Chapter 287 Humble and Affectionate Ex-Husband

 

When it was about noon, Hailey helped Owen sit up, set the small table, and served the dishes. Owen looked at the hearty meal and smiled. To her eyes, his smile was awkward and weird. She had opened his skull but had not done anything to his brain. Why did he keep smiling?

“What are you smiling about?”

Owen looked up at her. “Doesn’t this feel Déjà vu?”

Huh? Hailey was puzzled but soon realized what he was talking about. It was true. A few days ago, she was the patient, and he visited her with a lunchbox. Now it was the other way around.

Hailey laughed bitterly, “What a bad year! Both of us end up in the hospital.”

The word “us” made Owen’s heart tremble. He stared at her unblinkingly. His dark, deep eyes were twinkling.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there rice on my face?” Hailey gave him no chance to hit on her. She handed the knife and fork to him before saying, “Dig in.”

“Oh,” Owen clutched the fork like an obedient kid and asked, “Have you eaten?”

“Yeah, go ahead with your dinner,” she replied.

meal, Hailey cleaned the table and took out the garbage. Owen

I’ve done such

chores, and she was efficient. Owen watched her clean the room deftly. Bitterness rose from the bottom of his heart. It was true. She did all kinds of chores when she was taking care of him back then. Not to mention taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor, she had even emptied

like an indefatigable nanny. Unfortunately, he was immersed in his sorrow and worries back then. He was

that she signed the papers without hesitation when he filed for divorce! Love should not be spoiled or squandered. He should have understood that long

was sweeping the floor and gazed at her. “Stop the work. I

looked at him strangely. “What do you want me to

you can go ahead with your business.

think that he was crazy about her. Then again, she was glad to

her to work here. Although she was not in Poya, she still needed to get busy. It was the same with Owen. Even during his

ward, the two bosses got busy with their work. One was signing off documents, and the other was having a teleconference. When he was tired, Owen leaned against the pillow, rested for a while, and openly watched Hailey do her work. Chris’ and Patrick’s description of her was not quite the same as what he saw. Hailey was much more serious when she was working. She seemed to be tireless. She talked fast. Her words were logical and analytic. Her tongue was venomous when she criticized people. He couldn’t help wondering how

and become her right-hand man. He would protect her and solve all kinds of problems for her. He suddenly entertained the idea

the VP about the racecourse project. The northern suburbs racecourse would soon open for business. Not in Poya, she put Ryker in charge of the project, but there were still a lot of things yet to be done. She urged Ryker to get things ready

something else. Hailey frowned and said, “The Mazedew Group oversees the spa hotel. It happens that I’m

and came over. Owen collected

spa hotel at the racecourse has

I’ll talk to

Group, Ryker, Owen, and she had a teleconference to finalize the details. When the conference was over, it was already dusk. The twilight was beautiful. Hailey held her phone that was scalding from

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