Starting with A Divorce

Chapter 173 The Heavy Rain

“What?! He came to look for you?” Lainey said in shock.

Ainsley talked about it and Irene with Lainey right after the breakup.

Ainsley thought of the building she saw Manuel walk into that day and smiled sorrowfully, “I don’t think so. He came for work.”

“Aisy, don’t think about him anymore.” Lainey’s voice became gentle.

“I see.”

She was warning herself every moment not to think about Manuel. But the more she warned herself not to think, the more she would think.

“Aisy, I’ll come over and keep you company.”

Ainsley laughed. “Lainey, I know you’re worried about me. Your family is so busy right

now. Just stay home.”

“Aisy, I’m worried about you.” Lainey wanted to come over right away.

“It’s okay. It’s still a month away. You can come over whenever you’re done.”

Outside the window, there were neon lights and towering buildings. Manuel sat in front

of the floor-to-ceiling window. Ainsley’s hotel was across the street.

It was a busy part of St. Nork, with a lot of traffic on the road. He lay on the bed, still

thinking about yesterday’s events.

He had been drinking with the people from Applegath yesterday. Getting drunk and dazed, he arrived at Ainsley’s hotel without saying what he wanted to say.

What he could remember was Ainsley’s indifferent gaze and her sense of loss before he

left

The phone rang and his eyes narrowed. It was Irene calling.

“What’s up?” He didn’t tell Irene that he’d come to St. Nork. He’d come the first day Ainsley had arrived.

“Manuel, who was it that answered the phone last night?” Irene’s voice was soft, but her tone was unmistakably sharp.

“What’s up?” He didn’t want to answer

out about you going abroad today

cold voice, “No, I just had to

that Ainsley went to St. Nork for the Decker Contest. Manuel, you must be in St.

and his tone became colder,

what?”

really in St. Nork. Did Ainsley answer the phone last night? Manuel, are you going to cheer for her? I’d like

paused and said, “Why

“Don’t control me,

Mathew said you should look after me and that

family. Of course, I have to go to St. Nork and control

“Suit yourself.”

phone and frowned. He squeezed his brow as he thought about what Ainsley

maybe not even

lying to me all this

meet Ainsley. He wanted to talk to Irene and make it clear. But he couldn’t fall out with

least not now.

a call from Irene. She had arrived at

He didn’t

hotel, Ainsley continued to

group of contestants. The rest were still thinking

thesis, the idea

from the beginning of the

finish her proposal. Gwendolyn was surprised at

progress.

too fast for

professional. In addition to famous psychology professors from different

the judges and the harshness of the selection process predetermined the

experts of the Institute of

competition, Ainsley had stopped thinking about

had finished her assignment and stretched out, and Zane had already emailed her all the data she needed. She had

then classifying it in detail, she began to

she finished planning the modeling approach, it was already

of dense rain. The weather forecast in the morning mentioned that it would rain heavily tonight. It was

it

and walked to the bed. Before she could

on the

it was drunken Manuel who knocked like that. Was it Manuel

standing in the doorway with wet