After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 95

Pushing aside that strange feeling in his chest, Elijah flew to London, desperate to see Gloria face-to-face.

He needed to apologize properly and admit how wrong he'd been about everything. Maybe though it seemed increasingly unlikely-she might even forgive him.

But after two weeks in London, he still hadn't made it past the gates of the Ramirez estate. The security staff's hostile glares told him everything he needed to know.

With no other options, he resorted to waiting outside like some paparazzi, hoping for just a glimpse of her.

Today, he finally got one.

His heart jumped when he spotted her. He pushed his car door open, her name already forming on his lips—when suddenly he froze in place.

As Gloria stepped out of her car, a tall figure followed, wrapping an arm around her waist with casual intimacy.

The gift box in Elijah's hand hit the pavement as anger surged through him.

"Gloria!" he called out.

familiar dread washed through her body like ice

whenever she'd supposedly crossed a line with his precious

Lucas's expression hardened. He rubbed her

door, he squeezed her hand. "I've got this.

moment the car door shut, all warmth vanished from Lucas's face. He spun around and drove

such an attack. But months of stress and illness had taken their toll. He could only watch helplessly

from the waiting butler

of interest felt more insulting than any words could have been. Elijah's chest tightened with a pain that had nothing to do with the punch, but Lucas

rumbled overhead, Lucas returned to the

glided through the gates, which closed with

given up on

his, but he had no desire for his fiancée to waste any thought on her

neither mentioned the incident

dinner, Lucas-now in dry clothes-sat beside Gloria while discussing wedding plans with her father across

the key people involved, Gloria offered occasional input but mostly ate quietly,

and Gloria, cutting her steak into perfect bites and