My Mommy’s Brave Heart

Chapter 1013

Duke was stunned for a moment.

He looked at Adeena, who was in front of him, solemnly and said, “Are you trying to do a background check on me after deciding to cooperate with Winters Corporation ?”

Adeena did not deny it. “The news mentioned your divorce. Is that true?” “It might be true, it might not be.” Duke sounded solemn. “We never officially divorced, but we‘ve been separated for four years. Which do you think it is, then?”

Adeena did not want to ask too many questions about other people‘s marriages.

She pursed her lips and continued, “From what you said, does that mean your daughter has not met her mother for four years?”

Duke looked at her in silence.

He was at a loss, not knowing how to put in words how painful it felt to be separated from his wife for four years.

Every lie I tell her will only keep us further apart. ‘But

was lost in his

she first met him,

a magnet drawing her in. She found herself enchanted by the image. Duke slowly approached her and touched her face with

his face got closer, Adeena held her breath and her

and wanted to push him away, her hands

hesitated , Duke‘s lips met hers. Her

and rough. Bit by bit, she was out of breath. She was like a suffocating fish who was on

his wife and daughter.

(Wife…

All of a sudden, she came back to her senses. It was as if

raised her leg and kicked Duke‘s

up and stepped back. “Mr. Winters, please show some

the lipstick stain on his lips and said in a hoarse voice, “Adi— Ms. Willis, can I call you Addy?”