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.

nostalgically, his arm draped

had discreetly stowed away her phone in his own pocket,

inside the familiar surroundings of her grandfather’s house, Sophia couldn’t help but feel a rush of nostalgia. Memories flooded back to her, evoking a sense of warmth and comfort that she hadn’t felt in years.

I remember it,” Sophia remarked, her eyes scanning the

if trying to capture the moment. “Some things never change,”

demeanor, a subtle undercurrent beneath his seemingly innocent demeanor. But she pushed

they settled into the house, Sophia’s curiosity grew, her eagerness to uncover her grandfather’s secrets intensifying with

unable to shake the restless agitation that gripped him like a vice. Despite his best efforts to focus on his work, his mind kept drifting back to the

nervous energy, Alexander’s thoughts churned with jealousy and insecurity. He couldn’t understand

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

Sophia’s number once again, his heart pounding in his chest as he waited for her

Sophia?” he muttered to himself, his voice thick with emotion. “Why

with a thousand worst-case scenarios. He couldn’t shake the feeling that something

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 coursing through his