Dear Ex-wife Marry Me

Chapter 388

lan plonked himself down at the desk nearby and dove back into his paperwork.

“Need something?”

“Herbert has a painting up for auction soon, and you seemed to fancy his work before. If you’re planning to go, could you take me with you?”

Carlene sounded a little flirtatious as she eyed the food on the table and slowly took a seat.

“I haven’t eaten yet, mind if you join me?”

lan’s gaze remained glued to his documents.

“We can discuss that later.”

“lan, I remember you were really into Herbert’s style back in the day. I even went out of my way to learn from him, but he’s not taking on new students anymore. His last student was apparently a young guy:

Carlene seemed a bit miffed. “I bet it’s one of his relatives or something.”

lan’s brow furrowed slightly. “Carlene, I have work to do.”

Ever since Carlene had arrived, she had had a hunch that something was off about the place. It was her feminine intuition kicking in.

“lan, I don’t think anyone cleaned the room this morning.”

She planned to check the bedroom, but lan didn’t respond.

When Carlene opened the bedroom door, she spotted two pillows on the bed. If there was only one person sleeping, the other pillow should have been put away.

Her eyebrows knitted together in worry. She headed straight for the closet.

in the closet, got her heart pounding when she heard the clicking of high heels. She braced herself for the

for lan, if she was discovered, she’d be in deep

as Carlene was about to open the closet door, lan appeared in the doorway, his arms folded across his chest and

didn’t like people touching his

she’d barged

back and

Wanted to

but

had no choice but to follow him, her face

a sigh of relief when she heard the

the living room, Carlene’s voice was

you wouldn’t go

his chair, pen back in hand, burying himself in the

was worried that he was mad, and her unease grew when she saw the food

going. If you’re attending the

“Mmm.”

gaze didn’t leave his

heartbroken, and begrudgingly headed for the door.

from

room

she and lan were tying the knot, she had

the room card, he’d handed it over without a fuss.

clearly a sign of his discontent with

mouth, feeling awkward, and

“Got it.”

her eyes were filled with anger

she’d found in his room last time, she was certain lan had another