Attracted By My Ex-wife

The night was quiet and a Rolls-Royce could be spotted parking in front of the building of the NJ Community. The window was acutely opened by Kevin, and he dangled his arm outside the window glass as he waited for Anne's return.

On her way home, Anne caught a glimpse of Kevin's car from a distance. She wanted to avoid the confrontation, so she turned around and left the NJ Community. She decided to go to the hotel.

The dusk ate the heavens gradually as the clock ticked midnight. Kevin waited patiently, but there was no sign of Anne's arrival. He tried calling her, but her phone seemed to be dead.

In the deluxe hotel, the warm and toasty lights beamed the interiors to a glow. There was a beige table in the middle of the hall on which a cold bottle of red wine enjoyed an ice bath. Anne poured a glass for herself as she spun the dark crimson drink into a little whirlpool. She slowly drank up the wine and made herself tipsy to gain drowsiness.

Out of the blue, a message buzzed from her phone. It read, "Anne, I'll arrive tomorrow."

All of a sudden, Anne sighed to tranquility. Alas, she had found a reason to relax. However, it occurred to the problem she had was not something that could be solved by Sam.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon,

the bright sunshine grazed the wide French windows of the airport and into the four corners of the airport.

With a smile on her lips, Anne stood in the most conspicuous spot and waited for Sam.

The weather was perfect and fair. His flight had no delays and arrived at A City on time.

In a sea of faces, Anne saw Sam. They made their rendezvous, and Anne said, "Long time no see."

"How are you?" asked Sam.

As soon as they met each other in a long while, Sam saw the hidden melancholy in her smile.

"Nothing much. Let's go now," said Anne.

Sam asked no more questions. In the front seat, Sam said, "I heard that you've made an acquaintance with a man named Ian Qi while I was abroad."

Upon hearing the name, Anne thought of Ian and said, "I did. He has a strange temper, but he is a gentleman. I have encountered a lot of difficulties in the past, but Mark and Ian were there to help me during my low days."

"That's good to hear. I feel relieved that you have someone to look after you whenever I'm not around," said Sam in relief.

In a blink of an eye, the easygoing expression on Anne's face disappeared. She said, "I hope no one will take care of me ever again. That way, I can easily solve many problems on my own in times of adversity."

"Why do you keep owning all the responsibilities? You do realize that you are not isolated in this world. Friends help each other." Sam gave his shot at persuading Anne.

Anne had a habit of not needing anyone. If he didn't know her history, he would believe that she could truly deal with all her difficulties,

but she didn’t want to talk about it with him any longer. She diverted the discussion and uttered, "Emily said she wanted to celebrate your return today. Why don't we go to eat some hot pot together?"

"She knows that I'm back?" Sam frowned. With the thought of Emily, he felt that the girl was too enthusiastic sometimes.

"Of course, even if I don’t tell her, she will eventually know by herself. Will you go or not?" asked Anne calmly.

"Yes, of course, I'll be there. It's rare for you to go out partying. Let's have fun together," said Sam.

the hot spice steaming from the boiling broth. The place was always

but Emily was a patron

comfortable about the place since her mother often took her

since you don’t like spicy seasoned foods, let's eat something

arrived at the table.

Hearing Ryan's voice, Anne turned to him

my friends. It's been a while since I

always thrilled to eat here when you were a child. Indulge yourself,

you? Why are you here? I remember you don’t like hotpots?" asked

"I don't, but you pulled me into this place over and over again and I slowly fell

Sam and Emily were lost in their thoughts as they looked at

accompany my friends now. Enjoy yourselves!" Ryan bid his

that he was

Emily asked carelessly, "Anne, I didn't know that you and

Sam feel an inkling of

for Anne. Emily noticed his steady gesture and felt

long way to go, but she was patient to figure

got engaged, and since you went abroad, your

too much. I'll ask Kevin

The results of my physical examination showed that I won't be able

else's tragedy. At this point, she realized how lucky

daze. No matter how hard she tried, Sam could

and happened to meet

things to happen while he

be fine," Sam

Anne's mood became much worse because of his words. She was dumbfounded while she munched on her food. After a few moments

drive you there," said

I can

was

changing her outfit, Anne

Kevin was there

hiding from me?" Kevin questioned with grave

reason why she chose to keep him out of her sight since she had agreed to

spare time to answer your question. If you have no more reason for being here, please leave and

made your promise a few days ago. What's with the sudden change of mind?" asked Kevin as he was persistent to

sorry. You're already engaged with someone else. You're not good for me anymore."

the heat of the moment and she had already went inside her office and shut the door. 'It's

darkened and then he left the Claire

diners of the hotpot restaurant had

and Emily placed their chopsticks gently on the table as they were about to leave, but Emily opened her mouth to halt

for a little stroll outside?"

puzzling second, he said, "If the walk is that not that