I Want a Divorce by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 241 Present

That evening, Abigail arrived at the restaurant chosen by Josh. As she exited the car, she spotted Eric waving at her from the restaurant entrance. Walking over with a faint smile, she asked, “This is Josh’s party. Why are you here as well?” Eric had been helping her behind the scenes lately, and she had wanted to thank him in person.

“What? Am I not welcome here?” he retorted playfully.

“This isn’t my party; I would never dare to refuse you,” she said as she walked into the restaurant.

Suddenly, he called out to her. “Abigail.”

Abigail stopped and turned around, looking at Eric with confusion. “What is it

“A gift for you.” He handed her a box.

She looked down at the velvet box and softly asked, “What’s this?”

“Look. It’s a bracelet.” He opened the box and held the present up for her to look at. He nervously scratched his nose as he said, rushing his words, “I asked Josh to carve it out of small acacia tree wood. Inside the largest bead is a GPS tracker.”

Abigail was surprised as she took the bracelet and carefully examined it. The largest bead was as big as her thumbnail and completely hollow.

“The bead right here is a button. Press it if anything ever happens to you, and the GPS tracker will be activated. It has enough battery to last around three days,” Eric explained.

lost in thought when she heard the words “small acacia tree.” She had previously bought Sean an antique puzzle ball on a necklace made from

me put it on for you,” he offered, oblivious to her peculiar behavior. His

tree wood and didn’t register Eric’s words. She simply made a non–committal sound in

was only when he grabbed her hand that she snapped back to reality. She twitched, about to pull away, but she

bracelet was soon secured around her wrist, and he released her

with admiration in his eyes. “It’s just a bracelet made of wooden

much, so no

it

thoughtful he had been about the gift.

decided to keep it on. Besides, small acacia

“I

this for your grandmother,” he said,

bracelet?” she

reject the present. After all, she did not like to accept presents from men without

had a GPS tracker installed in it,” Eric added, his

you.” After taking the box from him, they

felt like slapping himself. Why did he

we go somewhere else?” Kevin asked

sidelong glance as he calmly retorted,

Ms. Quinn seems to have accepted someone else’s offer. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Why must it be her?” He knew that

insist on having her. Not even 10 Erics can change