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,

help but

the same old

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

never apologized, but always stood there so stubbornly

been so naive at that

he would be sunburnt. When it rained, she would

her wrapped

though, so how would she possibly still

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

only just formed when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto one knee

a few steps toward him. Then, she opened the door

so he probably wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also very soft, and he sounded a little aggrieved as he said, “I knew

“…”

tears almost

them back and looked around.

merely said, “I don’t want to go to the hospital.” Then, his

Tanya was dumbfounded.

reason why Joel said that he didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when

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

he up to now, though? Was he

she stretched out her

in the distance wanted to rush

assistant said, “The gesture that Mr. Joel made before he fainted was telling

we can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

bodyguards looked over to see that Tanya’s foot

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

he was sick elsewhere instead? What are you gonna do if that

she was complaining, she nevertheless bent

like that, the bodyguards in the distance watched as their master was dragged into the house while the woman

kept

—

slept right until the next

bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked

They seemed very urgent.

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

the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she had replied: ‘I’m home now. You can send Pete back with Joel

a

by her side when she

at the chat again. Tanya had been sending her the same