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.

annoyance. “What’s up?” He didn’t want to answer the

found out about you going abroad today after a discussion with Ormus. Did you avoid

a cold voice, “No, I

little louder. “I heard that Ainsley went to St. Nork for the Decker Contest. Manuel, you must be in St.

his tone

what?”

giggled. “So you’re really in St. Nork. Did Ainsley answer the phone last night? Manuel, are you going to cheer

and said, “Why don’t I come

face fell. “Don’t

not controlling you. Mathew said you

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

“Suit yourself.”

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

just normal friends, maybe

lying to me all this time,

he could still meet Ainsley. He wanted to talk to Irene and make

least not now.

from Irene. She had arrived at St. Nork and wanted

He didn’t

hotel, Ainsley continued

be the fastest of the group

thesis, the idea was

of the topic,

finish

progress.

fast for

the top universities abroad. The judges were very professional. In addition to famous psychology professors

harshness of the selection process predetermined the

competition, the experts of the Institute of Psychology would choose

day of the competition,

out, and Zane had already emailed her all

in detail, she began to think about

the modeling approach, it was already

the sound of dense rain. The weather forecast in the morning mentioned that it

it

and walked to the bed. Before she

on

time it was drunken Manuel who knocked

and saw Manuel standing in the