my fingers against my temple before continuing.By the time you read th

Homework ended later than Lena believed it should.According to her, multiplication had already been invented, which meant there was no reason to keep proving it existed.Theo disagreed."It still has to be correct.""It was correct the first time.""You changed three answers.""They became more correct."Theo looked at her workbook."That's not how mathematics works."Lena reached for the pencil again."It should."Lena had barely finished her homework when her tablet chimed. She reached for it immediately.A new message appeared from Bernard.“Thought you'd like these.”Several photographs had been attached beneath the message.Lena smiled."The birthday pictures."Theo looked up from the maths worksheet he had been pretending not to dislike and moved closer as Lena opened the gallery.The first photograph covered the screen.Grandfather Beaumont stood in the middle of six children with both hands raised while everyone appeared determined to run in different directions.Lena laughed

Late afternoon sunlight fell across the conference table by the time the meeting finally came to an end.I closed the folder in front of me while the directors gathered their papers and exchanged quiet remarks on their way toward the door.Naomi remained behind.She waited until everyone else had left before stepping closer to my chair."Victor is here with Lena and Theo."I glanced at the clock on the wall."I lost track of time again."Naomi smiled. "I suspected as much."I collected my notebook and phone before leaving the boardroom..Victor stood near the entrance and the twin waited beside him.The first thing I noticed wasn't either of their faces; it was Lena's hair.The loose curls she had left the house with that morning had disappeared beneath a neat braid that rested over one shoulder.I stopped in front of her."Well," I said, reaching out to smooth one loose strand near her temple, "don't you look beautiful."Lena's smile spread immediately."Who did your hair?""Our teac