Marry My Ex's Sworn Enemy

Chapter 45: I Seem to Have Married a Billionaire

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Exiting the subway, Henry carried the basket of vegetables in one hand and held Sonya's hand in the other.

"Let's go back home tomorrow and bring my grandmother and your aunt and uncle to New York," Henry said.

Sonya nodded. Their wedding was a week away, and their families hadn't met yet.

"And your parents, I should pay my respects."

Sonya snuggled into Henry's arm. Marrying the right person meant he cared about her concerns, thinking ahead of her.

Back at the villa, Henry gave the vegetables to the security guard. They were going home for a couple of days, and the greens wouldn't last.

Back inside, Henry felt queasy, so Sonya made him some soothing hangover soup. As she carried it upstairs, he was showering. A loud knocking came at the door.

She put the soup down and went to the window. It was Julian Jennings.

"Open up! Sonya, open the door!"

Drunk, he was leaning against the door, barely standing.

Sonya frowned. Across the way, Seraphina, in her pajamas, opened her door. Seeing Julian Jennings at

at Sonya's door, not his own, she slammed it shut, locking it.

It was late autumn; the nights were growing cold.

Julian Jennings, unable to open the door, slid to the ground, lying at her doorstep.

"I think I heard knocking," Henry emerged from the shower.

"It's Julian Jennings," Sonya pointed.

Henry went to the window, peering out. He sneered, "All these years, and he still hasn't over it."

Sonya chuckled, then remembered something.

gotten

you about me and him.

she could finish, Henry nipped at her lip. She widened her eyes,

on, 'we' only refers to you and me. He's not even in the

Sonya smiled, kissing Henry's chin. "My

shook his head.

him in the eye, earnestly, "I won't mention him

Henry kissed her."Good."

deepened. As Sonya was laid on the bed, she remembered the soup, pushing Henry to drink it. He gulped it down, then

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middle of the night, her back

"What's wrong?" Henry asked.

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at her lips. After a few sips, she cleared her head, realizing

her head, wrapping her arms around his neck, lazily snuggling into him. They hadn't dated, yet it felt like they'd been together

woke

Julian Jennings was sitting up. His hair was messy, his clothes covered in dirt. He shivered from

felt only indifference. Unable to bear her gaze, Julian Jennings looked away, quickly returning to his apartment. After breakfast, Sonya got dressed while

You're cutting it wrong. Don't cut across the grain; cut with it. And when you marinate, add pineapple

as Henry

was

cook for myself, and

"How old are you?"

"Sixty-five."

"Children?"

on cooking tender beer.

He's married and has a granddaughter. She's

approached. Henry

"This is my wife."

""Ms. Ella... nice... nice."

the building for

your car?"

nodded. "We're

curious, it's

"It's alright."

he owned. Luke sometimes drove a black Maybach, sometimes a white Range

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in SeaCloud Villas, and he'd recently bought an estate.