Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

Chapter 123

Sylvie lifted her hand to ring the doorbell for what felt like the tenth time, but like before, she lowered her hand, unable to do it.

She's been there for more than five minutes but still hadn't gotten the guts to ring the bell and confront Cindy.

'You can do this, Sylvie.' a voice whispered in her head.

'No, you can't. You couldn't do anything four years ago, remember?'

She wagged her head, trying to shake off the voices.

Finally, she gave it up. She'd never be able to do this. It was a complete waste of time coming here.

She turned around, heading to her car when she heard the door open behind her. She turned with a start and oxygen seemed to abandon her when she found Cindy holding the door

The world went still around her.

Cindy's brows scrunched up in surprise. "Sylvie?"

Sylvie inhaled deeply, her hand tightening around her bag.

There was no going back anyway. She wouldn't let herself flee from Cindy like a coward. No, no amount of low self-esteem would make her do that.

So, she forced her legs to move, going back to the door.

Cindy stood in the doorway, corporately dressed like she was on her way out. She looked like she had a million questions to throw at Sylvie. 'What're you doing here?' 'Have you been here for long?' 'Were you trying to leave without knocking?" But she said nothing, and it was as if each woman was waiting for the other to speak first.

"So," Sylvie slumped her shoulders. "You and Kage, huh?"

Disappointment crossed Cindy's face. Maybe she thought Sylvie would want to say a 'hello' to her as it was their first conversation in four years.

She lowered her gaze, her hand tightening sprint the side of the door where she held.

"When did you two become a thing? Few months after I left? A year? Or was it before?"

on you, especially not with me," Cindy

dropping to the floor.

it

pissed that that was what she interpreted from her words. "You were my bestfriend!" She rose her voice. "Did you even look for me to

heart, Sylvie. You made a mess of him, and it

Sylvie was astonished.

taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry for what happened, okay? You were a good friend, but

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be me. Even your hair,"she flicked her gaze to Cindy's messy bun hair. "It's just the way I like it." Cindy shifted

you always told me I was lucky. You've always envied

look in her eyes wasn't as

I've been since you

her in disbelief, but Sylvie was done talking. It was the first time she was standing up to

drove away in her car, she couldn't hold back the tears that came pouring. It still hurt, knowing that the one

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received a call. Our office in Oasis has been opened," Galen said to Sylvie when she got home and met him

to change his

flooded Sylvie, but it did nothing to take away the ache in

she started

of trouble as much as you can, Sylvie," Galen's warning reached her from behind. "I didn't build Astréa Label by stepping on people's toes all

something to eat downstairs. Though, she was very dizzy, she felt..

when she pulled her cabinet, she was bewildered to find one of her

it. It was the book that had her best designs - one she had never shown

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Galen called for a family