Countdown to My Divorce

Xavier merely smiled and said nothing.

+15 BONUS

Rachel figured Jim would probably wake up hungry later, so she decided to head out and buy some food.

“Rachel-”

As Rachel passed by the emergency room, she heard a woman calling out to her in disbelief.

Rachel froze. She slowly turned around, as if unable to believe what she’d heard.

Cecilia’s eyes widened the moment she saw Rachel’s face. For several seconds, both women stood in stunned silence before Cecilia took a hesitant step forward, then another, slowly closing the distance between them.

When they were finally face to face, Cecilia’s lips trembled as she spoke. “It’s you. It’s really you, Rachel‘

Later, the two of them went to a cafe near the hospital. It took Cecilia a while to calm herself. Her eyes were filled with tears, and her voice choked when she finally spoke. “Where on earth have you been all these years? I thought you were dead!”

couldn’t hold it in anymore and

pulled out a tissue

it wasn’t just you. I didn’t tell anyone. Honestly, I only came back because of an accident. I had planned to never return, to just let the

deep breath and accepted the tissue from Rachel. “You have no idea how much I worried about you all these years, not knowing if you were dead or alive. But I always believed you must’ve had your

her hand. “Thank you for understanding. By the way, how have you been these past few

sighed. “After you left, Mr. Lewis was in a terrible mood. He came looking for you a couple of times, but I really didn’t know anything. Then he reclaimed the apartment. Samantha’s mother moved

sank. “But we signed a lease. The term wasn’t over. He

contract was with you, not Mr.

How could I fight them? I know now that you gave me that apartment to help me, and I didn’t even realize it at

even more

in the past. I really thought that’d give you a few years of peace. I didn’t expect they’d

head. “Now’s not the time to worry about me. I just want to warn you. If you plan on staying in Yurelia City, you can’t

said the same thing earlier.

and told Rachel everything that happened after she