Marriage Resumption (Valeria and Hackett)

Chapter 27

The car gently halted outside Emerald Garden. Valeria unbuckled her seatbelt, getting ready to step out.

Do you really have a boyfriend?" Hackett suddenly asked.

Valeria paused, taken aback. "Huh?"

I mean, if you have a boyfriend, you could bring him over and end Barron's attempts at matchmaking. Otherwise, he'll keep setting you up on dates?

Though his words portrayed this, deep down, Hackett wished Valeria did not have a boyfriend. He secretly hoped she would deny it outright.

"Got it"

Valeria pushed open the car door, but then the thought of that infuriating tombstone crossed her mind. She could not help but turn back. "Is that tombstone set in place now? No room for negotiation?"

No

Valeria fell silent. She exited the car, closed the door, and turned toward the living quarters.

Inside the car. Hackett observed her retreating figure for quite some time.

He could not understand why Valeria was so opposed to that tombstone. Unless she felt their child was not worth having a tombstone.

He racked his brain for a while but still could not fathom that their son, Alex, was not actually dead and was already three years old

Once Valeria returned home, she found the nanny had already taken Alex to kindergarten.

She intended to rest briefly before heading to the law office in the afternoon.

Her phone suddenly rang, showing an international call from Keith,

Valeria answered. "Mr. Cooper, what's up?"

A soft chuckle came from the other end. "It's almost afternoon back home. Have you had lunch?"

up, she had not had time to eat, but she

back earlier. Someone

"Really? Congratulations."

promised, when I return, you and Alex will welcome me back. You haven't forgotten, have

and I will pick you up from the airport whenever you

day after tomorrow, scheduled to

finally

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Alex to pick

get some sleep now.

"Okay."

her up on another blind date, she

The memory of Hackett erecting that empty tombstone for Alex embarrassed her deeply, but she could not reveal the truth. She wished she could go overnight and remove that tombstone, It felt as if that tombstone was cursing Alex to an early death Lying on the couch. idly scrolling through her phone, a headline caught her attention. "Cheryl Yeats' Wealthy Boyfriend Exposed!

it was Hackett without needing to click, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she

Hackett's doing or Cheryl's. At that moment, the memory of Hackett and Cheryl's

seemed like mere show, utterly insincere.

news flash on her phone screen. It was her doing. She wanted

paparazzi expose Valeria as a homewrecker, attempting to

was convinced Valeria would not withstand the pressure

Then, her phone rang.

It was Hackett calling.

the caller ID, Cheryl burst into laughter. She adjusted her mood and answered

have time tonight? Let's go out

free. I'll make time even

come to pick you up

be waiting for you at

knew that Hackett still cared for her deep down. As for the unpleasant incidents that had occurred earlier, she blamed Valeria for everything,

other side, Hackett felt he had been neglecting Cheryl these past few

her makeup and wore a seductive little dress with spaghetti straps. She was picked