Please Come Back, Honey!

Please Come Back, Honey! Chapter 126

Zachary understood where Trevor was coming from. After all, he had broken his usual silence in their four-member group chat last night by texting out-of-the-blue, ‘I’ll talk to Emma tomorrow.’

When the text popped up in the group, Zachary was drinking, and he nearly spat out his wine in a comical fashion when he read the text. He then swallowed the wine and quickly responded, ‘Good luck on the grand gesture!’

Flustered, Trevor replied, ‘No one said anything about a grand gesture.’

This was met with an immediate and almost thoughtless text from Kaleb, who said, ‘Good luck on the grand gesture.’

Before Trevor could argue, Raymond added unhelpfully, ‘Good luck on the grand gesture.’

The series of supportive texts from his friends left Trevor speechless, and he conveyed this through ellipses before ignoring the group chat once more. He had tried to be subtle when he told his friends of his plans to ‘talk’ to Emma, but it looked like they had figured out what the talk would be about. Why else would he talk to Emma if not tell her he had feelings for her? They were amused by his evasive behavior, but they knew he simply couldn’t bring himself to admit the truth.

Alas, none of them expected that the great Mr. Bateson’s love confession to Emma would be foiled by his sister, Arianna. As things were, Emma probably hated his guts, and this obliterated any chance he might have at redeeming himself. He could try to make his feelings for her known, but there was no telling if she would even listen to him or believe him.

Trevor must have considered this possibility as well, otherwise, he wouldn’t be in such a grizzly mood.

Presently, Zachary clapped Trevor’s shoulder and said comfortingly, “The road that leads to the greatest love story of your life might seem endless, but you have to know that the most amazing things don’t come easy. You won’t appreciate it unless you’ve been through hell to get it.”

Visibly irritated by the sage advice, Trevor smacked his friend’s hand away and stalked off to the hospital room.

had not known how much she meant to him until she left. I should be a professional Agony Aunt or something,

saw that Emma was awake and that she had changed into the blouse Cerys brought her. Presently, she was propped up against the

Cerys had tried to tell her that it was technically Trevor who bought the shirt, Emma still continued to thank her for her efforts and

continued. Wanting to patch things up between them, she explained, “Mr. Bateson asked me to call you when you didn’t show up at the signing event. He knows you would never be late without good reason, and when you didn’t pick up my calls, he sensed something was off immediately. He had Mr. Manson retrieve the security footage in your area so that he

ought to speak up for Trevor’s good character and added thoughtfully, “Emma, Mr. Bateson really does care about you, and he never wanted any of this to happen. Please don’t

nothing to do with the incident, but when the images of what Arianna had done to

nothing to do with this. He had, albeit involuntarily, been the

in Emma’s words, Cerys made no reply and

Zachary walked into the room. Cerys straightened up and left

the silence of the room, Emma averted Trevor’s eyes. She remembered how her emotions had burst out of her while she was in his arms. It was his fault that she was so unhinged that she couldn’t even temper the hurt and resentment she had so carefully packed away all these years. If he hadn’t told her he loved her, and if she hadn’t found it so supremely ironic, then she might not have broken down

with him, playing the role of the ever-devoted wife for years, only to have him shun her all the time. In the end, their marriage fell apart. And he has the nerve to come back after we’ve been divorced for a year and tell me he loves me? If that

to the bed and took the seat next to it. “I’m sorry for what happened to you,” he

her. To think, he had woken up today with the intention of telling her he

Arianna,” Emma said quietly. She still did not meet

on her as

look as if surprised that he agreed to this so readily. She had expected him to be on his sister’s side unconditionally. She was even more astonished when he added, “I’ll give you Raymond’s

hire Raymond, one of the top defense attorneys in the

her shocked reaction, Trevor went on to explain, “She has to be punished for her

clear. He would not try to shield his sister from the