Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

Chapter 143

"Yulia, I’m not feeling well." Melinda’s tone was cold. "I’m afraid I can’t accompany you any further."

Yulia knew the reason, of course. She didn’t really need Melinda’s help anyway.

Her purpose was an entirely different matter, and she had accomplished that already.

She didn’t protest, but she could see that the encounter had a physical effect on the other woman.

If they came back to mansion and the rest of the family saw the state Melinda was in, they would no doubt blame it on Yulia. "Let me take you back home."

"There’s no need for that," Melinda’s reply was swift. "You need to continue checking out your shop."

She needed a moment of peace. The bustle of the city was giving her a headache, and she was feeling close to suffocating.

She wanted to explode.

Yulia bit her lip and examined the situation. Her main concern was the certainty that Nelson and Queena would think she had done something to Melinda if she returned like this. She couldn’t let that happen.

"No, it would be better if I stayed with you," she tried again, her intent genuine this time, albeit somehow two-faced.

It gave Melinda pause. ‘It looks like Yulia really cares about me,’ she mused.

But she had suffered enough in the hands of this girl to let herself be fooled over repeatedly. ‘She’s only putting up appearances.’

"I want to be left alone," she told Yulia firmly. The younger girl was too embarrassed to insist any further after such an absolute denial, so she said nothing. Melinda walked away and Yulia let her.

As she passed by the spot where she saw her husband and another woman earlier, Melinda was assaulted by the pungent smell of tobacco and the cloying scent of Emily’s perfume.

The pounding on her temples grew stronger. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened her eyes again, she raised her chin, and walked to the parking lot with her head held high.

As soon as she was seated inside her car, however, her facade cracked, and the dam broke. She hunched over the steering wheel and sobbed quietly.

How many times had she told herself that her husband was never worth crying her heart out? Countless times. Too many times.

And yet there she was, her tears falling uncontrollably as she let her heart be wrenched and gutted yet again.

She allowed herself a good cry, and it took her the better part of the hour before the tears subsided.

The seat beside her was littered with dirty tissues, and the tissue box on her dashboard was almost empty.

She pulled out a couple more sheets, and took a final dab at her eyes. They felt swollen and puffy, and they no doubt looked just how they felt.

She glanced at her reflection on the rearview mirror, and could see that her cheeks were red as well.

She took a sip of water from the tumbler she always packed in her car, and then rummaged for her makeup kit. After a couple of beats, she realized she hadn’t brought it with her, which was a total bummer.

she came home looking like this, Grandpa Nelson would definitely question her. She really didn’t

it, so despite her worry, she started her engine and made the long drive

when she arrived. She sped up the stairs, locked the bedroom door behind her, and then headed to

the table. She picked it

steeled herself, and took a long,

dialed her number several times already, but he never got through

his wife was supposed to be out with his sister

on dialing Yulia’s number next when his ongoing call was finally

Melinda’s voice was a little hoarse from all her crying, but in his relief, Jonas wasn’t able to notice that

the phone. "I’ve been calling you so many times, why did it take

enough question, but Melinda was feeling a tad too sensitive at the moment. And in light of her witnessing

free and flexible that I have to answer it

that he realized something was

at all," he said carefully. "Is everything all right, Mellie? Are you unwell?" His mind was already racing with the possibilities. ‘What happened?

and cold. She sounded as if the past few days they shared in bliss didn’t happen at

He scrambled for something to say. "Mellie, I... I’ve made a clean break with

memory, every time his wife was upset, it always had something to do with the actress. Perhaps such was the case now. He'd better go

the reasons he had been trying to reach his wife in the first place anyway. He had

what an utterly terrible idea it was. It was exactly the wrong thing to

supposed to mean anything?" she shot back over the phone. ‘So a so-called clean break now constitutes a kiss between

recognized the beat of confused silence over the line, but before

to her face. To

had become a cycle, and she had always submitted herself to it, never

Truthfully, Melinda no longer saw the point in hanging on to Jonas any longer. The point had flown out the window a long

do but to break everything

holding the phone, Jonas came to the unmistakable truth

to see his wife immediately. He made a grab for his car keys and strode

pile of documents in his arms, meant to be delivered to his boss’ table, when

was wearing a dark scowl, and his secretary

possibly happened? His boss had

offices and the Gu's mansion usually took one hour, but Jonas managed to cut

mid-afternoon, so everyone at the residence was surprised when he

living room being served some snacks by

help the

she wanted to see her scheme to the end, and wanted to be present to deal the

eyes from her frantic brother’s direction, and her quiet guilt became useful in doubling as innocence to the incident

is my wife?" Jonas demanded,

He knew the two women went out earlier, but what was with this recent

towards Yulia as well, and she knew he was about to accuse her of some thing

you’ve really gone too far today!" she spat at her brother. Everyone, including the

eyes, his expression darkening. "What the hell

a chill travel up her spine, but she gritted

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