Countdown to My Divorce

Charmaine felt bad taking Samantha’s money.

“Samantha, you’ve been giving us all your money over the years. Is been tough on you. Things will get better once your younger brother gets married,” she said wearily.

“It’s fine, Mom. If you didn’t need to pay for my education, Eugene wouldn’t have dropped out of school so early. He’s smarter than me. Had he continued with his studies back then, I’m sure he would be earning more money than me right now.”

Samantha patted Charmaine’s back comfortingly.

Charmaine sniffed, but quickly returned to the matter at hand. “You must quickly bring up marriage with William to avoid future troubles. He’s such an outstanding man, I’m sure tons of women are eyeing him.”

“I know, Mom.”

Despite her verbal assurance, Samantha knew that William had no intention of divorcing Rachel. She was aware that Rachel wasn’t simply a replacement in William’s heart. For all she knew, Rachel had subconsciously crept into William’s heart. He just didn’t know it himself.

William was done enquiring with the doctor and felt relieved when he confirmed that Charmaine’s condition was mild and wouldn’t need to be hospitalized for a long time.

Just as he was about to leave with another report in hand, he caught sight of familiar silhouette from the corner of his eyes.

a

few seconds and met Rachel’s gaze. She looked equally stunned,

those few seconds, the eyes he was clearly so familiar with suddenly looked like those of a

for a few seconds before finally pushing the door to Rachel’s ward open. His gaze landed on the IV drip

“Where is Mr. Hunt?”

left.” Rachel’s voice was as chilly as the

relaxed as he pointed at the drip. “What

“Lung infection.”

brows. “Didn’t I

to laugh at his exclamation. She had stayed in that dusty office for so long–it didn’t just take a matter of days

explain all that to him and simply said, “Perhaps I’m

time to take care of you. You need

bridge, looking fatigued, as though he really had

project director. How could she not know about the projects the company managed? Project Oasis was the only one they