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.”

despite saying that, she kept

help but

the same

weak and frail back when they were still in school. Every time he made her angry, he would always stand outside their dormitory. Even

apologized, but always stood there so

so

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

wrapped

heart was as hard as iron now, though, so how would she possibly still be deceived by his

personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his

saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto one

took a few steps toward him.

pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act.

“…”

almost fell

she held them back and looked around. “Where are your

like he wanted to say something, but in the end, he merely said, “I don’t

Tanya was dumbfounded.

to the hospital. He had always refused

it out whenever he was sick, so he never

was he up to now,

out her foot, intending to give him a hard

wanted to rush forward but was

that Mr. Joel made before he

can’t just

“She won’t.”

“What?”

bodyguards looked over to see that Tanya’s foot had stopped less than an inch

hesitantly. She frowned and wondered out loud, “Did he really not bring

he was sick elsewhere instead?

was complaining, she nevertheless bent over and held

the bodyguards in the distance watched as their master was dragged into the

girl also kept on swearing as she

—

right until the

bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her cell

They seemed very urgent.

needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and disturbed her rest, no

still at the point when she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she had replied:

a deep sleep after

why wasn’t Pete by her side when she woke

again. Tanya had been sending her the same