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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little too into her role, but Charles knew better–ever since then, her mind

acted upbeat, no matter if she was hustling

gave. As for what she was truly thinking, Charles honestly didn’t

up at the entrance of Evercrest Manor, and as Charles got out, he

her was Ian, and the two were deep in

had met Ian before, so she greeted him

“Junior Ian.”

Ian replied, giving her a respectful

exchanged nods, acknowledging

then on Charles–who’d brought her along. Simone

“I just happened to be passing

So you just conveniently dropped by and ended up here?” Simone shot back, voice flat. “We booked the

was finally seeing some light at the

if Joelle was involved,

your average woman–in the entertainment industry, she could sniff out tricks from a mile away. Years ago, Joelle kept a bunch of guys dangling, never saying yes, never saying no, just acting all

bad news, then Joelle was every bit as much

luxury of being a player, backed by his own strength and the Sinclair family name, Joelle, though, grabbed every opportunity she could, all while

to stoop to arguing with Joelle–it wasn’t worth her dignity as the

that, she sped up and strode

and her

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down, scooped it up, and gave it back to

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me. That’s just what I need–if

can’t stand it when another man grabs the

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

nervous. Your acting is next level–you’re so deep in your roles, sometimes I wonder if you ever stop acting, even off–camera. You’re seriously devoted,”

first reaction was that his words sounded a bit strange, but as

much into it,‘

flashed a gentle smile, putting on her classic big sister act. “Relax,

the ropes.”

down and landed on the necklace Ian

sets? You can’t buy them solo, right? So… do you

involved with

this.

narrowed–something about that necklace triggered

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

bless her oblivious heart, totally missed his not–so–subtle clue. ‘Sometimes, that girl is just

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