Finding Love in the Boss’s Embrace After Divorce

Chapter 788 It Was a Little Late for Him to Understand

Feeling the phone vibrating, she felt as if it had hit her heart through her fingertips. She picked it up with a tight throat and said in an uneasy voice, “Hello?”

Hearing her voice, the man on the other end of the line was

silent for two seconds, and then he asked softly, “Are you feeling better?”

He didn’t ask her where she was, nor did he ask who she was with. It had nothing to do with trust. This man had strong insight. He didn’t ask because he already knew.

She tightened her grip on the phone and suddenly panicked. “I… I’m fine now. I had a fever because of the inflammation.”

Bert was on the other side of the phone, but he was far away from her. They were speechless for a moment. Listening to each other’s breathing, he suddenly felt a little powerless.

“Evelyn.” He called out her name in a deep voice.

His voice made her heart skip a beat. “Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Bert and his assistant were in the office discussing the vestment project with Huston Lloyd, but he suddenly said that he wanted to make a phone call.

this time, the man got up and walked to the bright French window. Looking at the bright weather outside, his

was afraid that she would not understand, he emphasized, “Come back

were very few times that he said something like this in the past five years, let alone a year.

be that he had encountered some

“What’s wrong with

very special to both her and Lucas. She had once thought that if she hadn’t met Huston earlier, she

in love with

world was. There was no if, no

“What’s wrong?”

fell on the street below the building, which was as dense as a small black dot. He smiled self–mockingly and

think of her, the

liked, and even a word

hadn’t lived with her for five years in Eoland. Most of the time, they lived together on weekends and holidays. He had never been

he should be sick,

became even more worried. “Are you

“No”