After the Divorce: Crushed on My Lawyer Ex-wife

#170 “Why won’t You Answer?”

As soon as their plane landed, Sophia was eager to return to her grandfather’s house. She and Benjamin hailed a taxi, the anticipation of revisiting her childhood home palpable in the air. Upon arriving in front of the house, Sophia reached for her phone to inform Alexander of their safe arrival.

“I’ll just write to Alexander that everything is fine and we’ve arrived,” she announced, her fingers hovering over the screen.

But before she could proceed, Benjamin swiftly snatched the phone from her hand, eliciting a frown from Sophia.

“You can write to him as soon as we enter. Come on, Sophia, you haven’t been here for years, let’s get settled in first,” Benjamin suggested, his tone persuasive.

Sophia chuckled at Benjamin’s eagerness. “God, Benjamin, you’ve really missed this place,” she remarked, a fond smile playing on her lips.

years were here,” he replied nostalgically, his arm draped

Sophia into the house, Sophia remained unaware that he had discreetly stowed away her phone in his own pocket, a subtle act that did not escape his calculated

her, evoking a sense of warmth and comfort that she

just as I remember it,” Sophia remarked, her eyes scanning the familiar surroundings with a mix of nostalgia and

lingering on Sophia as if trying to capture the moment.

shake the feeling that there was something more to Benjamin’s demeanor, a subtle undercurrent beneath his seemingly innocent demeanor. But she pushed aside her suspicions, choosing instead to

into the house, Sophia’s curiosity grew, her eagerness

Despite his best efforts to focus on his work, his mind kept drifting back to the image

churned with jealousy and insecurity. He couldn’t understand how Sophia could be so carefree in Benjamin’s

a sign from Sophia. But as the afternoon wore on and his calls went unanswered, his frustration

waited for her to pick up. But to his dismay, the call went

his

mind racing with a thousand worst-case scenarios. He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong, and the thought of Sophia in Benjamin’s company filled him

give up hope of reaching her, his phone buzzed with a new notification. With trembling hands, he unlocked the screen to see yet another message from Benjamin, accompanied by a photo that sent a fresh wave of anger