Chapter 823

Chapter 823

Truthfully, Nadine hadn't intended to add that last part. But, to make it crystal clear that she wasn't interested in Brad and that she had only come after him out of concern for Sean, she decided to be honest.

Since their divorce, Brad had been showing up in her life far too often, clinging to her in ways she neither wanted nor welcomed. As her words sank in, she noticed the hope in Brad's eyes gradually fade, leaving behind only a hollow, desolate gray.

At that moment, her heart ached, but she held it in and didn't give him any false hope. Then, she turned her face away, refusing to meet his gaze.

Brad looked at the cold, indifferent woman and suddenly remembered something that had happened in the second year of their marriage. It had been a summer night, and Nadine had come down with a fever. The viral flu left her body aching, shivering with chills, and coughing. Even the slightest breeze rattled her bones.

Nadine had laid in bed and switched off the air conditioner. Brad, however, hated the heat. He would shower at the first drop of perspiration.

on, he turned it back to full blast without a second thought. After his shower, he emerged to find the cooling system turned off again. Irritated, he didn't give

lay in bed, pleaded with him, "Could you turn off the air conditioning? Or maybe use the air conditioner

"Why don't you go to another room instead?" he asked

chilling emptiness, a defeated gray that swallowed any remaining light. There had been countless moments like

out. At the very least, she had come to find him. Compared to all the ways he'd hurt her, what she was doing

and eventually said, "I'll assume that you still care about me, then! With that,

huh? Nadine Scott, one day, you'll definitely get down

the bustling Janctera City, life in Pittsbrew moved at a much slower pace. Here, people didn't start work until after 9:30 am and wrapped up their days by 5:00

Nadine accompanied Sebastian to

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Everyone there was more

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