The Queen's Back

Chapter 313 37%

After returning home, Mona felt utterly exhausted. She took a quick nap and got up in the late afternoon to start preparing dinner.

When she picked up her phone, she noticed Maxwell hadn't replied to the message she'd sent him earlier.

A familiar sense of helplessness washed over her. She wondered when this kind of life would finally come to an end.

Mona said: [Maxwell, I'm getting dinner ready now. Let me know when you see this.]

Mona knew Maxwell wouldn't reply right away, so she didn't keep checking her phone.

Hattie prepared fresh vegetables and meat daily, so Mona glanced through the fridge before deciding on the evening meal.

She spotted her favorite steak and, given the cold weather, decided to make beef vegetable soup.

She also saw some tomato and remembered that Maxwell used to say he loved it. So, she planned to include it as the vegetable dish for dinner

As the food neared completion, the soup was already filling the kitchen with its aroma, leaving only the vegetable dish to prepare.

Thinking of Maxwell again, she washed her hands and went to the living room to check her phone.

There were several messages, mostly from her grandparents and her best friend, but nothing from Maxwell.

Mona couldn't help but open the chat with Maxwell first. Since his memory loss, it had become a one-sided conversation, filled almost entirely with her own words. Maxwell's responses were brief, with an occasional "okay" or "Not bad," or sometimes he didn't bother replying at all.

Reading through their chat history, Mona felt her eyes well up.

She realized she had become what people online now called a "simp."

She was clinging to Maxwell shamelessly, just as she once had with Teddy. It was as if everything had come full circle, only this time with a different person.

Without thinking for too long, Mona dialed Maxwell's number.

a long time before an automated voice informed her

a tear from the corner

rational. When things upset her, she still cried. Somehow, crying seemed to

asking what she planned

felt a

without hesitation, her grandparents' love and a decade-long friendship with Ava. These were her most precious gifts. After another attempt to call Maxwell went unanswered, Mona turned on the TV and

Mon, Dec

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lost in thought.

was waiting

the clock's hands moved round and round, Outside, the sky grew darker, the faint rumble of thunder hinting

almost eleven. She felt physically drained, so

bitter laugh, wondering when Maxwell would remember his wife was waiting for

to go upstairs to freshen up. Just as she was heading up,

The caller was Maxwell.

her calls, Mona

had barely rung twice

line. "Mona, come pick me up

could ask how much to bring, the

she listened to the dial tone, Mona's face

and she had to go pick

card, and

wind was bone-chilling.

quiet streets seemed especially empty at this hour, the car

longer knew how to relate to Maxwell. The car wound through the streets until it finally arrived at the illustrious club. The

the rain fell in a

in the rain

club attendant was already at the

the attendant quickly smiled at Mona. "Oh, Mrs. Carter, Mr. Carter has been waiting for you.

the attendant a polite