Chapter 125
1 stressed once niere,
Even Neva’s gaze shifted as she looked at me.
two can continue your conversation.
, you two.
I forced a dry smile. “Well… that’s all I had to say. I’m going to head home now, y
With that, I quickly made my exit. The atmosphere felt like a battlefield, and I swore if I stayed any longer. I’d be digging a hole through the floor.
just to escape.
After getting home and showering. I finally had a chance to check my phone:
I opened the chat with Jeremy and, sure enough, found an unread message from him.
Jeremy: Wasn’t I being polite when I helped you earlier?]
I’d been so busy… I honestly didn’t even remember getting a message from him. I rubbed my nose, quickly replied with an emoji, and then tossed my phone aside and went to bed.
The first two days of my holiday flew by in a whirlwind of activity. On the third day, I reached out to Darrell and confirmed I’d have the proposal ready for him in a week.
Counting the days, 1 decided I’d spend the next two days picking out furniture and appliances, then the rest of the time would be dedicated to work and to spending time with Juno. I kept myself busy, like a top spinning non–stop.
After choosing the furniture and appliances, I rushed back to work, transferring some files to take home with me.
On the way, Juno called, saying he wanted pastries from a famous bakery. I immediately changed course and headed there.
While I was waiting in line, a sudden commotion broke out. An older woman, looking lively, shouted, “Oh no, they’re fighting!”
I stood on tiptoe to see what was going on. I saw a woman being dragged by her hair and slammed to the ground, punches raining down on her face and body
She screamed, desperately trying to shield herself, while cursing and begging for help.
“Help! Stop hitting me! Dexter, you shameless bastard! You think it’s okay for you to have several women, but I can’t have some fun too?” she said.
I thought, ‘Dexter? My heart skipped a beat. I looked again, and sure enough, the woman being beaten was Rhea, and the man attacking her was none other than my ex–husband–Dexter.
Dexter was clearly enraged. His face had turned dark red, and he was relentless, his fists flying. Within moments, Rhea’s face was covered in blood. The bystanders rushed in to pull him away, but Dexter tried to kick Rhea again.
Rhea screamed, “I’ve waited for you all these years! I raised your child, I was your mistress, and now that we’re divorced, you still won’t marry me! “How many decades does a person get in a lifetime? And I’m a wornand Are you trying to drag me into old age just so you can feel satisfied” Dexter pointed at her, cursing, “I didn’t force you! You were the one who wanted this, you cheap bitch! You’ve been begging for it for ten years, and now you want to blame me?
“I never gave you a title, but everything else you wanted it, I gave it The house you live in, your clothes, your makeup, your bags–everything was because of me! And now you’re sleeping with some old man, and I’m supposed to just take it?”
Rhea froze for a moment, her eyes darting around. “I didn’t sleep with him! I just went to see some houses with him!”
“You think I’m an idiot! You didn’t come home that night. Alion told me everything!”
Rhea gritted her teeth in fury but cleverly retorted, “If I didn’t come home that night, why didn’t you come looking for me? That means you weren’t
home either!
“Now that you’re single again, what happened between us? I want to know–on the night you weren’t home, where exactly were you?”
Dexter was stunned. “T…”
