Chapter 27

Cameron's best buddy gave him a playful nudge and said, "Cameron, you better hustle and get Nellie back. Imagine if she shows up one day with a baby bump and hands you divorce papers. You'd be left with nothing but tears. And let's be honest. Getting dumped by

Nellie isn't exactly good for your image."

Cameron clenched his jaw, muttering, "She wouldn't dare..."

Considering the annual celebration looming, Cameron decided it was time to relent.

"Matt, book me a flight to Australia and grab some gifts for her while you're at it."

Matt hesitated but nodded. "Sure thing."

The following day, Cameron, armed with a plush cat Matt had picked up, boarded a flight to Australia. He'd made up his mind to bring Nellie back himself. It was his way of making amends for months of neglect.

thought, 'Once I sweet-talk her, she'll be

months earlier, he'd asked his assistant to find a trustworthy family to watch over his wife in this foreign land. But when he knocked on their door, brimming with excitement, and explained why he was there, the Smiths

Cameron called into

to greet him at the sound of his voice. But instead of the reunion he envisioned, he

it

Smith, I'm Nellie's husband. I've come to take

like a cold slap in the face. "I'm sorry,

there, stunned. "What?

her leaving six months ago wasn't just a heat-of-the-moment decision. She genuinely

had slipped away like a

the Smiths'

months back, a student got caught in a street riot and was tragically shot. Her body went unclaimed

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