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.

voice, Gloria went rigid. A familiar dread washed through her body like ice

tone whenever she'd supposedly crossed a

her tremble, Lucas's expression hardened. He rubbed her back reassuringly and helped her

her hand. "I've got

from Lucas's face. He spun

time, Elijah would've easily dodged such an attack. But months of stress and illness had taken their toll. He could only watch helplessly as Lucas's punch sent him sprawling onto

the waiting butler and

with a pain that had nothing to do with the punch, but Lucas

thunder rumbled overhead, Lucas returned

the gates, which closed with finality,

had appeared. From the moment she'd truly given up on him, his actions no longer concerned her.

Perhaps it was simply a man's instinct to protect what was his, but he

neither mentioned

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

offered occasional input

the conversation and Gloria, cutting her steak into perfect bites and