After She She Stopped Loving Him

hapter 6

At ten o’clock that night, Charles arrived home. He had expected Yolanda to be waiting for him in the living room. That was how it had been for the past two years.

But tonight, she wasn’t there. He tossed his coat to a nearby maid.

The maid’s sharp eyes caught the lipstick marks on the coat. Hastily, they covered it up, pretending not to notice.

Everyone in the mansion knew Charles had a mistress, but no one dared to mention it aloud.

“Where’s Yolanda?” Charles asked.

“Mrs. Sinclair hasn’t returned since she went out this afternoon,” the maid replied.

Charles nodded. Just as he was about to go upstairs, the living room door opened. Yolanda had come back.

Her hair was a little messy. She bent down to change her shoes, showing off her long legs.

Charles noticed the faint flush on her cheeks from drinking and frowned. “You drank?”

This had never happened before. The Grant family didn’t teach women to drink outside; if they drank, it was always in front of their husbands.

Yolanda was sober by now. When she saw the time, she felt a little panicked.

Her ingrained schedule made her drive back quickly, but at the doorstep, she found it funny. Whether she came home early or late, no one really cared.

She passed by Charles, and he caught the faint scent of alcohol on her. He reached out and pulled her close.

“Drinking your troubles away?” he joked. “Is there anything bothering you that you can’t tell

me?”

Charles always spoke so casually. He wasn’t heartless toward Yolanda, but he never took initiative either. Even with his affairs, he made sure she retained her dignity.

Both of them had been raised in prominent families and knew some things shouldn’t be exposed.

later, when she went elsewhere for resources, people would give her respect

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Chapter 6

Charles away. “It’s about

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really need to; he let go automatically. He wasn’t fond of touching

were plenty of women trained by their families to follow the rules,

collapsed yet?” His tone was flat as he walked upstairs,

and saw a smile in his eyes as he spoke gently on the phone. No

smile in his eyes faded slightly. He hung up

softly, “Starlight Entertainment under

phone, his gaze

Now, her expression was a little awkward, but she looked more

reason, he smiled. “Alright.

to

from behind, kissing her neck. “Being so polite

skipped a beat at his words, but the next second, she caught the scent of another woman’s perfume on

talk; charming women

seen through

that moment, Charles’s phone rang again, the

but

“It’s work. I need to

she stepped toward the bathroom. Probably fearing he might change his mind, she repeated, “Tomorrow I want to meet a few directors from

all trivial. Sinclair Group was a huge company, and Starlight

he said. “Just don’t hook up with young actors like

exactly that kind of person. He thought

added, “Though sometimes the younger ones

were always like this–half–smiling, half–derisive, completely humiliating Yolanda’s

knew full well that women from the Grant family

grabbed her phone and contacted a director at Starlight Entertainment

so many rules, she had prepared this name when she decided to team up with