My Ex-Husband Wants Me Back by Cheryl Moore

Chapter 23
Kimberly was always excited about the weekend. After playing around with Olivia, she couldn’t sleep at all.
With nothing else to do, she logged on to Skype.
She hadn’t logged in for a while.
After returning to Dellmoor, she changed her phone number and uninstalled. WhatsApp.
However, she did not uninstall Skype as it contained many of her memories. She didn’t expect her notifications to ring non-stop the moment she logged in. Other than a few system notifications, all the other messages were from Daniel. They read: “Where are you, Katherine? Have you really divorced Christopher?” “We’re all trying to contact you but can’t reach your phone number.”
“Please reply if you see these texts.”
“Our family’s currently in a hot mess. Christopher canceled all the collaborations with Xander Group.”
“I understand that we’ve wronged you in the past. For the benefit of our family, we made you marry Christopher.”
Waves of messages flooded in non-stop.
Kimberly briefly skimmed through a few of them.
Daniel Xander was her brother.
In her memory, he was kind to her and treated her well. At least he was not like the other members of the Xander family who tend to bully her.
She
e remembered that when they were in high school, she was bothered and harassed by a male classmate.
When that happened, Daniel would appear and protect her from him.
However, Daniel became quiet and moody ever since their mother passed away. situation became worse when Lucia joined the family.
The
Currently, Kimberly was no longer a member of the Xander family.
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Therefore, whether they were facing a crisis or not had nothing to do with her.
She was curious what the Xander family would do now that Kristin’s pleas were rejected by Christopher.
Marriage of convenience was a trick that Gregory loved to use.
However, given how scheming a lady Lucia was, she probably would not sacrifice her own daughter in a marriage of convenience. Especially not now that the Xander family had fallen from grace.
Her daughter wouldn’t be able to marry into a good family if the Xander family was in a bad state.
Thus, they would most likely sacrifice Daniel’s happiness instead..
In the study of the Xander residence, Gregory seemed more cheerful than usual.
He had never thought much of his son. Before this, he didn’t even like Daniel all that much. However, now he felt like Daniel was a rare and precious gem.
Daniel was smart enough to know that something was off.
Gregory was not usually this warm toward him.
He shot Gregory a look and asked coldly, “Dad, it’s already late. Why did you call me? Is there something urgent?”
Gregory grabbed him, and the both of them sat on the mahogany couch.
“I’m sure you know about the state our company is in. If we don’t find a solution soon, Xander Group will vanish from Norham’s business industry. I’m already more than 50 years old and have lived more than half of my life. However, you and Kristin are still young. I don’t want you to live in poverty in the future.”
Daniel could tell that Gregory was beating around the bush, paving the way for what he was about to say next.
It was obvious he wanted Daniel to be me ntally prepared for what was about to come.
Daniel’s patience was running thin. He interrupted Gregory, “Dad, please get straight to the point.”
Gregory felt grateful that Daniel knew what he was thinking. “Lucia and I have been thinking. It appears that only you can save Xander Group.”
“Me?” Daniel was baffled.
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Gregory looked at him and nodded. “That’s right, you. I plan to have you marry
someone from the Coleman family. I hear that Marissa, the daughter of the Coleman family, likes you. I think that we can kill two birds with one stone. If you marry her, you can save Xander Group as well as finally start a family of your own. Marissa is beautiful, well educated, and of high status. You two are a match made in heaven.”
“As expected of you, Dad. First, you sold Katherine off. Now, you’re planning to sell me off as well.” Daniel was upset at how pretentious Gregory acted.
“I know you’ve already made the arrangements anyway. You can go ahead with it!” With that, Daniel strode out of the study.
At that moment, he felt emotionally drained.
When he heard that Katherine had divorced her husband and disappeared, he was pleasantly surprised.
The news was like a spark that ignited a glimmer of hope in him.
Although he knew that the spark might turn into a fire and harm him, he couldn’t help. but feel happy for her.
He was still frustrated when he returned to his room.
He lit a cigarette and turned on his computer.
Inside, there was a secret folder. He would open and look through it whenever he felt unhappy. It never failed to make him feel better. It was like an instant drug that could cure him whenever he needed it to.
Inside the folder were pictures of Katherine. They were photographs of her at different stages of her life.
Indeed, Katherine was the person who occupied the space in his heart.
At first, he refused to come to terms with the fact that he liked Katherine romantically. Therefore, he was distant toward her.