Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 388

lan plonked himself down at the desk nearby and dove back into his paperwork.

“Need something?”

“Herbert has a painting up for auction soon, and you seemed to fancy his work before. If you’re planning to go, could you take me with you?”

Carlene sounded a little flirtatious as she eyed the food on the table and slowly took a seat.

“I haven’t eaten yet, mind if you join me?”

lan’s gaze remained glued to his documents.

“We can discuss that later.”

“lan, I remember you were really into Herbert’s style back in the day. I even went out of my way to learn from him, but he’s not taking on new students anymore. His last student was apparently a young guy:

Carlene seemed a bit miffed. “I bet it’s one of his relatives or something.”

lan’s brow furrowed slightly. “Carlene, I have work to do.”

Ever since Carlene had arrived, she had had a hunch that something was off about the place. It was her feminine intuition kicking in.

“lan, I don’t think anyone cleaned the room this morning.”

She planned to check the bedroom, but lan didn’t respond.

When Carlene opened the bedroom door, she spotted two pillows on the bed. If there was only one person sleeping, the other pillow should have been put away.

She headed straight

her heart pounding when she heard the clicking of high heels.

if she was discovered,

the doorway, his arms folded across his chest and said

didn’t like people touching his

realized she’d barged

back and gave him a

some ties. Wanted to see what kind of suits

out but returned to

had no choice but to follow him, her

let out a sigh of relief when she heard

in the living room, Carlene’s voice was low.

you wouldn’t

settled back into his chair, pen back in hand, burying himself in the

that he was mad, and her unease grew when she saw the food

attending the auction, I can be your plus one.”

“Mmm.”

gaze didn’t leave his

lan, heartbroken, and begrudgingly

trailed from

the room

she and lan were tying the

lobby manager for the room card, he’d handed it over without a

clearly a sign of his discontent

her mouth, feeling awkward, and bit her

“Got it.”

room, her eyes were filled with anger and disappointment.

room last time, she was certain lan had another

it