After She She Stopped Loving Him

Chapter 194

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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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claimed Joelle just got a little too into her role, but Charles knew better–ever since then,

no matter if she was hustling for her career or dealing

what she was truly thinking, Charles honestly didn’t have the time or the heart to dig into

entrance of Evercrest Manor, and as Charles got out,

two were deep in a conversation

met Ian before, so she greeted

“Junior Ian.”

Joelle,” Ian replied, giving

exchanged nods, acknowledging each

Charles–who’d brought her along. Simone smirked. “Charles, did you forget you’re

rubbed his temples. “I just happened to be passing

Simone shot back, voice flat. “We booked the whole place tonight–I didn’t hear anything

some light at the

Joelle was involved, Charles always put her

never saying no, just acting all

Joelle was every bit

family name, Joelle, though, grabbed every opportunity she could, all while pretending to be some pure little angel who

seriously annoyed, but she wasn’t about to stoop to arguing with Joelle–it wasn’t worth her dignity as

she sped up

lost her balance, and her bag tumbled

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bent down, scooped it up, and gave it back to

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

it when another man grabs the spotlight–Charles was no

Ian. So how do you feel now that the directors chose you to be

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

first reaction was that his words sounded a bit strange, but as she mulled it over, she realized

just reading too much into it,‘

gentle smile, putting on her classic big sister act. “Relax, I’ll make sure to look after you and

the ropes.”

eyes drifted down and landed on the necklace

necklace one of those couple sets? You can’t buy them

Ian’s popularity was skyrocketing and his acting was superb. Getting involved

this.

a second, his eyes narrowed–something about that necklace triggered a

squinted, realizing the piece looked oddly familiar, like he’d seen it not

that exact style, but Yolanda, bless her oblivious heart, totally

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