Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

Chapter 13 Suspicious Keys

Neither I nor Melanie spoke in the elevator. She pouted and lowered her head while leaning against the elevator wall. Frankly, I couldn’t be bothered to engage with her. Although her brother often spoiled her, I

never had the patience.

When we reached Matthew’s office, he was indeed in a meeting. One of his employees saw me and Melanie and called Matthew out. Matthew seemed shocked as his gaze shifted between our faces before

stopping at me.

After some thought, he asked, “What are you-”

“Did I embarrass you? Why should I dress up since I only went to the market?” I interjected, knowing what he was about to say. Irritated, I retorted, “Pass me the keys. Ava’s still asleep.”

Immediately after, Matthew rushed to his desk and retrieved the keys from his bag to hand them to me,

saying, “Didn’t you ask Mel to send them to you?”

keys and glanced at a displeased Melanie. “Does she have the time to bring me the keys? Pretending to

I didn’t spare Melanie’s feelings this time. “Your

headed out, not having the time to deal with them. After all, I needed to rush home before Ava woke up, or it’d be a disaster. I was

cab home.

opening the door, I noticed two new keys on the keyring. Among the keys were the ones to my house,

in the east of town that specialized in key duplication, so I chose the

returned not long after I got home. My heart pounded as

I

and cry,” Matthew said

up yet,

asleep, must’ve heard Matthew’s voice and woke up. She blinked her

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over with a radiant smile. He crouched and looked

my sweetheart.”

cream!” Ava licked her lips and looked at Matthew with big, hopeful