Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 20 An Excellent Opportunity

I glanced at the incessantly ringing phone, unsure how to describe my emotions. The timing was

impeccable because she called just as Matthew left. I knew he must’ve called her and reported the

situation as soon as he left.

I calmly answered the call, “Yes, Ivanna?”

real mood.

“What are you up to? is Ava okay?” Ivanna sounded like she was in a great

Of course, she would be in a great mood. She must be taking advantage of last night’s argument between.

Matthew and me.

“It seems like you’re free today to call me so early in the morning. There was a hint of sarcasm in my

tone.

“Well, I’m not a robot. Even I need to recharge and maintain myself!” Ivanna laughed. “Let’s go out.”

“Ava isn’t at school yet, so I’m just playing with her at home,” I replied.

a little. Since you weren’t in a good

dare to talk to her for long.” Ivanna

the opportunity was too good to pass up. Since she had initiated it, it

if I didn’t use this chance

as I can relax and have some quiet time. Can I come to your place? I’ve never been there because you’ve been hiding it from me. What if something happened to you? I won’t be

if it were our usual

seemed hesitant as I tightened the grip on my phone. I sensed her reluctance and probed, “Is

a bad time?”

kick him out so you can come over,” Ivanna replied, “All right, then. You stay there, and I’ll pick you and Ava

be if none of this had happened? Then I could treat it all as a nightmare. At least Ava wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

lips and

her head and consoled me, saying, “It doesn’t

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lovely it would be

downstairs to meet her. I hid the two keys I had duplicated in my bag to confirm whether they belonged to her

the best schools. That included Sunnydale, which provided education from kindergarten to high school. The school’s quality of education was supposedly the

before since I wanted to buy a

Amethyst Apartments. I’ve been eyeing this place for a while,”

Ava starts school, you can let her stay with me if you trust me.

in place as my heart raced. I wondered if Ivanna was

take Ava and noticed the bruise

seeing that injury

as if she was trying to