Whispers Of Betrayal (Anastasia and Alastor)

Chapter 66

After leaving the hospital following her pregnancy check-up, Anastasia walked alone in the cold wind on her way home.

Anastasia looked up at the densely overcast sky, her thoughts wandering.

“Do I forsake this child or my own life?”

It was a difficult decision to make.

Anastasia spotted Alastor’s car at the entrance of the mansion from a dista

He didn’t enter the house and leaned against the car door, smoking, probably waiting for her.

“Why are you here?” Anastasia was a little surprised.

After they signed the divorce agreement, Alastor never went back, except for their weekly Friday meet-ups to dine with his grandmother.

It wasn’t Friday, yet Alastor had returned.

Alastor glanced at Anastasia.

Perhaps because of the cold weather, she was bundled up, her face appearing even smaller and paler against the layers, almost as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

Alastor’s heart tightened inexplicably, and he extinguished the cigarette butt. “Stay back, there’s smoke.

Anastasia smiled and positioned herself at a distance, pondering, “This man seemed perfect in so many ways, except for the part where he doesn’t love me”

“Mr. Zahn from Prosper Group is currently in Hork for business discussions. Mrs. Zahn is very fond of you. They acquired a majority of your paintings during the previous charity art exhibition. They’re interested in meeting you,” Alastor briefly explained.

Anastasia understood.

wives’ circle was also a common approach to fostering business

why Alastor hadn’t made the divorce agreement public

he still

Anastasia agreed without hesitation. After all, she

was simply a matter of not being loved.

gave a nod of acknowledgment, maintaining his position against

you coming inside?” Anastasia asked as she reached the

“No.” Alastor declined.

looking back, she opened the door and

Anastasia readied cat food for Snowball before soaking dried fish in special milk powder for the treats. Following that,

business banquet, Anastasia had to dress a bit more formally, and her attire had

a few outfits, Anastasia gazed at her reflection in the mirror

last four years, she’d worked tirelessly to satisfy Alastor, aspiring

embodied a people-pleasing nature, giving up her own needs to accommodate others.

a state of disappointment, Anastasia tore off the face mask, randomly chose

strong wind outside led Anastasia to tightly wrap her windbreaker around

the passenger seat, Anastasia hesitated just as she was about to open

the car, Alastor looked at

the situation, Anastasia tactfully opened the back door and

the passenger seat was for his

meant for her; the ex-wife who had already finalized

car.

hadn’t let Felicia touch that car even once.

be more convenient for you two

expression grew even darker, and he didn’t say another word to Anastasia throughout

car. She also wasn’t sure if it was due to her own psychological state or the effects of her pregnancy that she found the air inside the car stifling, causing waves of nausea and the

rushed into the restroom after getting out of the car and spent a long time hunched over the toilet bowl