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.”

that, she kept

couldn’t help but sneer deep

was the same

in school. Every time he made her angry, he would always

there so stubbornly so that she

so naive at

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

really had her wrapped around his

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 status was awfully

when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell

subconsciously took a few steps toward him.

who likely heard her footsteps, turned to look at her. He was very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act.

“…”

a moment, tears almost fell from

them back and looked around. “Where are your

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

Tanya was dumbfounded.

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

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

he up to now, though? Was he staging

stretched out her

wanted to rush forward but was stopped

Mr. Joel made before

we can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

that Tanya’s foot had stopped less

and wondered out loud, “Did he really not bring his assistant with

elsewhere instead? What are you

nevertheless bent over and

was dragged into the house while the woman

kept on swearing as she

—

slept right until the next

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

They seemed very urgent.

sleep, so she hadn’t called

up the phone and took a look. Their chat was still at the point when she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent,

had fallen into a deep sleep after

Pete by her side

Tanya had been sending