The Woman From Hell

Chapter 57

His eyes immediately sparkled. He enthusiastically sat up straight and looked me directly in the eye. “Let’s talk about you! Like, did you miss me? And when are you getting a divorce?”

I was dumbfounded, “When did people start asking such sensitive questions so bluntly? Don’t you wanna see me be happy in life?”

“Why not ask you that? You’re not happy with him. Besides, I’ve been waiting for you for a while now, so of course I’d be concerned about it.” He propped his head up on his hands as he smiled teasingly,

I kept quiet, not entertaining his questions.

Stop denying reality! Look at yourself! You’re pretty and you’re gentle mannered, so why would you make yourself look so miserable for Theo Grant’s sake? Trust me, a divorce would d o you good.” He caught my face in his hands, forcing me to meet his eyes.

Our closeness made me realize that other than his flawless face and his enticing smile, Xander had extraordinarily beautiful eyes too. Once, a fan had commented that it was like there was a sea of stars hidden in his eyes.

The heavens were clearly on his side when they gave him some of the most unrivaled features in the entire world.

sipping on my water, I looked at him and remarked, “Even though it may b e a competition, it’s all just for show. I still hope you’ll

on the table in frustration. Why didn’t my famed beauty charm work

“Be serious. I’m telling you this so you know you’ll have to try your hardest. I don’t want people to think that we’ve manipulated

table. “It’s my break time right now. I refuse

I’ll come find you personally at Nectarine once

t me “You’ve never taken my words into serious consideration, nor have you’ve ever

really did not want to discuss such matters, so I stood up and said, “I’ve still got things to settle, so I gotta run. You’ve been working hard for a

grasped my wrist, just on the edge of being too tight. “Wait,”

cold eyes boring into me from behind the window. I scanned his surroundings and realized that Cindy Reed

the most unfortunate unexpected run-in one could experience. I returned to my seat, not wanting to bump into them on

seen coming was that The would bring Cindy to our table and sit down right in front of us. I lowered my head, pretending

After what had happened last time, she did not even bother to pretend today. She glanced