After She She Stopped Loving Him

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Charles picked up Joelle at six in the evening. Evercrest Manor was a bit of a drive from Moonbay Estate, and he figured he’d be home around midnight. So, right in front of Joelle, he called Yolanda.

Yolanda was still keeping an eye on the online buzz. She didn’t even need to answer his call to know where he was–Joelle had already posted about it on Twitter.

Charles’s expression softened as he thought about what Joelle had worn out today, his chest growing warm at the memory.

“Are you home? I’ll be working late tonight and should be back around twelve,” he said.

Yolanda gave a half–hearted “mm” in response, her attention focused on her computer as she chatted with Jason.

Jason was in charge of Sophie’s case right now, and with all the online drama blowing up, they had to calm things down ASAP–or else, even if Starlight tried to fix things later, they’d still get shut down for good.

‘Charles couldn’t help but feel uneasy–her voice was so calm, it almost sounded distant!

‘Come to think of it, Yolanda hadn’t called to ask where he was or what he was doing in forever.

‘He used to just give her half–hearted answers, but at least he’d picked up when she called.

‘Now he was the one making the effort, but she couldn’t care less.

Before Charles could get another word out, Yolanda ended the call on her end.

Joelle caught the look on his face and slowly tightened her hand by her side. “Charles, I’ve always wanted to ask… did I wait too long to come back?”

‘He only married Yolanda out of frustration with me, but now, watching him call her, I can’t help but think he still cares about her–otherwise, why bother checking in?‘ Joelle thought to herself.

Charles kept his eyes on the window, his voice gentle. “Why do you think that?”

Joelle bit her lip and let out a quiet sigh. “Just a hunch. Right now, I need to put my career first. As for us… let’s talk about it another time.”

Joelle reached for her wrist, tracing the noticeably visible scars there.

After that incident with Andrew, she faked having some serious psychological issues–and she’d carefully laid the groundwork for her trip abroad with that act.

Charles was the one she wanted, but he was always messing around; Andrew wasn’t the CEO of Sinclair Group, and Quentin didn’t quite measure up. So, Joelle took a sum of money from May and decided to try

her luck overseas.

Charles noticed those faint scars on Joelle’s wrist, and a dull ache hit his chest.

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a little too into her role, but Charles knew better–ever since then, her mind had never really

she was hustling for her career or

Charles honestly didn’t have the time or the heart to dig into

up at the entrance of Evercrest Manor, and as Charles

was Ian, and the two were deep

met Ian before, so she

“Junior Ian.”

Joelle,” Ian replied, giving her a

exchanged nods,

Joelle, then on Charles–who’d brought her along. Simone smirked. “Charles, did

“I just happened to be

just conveniently dropped by and ended up here?” Simone shot back, voice flat. “We booked the whole place tonight–I didn’t hear anything about

light at

was, if Joelle was

ago, Joelle kept a bunch of guys dangling, never saying yes, never saying no, just acting all pitiful with red

news, then Joelle was every bit

difference was, Charles had the luxury of being a player, backed by his own strength and the Sinclair family name, Joelle,

worth her dignity as the older one. Shooting Ian a look, she said, “I’m

that, she sped up

nearly lost her balance, and her

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Ian’s got a soft spot for me. That’s just what I need–if I play it right, I can use him to mess

it when another man grabs the spotlight–Charles was no

her voice. “Thanks, Ian. So how do you feel now that the directors chose you

Joelle, honestly makes me nervous. Your acting is next level–you’re so deep in

as she mulled it

much into

her classic big sister act. “Relax, I’ll make sure to look

the ropes.”

landed on the

You can’t buy them solo, right? So…

acting was superb. Getting involved with someone now would be totally

this.

narrowed–something about that necklace triggered a flash

realizing the piece looked oddly familiar, like he’d seen it

Yolanda, bless her oblivious heart, totally