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

was the same

acted weak and 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 simply refused

there so

so

would

had her wrapped

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

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

legs give in and he fell onto one knee

steps toward him. Then, she opened the door and rushed

went over 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

“…”

tears almost fell

back and looked around.

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

Tanya was dumbfounded.

want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when

had always toughed it out whenever he was sick, so he never went for checkups

he up to now,

was so mad that she stretched out her foot, intending to give him a hard

wanted to rush forward but

gesture that Mr. Joel made before

so, we can’t just watch as someone

“She won’t.”

“What?”

that Tanya’s foot had stopped less than an

and wondered out loud, “Did

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

was complaining, she nevertheless bent over

was dragged into the house while

also kept on

—

slept right until the

got out of bed all refreshed and stretched.

They seemed very urgent.

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

At that time, when she saw the messages that

into a deep

by her

the chat again. Tanya had been sending her the