She Becomes Glamorous After The Engagement Annulment

Bam!

Tanya closed the door right after saying that.

Joel: “…”

Joel could faintly hear Pete ask, “Was it not Mommy at the door, God-mom? Who was it, then?”

“Oh, just an annoying fly,” replied Tanya.

Joel: “…”

Half an hour later.

The perturbed and distracted Tanya glanced at the window.

The moment she did, she found herself stunned.

Joel was standing at the door, his tall and straight figure casting a long, drawn-out shadow on the ground.

The dazed Tanya felt as if she had gone back a few years in time. Back then, she would always see a figure like that standing outside every time she walked out of the classroom after class.

At that time, the sight of the man had made her excited and happy.

But the figure instead seemed somewhat solitary and lonely now, making her sad.

Tanya withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at the floor. Complicated emotions churned in the depths of her heart.

Sometime later, when Tanya looked up once more, she found that the figure at the door was gone. An empty feeling welled up in her.

She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. She forced a smile, looked at Pete, and said, “Your mommy should be home soon.”

Pete nodded. However, he then said, “Uncle Joel looks unwell to me, though.”

Unwell?

Tanya followed his gaze and looked over to see that Joel had changed positions at some point. He was now standing in a corner visible from the living room window.

His head was down, and he had one hand pressed against his abdomen and the other against the wall for support.

She couldn’t tell whether it was the lighting or because he really was unwell, but he looked as pale as a sheet. His lips were so pale that they were practically transparent, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.

“Uncle Joel must be in pain, right? Why not let him in, God-mom?”

Pete’s words interrupted Tanya’s thoughts.

She said coldly, “It has nothing to do with me even if he’s dead.”

saying that,

but sneer

the

time he made her angry, he would always

apologized, but always stood there so stubbornly so that she

so naive at

worry that he would be sunburnt. When it rained, she would worry that he

really had her wrapped

heart was as hard as iron now, though, so how would

leave the house without bodyguards or his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his status was

only just formed when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he

him. Then, she opened the door

to Joel. The man, who likely heard her footsteps, turned to look at her. He was very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also very soft, and

“…”

a moment, tears almost fell from Tanya’s

back and looked around. “Where

but in the end, he merely said, “I don’t want to go to the hospital.” Then, his eyes closed

Tanya was dumbfounded.

go to the hospital. He had always refused to

sick, so he never went for checkups even when he had stomach

to now, though? Was

stretched out her foot, intending to give

distance wanted to rush forward but was stopped by Joel’s

said, “The gesture that Mr. Joel made before he fainted was telling us not to

bodyguard retorted, “Even so, we can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

Tanya’s foot had stopped less than an

looked around hesitantly. She frowned and wondered out loud, “Did he really

if he was sick elsewhere instead?

she was complaining, she nevertheless bent

the distance watched as their master was dragged into the house while the woman

rough girl also kept on

—

until the

she got out of bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her

They seemed very urgent.

needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and disturbed her

point when she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she had replied: ‘I’m

into a deep sleep after

why wasn’t Pete by her side

chat again. Tanya had been sending