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.

wrong with you? Why

to bring him out of the mountains, and he had

only two months left until the college

her

is there any way out of

"Mark? What happened?"

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

tried to assault me. That's why Abner

completely, then pulled her

"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 powerful, and they're not going to let this go. The only option

few days that her tears had almost dried up, but now her eyes ached as if they were about to burst. "Mr. James, is there really no other

James realized just

can do alone. Even if you blow this up, they'll find a way to suppress it. Shirley, you've been in the workforce

Survival of the fittest.

school now took on a new, bitter

"But what about Abner? He's worked so hard. How can they strip

fair-none of this was

patted her

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

"Mark."

his voice echoing slightly in the

a shadow of realization

gaze then shifted to Mrs. Davis, and he let out a slight sigh of

homeroom teacher. I'm not sure if you remember me," James stated, trying to bridge the distance with

Davis nodded, her tone laced with regret. "Shirley, that child, is just too stubborn. We just wanted to have a chat with her, but she reacted hysterically,

taken aback. "Shirley was supposed to be on a business

be grateful. Abner has been nothing but trouble for our family. If it hadn't been for him, Shirley and Mark

for words, James quickly made his

was sitting on the floor, not on a chair, just

"Shirley!"

rushed to her

told me you were away on a business trip and wouldn't be back for a

voice, Shirley's stiff gaze finally shifted

"Mr. James?"

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

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

"Abner, expelled?"

realized Shirley hadn't heard the

to the principal's

gel

Abner. They've even ordered him to read a public apology on Monday. Didn't you hear