Chapter 0141 âWhat? Itâs true and I am so proud of youâ
He gives me a mischievous smile and I just know he got me right where he wanted me.
âCan I play video games then since Iâm a math genius?â
I just knew it. He has been battering me up.
I sigh. âFine, but only for an hourâ
He rushes up the stairs screaming thank you over and over again making me smile in the process.
âHey, Maria. Youâre free to leaveâ I tell our nanny as I walk into the kitchen.
âAre you sure?â
âYes. Now goâ
She smiles at me before taking her things. Fifteen minutes later sheâs gone and I wish I hadnât insisted on her to leaving.
With Noah in his room. I was alone. I had nothing to occupy my mind and so my thoughts started running rampant.
I was just contemplating starting dinner early when my front door opened.
âYoohoo. Ava where are you?â
Letty voice brings a smile to my face.
âIn the kitchenâ I shout back.
Minutes later, she walks into the room and I am surprised to see Corrine following behind her.
âLook who I found. We got here at the same timeâ Letty says sitting at the kitchen island.
Iâd told Letty how Corrine stood up for me against Anita. She has immediately liked her, reasoning that anyone who stood up for me was worth her respect.
âWhat are you doing here?â I ask Corrine.
âWell, you gave me an inch at the restaurant and I thought to myself, sheâs ready. Iâve always wanted to be your friend, so here I am.â
There was this part of me that was sceptical. It wanted to shut her off. Instead I push it back. It was time I stepped pushing people away.
âWell, welcome to my humble homeâ
She smiles and I smile back at her. Genuinely happy that she was here.
âI came for an entirely different reason. Have you seen the gossip column? It was posted like an hour agoâ Letty asks.
âNo. Why?â
She hands me a phone and I read the caption. With each word I read, my mood sours.
[Billionaire Rowan Woods seen going on a lunch date with exâwife, Ava Sharp months after their divorce and weeks after rumours of him dating her elder sister, Emma Sharp]
Below was a picture of Rowan escorting me to the restaurant with his hand on my lower back.
âShitâ I curse. âThis is going to cause unnecessary dramaâ
Emma was going to shit a brick. I wasnât afraid of her, but I just didnât want trouble. The image portrayed a certain intimacy that wasnât truly there. Anyone looking at it was going to think that there was something more between us.
âIs there something going on that Iâm unaware of?â Letty asks as Corrine just stares between the two of âNothing. He unexpectedly showed up at my appointment and then asked me if we could talk over lunchâ
after that I recount everything that happened. Including his apology.
When I am done, I am even more confused than I was before. Things were just not making sense no matter which angle I tried looking at it from.
âWhat if he is genuinely sorry?â Letty asks.
That is a question I kept asking myself since he apologized. I kept pushing it to the back of my mind because I was just not strong enough to deal with it right now.
1 donât knowâ I sigh in defeat. âForgiveness is something that has to be earned and so far he has done nothing to earn it. All he has managed to do is leave me with confusion and more unanswered questionsâ
Honestly, how can I move past everything? He has spent the last nine years drilling into me that he hates my F***ing guts and now all of a sudden heâs sorry?
+15 BONUS His quick three hundred and sixty degree turn just doesnât seem genuine. There is no way someone can change that fast.
âWhat do you think Corrine?â Letty asks her since she had been too quiet.
âI think these are the actions of a man who doesnât know heâs in loveâ
At that I burst out laughing. âThatâs a good one Corrine. Rowan doesnât love meâ
I mean come on, he said as much on that day he came bulging into my house, avenging his lovely Emma. 1 âThink about it thoughâ she insists.
âShe may be onto something. I mean why would he all of a sudden start caring for you? It doesnât make sense unless he already cared for you but never realized. And again why does he suddenly want to be around you now that youâre divorced? Corrine may be right. He may have been in love with before and it took losing you for those feelings to come to the surfaceâ
you long I didnât want to listen to their nonsense. So instead of answering their questions, I change the subject.
They donât push it and I am thankful for that.
Everything after that is perfect. I have a great time with both of them. Knowing very well that now Corrine was part of our inner circle.
Even though everything was great, I couldnât help thinking of what they said.
Rowan canât possibly be in love with me. They had to be wrong because Rowan has only ever loved one woman and her name is Emma Sharp.