Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 2031

"Mark."

James called out, his voice steady.

Mark saw her, his face falling instantly, knowing full well the purpose of her visit. James noticed Mrs. Davis as well and let out a small sigh of relief.

"I'm Mark and Shirley's homeroom teacher. Not sure if you still remember me."

Mrs. Davis nodded, her tone full of regret. "Shirley is so disobedient. We just tried talking to her, but she lashed out like a lunatic."

James froze. "Isn't Shirley on a business trip?"

"No, she's right here in this ward. Mr. James, if you can, please talk some sense into that girl. Abner has been nothing but a curse for us. If it weren't for him, Shirley and Mark would already be married." James suddenly didn't know what to say. He rushed into Shirley's room.

Shirley was still sitting, but not on a chair-she was on the cold floor.

"Shirley!"

James was startled, quickly rushing over to help her up.

"What's going on? Didn't Abner say you were on a business trip and wouldn't be back for a while?"

Shirley barely moved at the sound of his voice, her stiff gaze finally shifting slightly.

"Mr. James?"

James's heart ached. Shirley had grown so thin, her whole demeanor worn and exhausted.

"It's me, Shirley. What happened to you? Abner's been expelled, he can't take the college entrance exam, and now you're like this. What am I supposed to do?"

Shirley's eyes shifted, her brain sluggish but slowly piecing together the news James had brought. She lifted her head, her eyes bloodshot.

"Abner got expelled?"

James realized she hadn't heard yet.

"Yeah, Mark's parents went straight to the principal's office and personally demanded it. The other parents were outraged too, and the principal couldn't take the pressure. He expelled Abner and ordered him to publicly read a letter of repentance on Monday. Didn't you know? The police came to school during class to take him away. Rumors spread like wildfire. He's just a kid, after all."

Shirley immediately stood up but stumbled after just one step.

"Shirley!"

James's heart leaped into his throat, and he rushed to catch her.

Why are you

hearing about Abner's expulsion. She had worked so hard to bring him out of the mountains, and he had been fighting so hard. How could

only two months left until the

grabbed James, her fingers

out of this? Abner did nothing

"Mark? What happened?"

it was as if countless voices were screaming and pulling at her from within. She almost doubled over, struggling against the weight of

me. That's

froze completely, then pulled her into

voice came out thick with emotion. "Shirley, I hate to say this, but the truth doesn't matter anymore. You and Abner have both suffered terribly, but the Albright family is

so much in the past few days that her tears had almost dried up, but now her eyes ached as if they were

just

Even if you blow this up, they'll find a way to suppress it. Shirley, you've been in the workforce for a few years now.

Survival of the fittest.

took on a new, bitter meaning in the

about Abner? He's worked so hard. How can they strip him of his

fair-none of this

patted her

to admit there was no way out. The Albright family wasn't going to

"Mark."

called out, his voice echoing slightly in the bustling

of realization crossed his face, and his expression

then shifted to Mrs. Davis, and he let

if you remember me," James

laced with regret. "Shirley, that child, is just too stubborn. We just wanted to

supposed to be on a business trip,

her, I'd be grateful. Abner has been nothing but trouble for our family. If it

quickly made his

not on a chair,

"Shirley!"

and rushed to her side, helping

away on a business trip and wouldn't be back for

voice, Shirley's stiff

"Mr. James?"

how gaunt and worn-out Shirley looked, James felt a pang

Abner has been expelled and can't take his final exams, and you're in this state, what am I supposed

"Abner, expelled?"

realized Shirley hadn't heard the news

to the principal's

gel

was intense, and under the pressure, the principal had no choice but to expel Abner. They've even ordered him to read a public apology on Monday. Didn't