Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 1396:

“You’ve had a long day. Why don’t you play with your granddaughter while I whip up some dinner?” Amoura stood up, settled Angell next to Javier, and headed upstairs to change before making her way into the kitchen.

When she returned downstairs, she found Angell back outside playing. Javier had moved to the dining room.

“What did you do before our marriage?” Javier asked, his tone casual but his eyes sharp.

Amoura’s smile faltered for a moment. Javier had asked her about this before, but she had answered vaguely. Therefore, now that he asked again, she sensed something amiss.

She turned to him with a coy laugh. “Why the sudden interest in my past? As I’ve mentioned, I was just a housewife before.”

Javier smiled nonchalantly. “Can’t you be more specific?”

“There’s not much to say,” Amoura said, her voice tinged with practiced melancholy. “I was kept at home, which is why I ended up with nothing after the divorce. It’s the reason for my misery. Ironically, I have a love-hate relationship with my ex-husband. I resent him for making me waste 20 years of my youth, yet I’m grateful. Without him, I wouldn’t have met you.” She deftly steered the conversation away from details.

noticed her evasiveness, his lowered

filling the silence with tales of

you have any children?” Javier asked

turned sad. “Yes, but…

shot

live now

down. He died in my arms, blood spilling from his mouth. I was terrified. He was my whole world, and losing him left me adrift.

have brought that up,” Javier said softly, offering her

be alright. Dinner’s ready. You and Angell should

the stairs. Javier opened his mouth to say something more but didn’t get the

was safely behind closed doors,

with a tumult of

she fired off a message: “No more