Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 8 Unexpected Company

I forced myself out of bed the following day. The dark circles around my eyes were horrible, and Matthew noticed them. He asked in surprise, “

The following day, I forced myself out of bed. My dark circles were horrible.

Matthew saw my haggard face and asked in surprise, “Are you sick, Coco? Why do you look so pale?”

“You kept me up all night,” I retorted, not in the mood for pleasantries.

He was stunned but hugged me with a shy grin. “No more drinking for you. Exercise is better instead since it helps with sleep.”

churned when I heard his words. I rushed to the

rushed in behind me and patted my back. “What’s wrong with you? Maybe I should take you to the hospital.”

sleep well. You should take Ava to kindergarten. I’ll

blanket over me. “Then get some sleep while I send Ava to school. If you don’t feel

as they left. Finally, they closed the door behind them, and I left the bed to run to the window. I watched Matthew enter the car

Matthew drove out of the gated community. My eyes teared up as I wondered if only everything could return to how it was before. Afterward, I changed into my jeans and t-shirt and tied my hair into

from Galar Tower and found the most strategic spot facing the

I couldn’t even see Matthew because I overlooked one crucial detail. He often used

only realized this on the fourth

I was at a loss, I saw Matthew hurrying out of the building with his phone. He seemed to be

not lunchtime, and he didn’t leave in his car, so I knew he wasn’t going far. He

palace for elites in the surrounding commercial district to hang out and

Matthew was meeting someone there and glanced at the floor-to-ceiling windows,