She Becomes Glamorous After The Engagement Annulment

Bam!

Tanya closed the door right after saying that.

Joel: “…”

Joel could faintly hear Pete ask, “Was it not Mommy at the door, God-mom? Who was it, then?”

“Oh, just an annoying fly,” replied Tanya.

Joel: “…”

Half an hour later.

The perturbed and distracted Tanya glanced at the window.

The moment she did, she found herself stunned.

Joel was standing at the door, his tall and straight figure casting a long, drawn-out shadow on the ground.

The dazed Tanya felt as if she had gone back a few years in time. Back then, she would always see a figure like that standing outside every time she walked out of the classroom after class.

At that time, the sight of the man had made her excited and happy.

But the figure instead seemed somewhat solitary and lonely now, making her sad.

Tanya withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at the floor. Complicated emotions churned in the depths of her heart.

Sometime later, when Tanya looked up once more, she found that the figure at the door was gone. An empty feeling welled up in her.

She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. She forced a smile, looked at Pete, and said, “Your mommy should be home soon.”

Pete nodded. However, he then said, “Uncle Joel looks unwell to me, though.”

Unwell?

Tanya followed his gaze and looked over to see that Joel had changed positions at some point. He was now standing in a corner visible from the living room window.

His head was down, and he had one hand pressed against his abdomen and the other against the wall for support.

She couldn’t tell whether it was the lighting or because he really was unwell, but he looked as pale as a sheet. His lips were so pale that they were practically transparent, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.

“Uncle Joel must be in pain, right? Why not let him in, God-mom?”

Pete’s words interrupted Tanya’s thoughts.

She said coldly, “It has nothing to do with me even if he’s dead.”

despite saying that,

but sneer

the same old

made her angry, he would always stand outside their dormitory. Even when it rained, he

but always stood there so stubbornly

been so naive

and glaring, she would worry that he would be

really had her wrapped around his little

was as hard as iron now, though, so how would she possibly still be deceived

to leave the house without bodyguards or his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his

thought had only just formed when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto one knee

steps toward him.

The man, who likely heard her footsteps, turned to look at her. He was very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also

“…”

almost

held them back and looked around. “Where are your assistants?

he merely said, “I don’t want to go to the hospital.”

Tanya was dumbfounded.

didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when they were still in

toughed it out whenever he was sick, so he

was he up to now,

that she stretched out her foot, intending to give him

bodyguard hiding in the distance wanted to rush forward but was

gesture that Mr. Joel made before he

bodyguard retorted, “Even so, we can’t just

“She won’t.”

“What?”

to see that Tanya’s foot had

looked around hesitantly. She frowned and wondered out loud, “Did

he was sick elsewhere instead? What are you gonna do if that

she was complaining, she nevertheless

was dragged into

kept on

—

until

stretched. Then, she looked at

They seemed very urgent.

she needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and disturbed her rest, no matter how

before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she

into a

why wasn’t Pete by her side

Tanya had