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.

He didn’t want to answer the

tell me, Manuel? Why did you go abroad without telling me? I only found out about you going abroad today after

“No,

got a little louder. “I heard that Ainsley went to St. Nork for the Decker Contest. Manuel, you

slowly and his tone

what?”

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

“Why don’t

face fell. “Don’t control me,

I’m not controlling you. Mathew said you should look after me and that

and the Gage family. Of course, I have

“Suit yourself.”

squeezed his brow as he thought about what Ainsley had said

normal friends, maybe not even

for lying to me all this time, or sorry

it. At least now he could still meet Ainsley. He wanted to talk to Irene and

least not now.

She had arrived at St.

up. He didn’t

the hotel, Ainsley continued to work on her

group of contestants. The rest were still thinking about

the idea was the most

the beginning of the topic, it would be a

took her only two days to finish her proposal.

progress.

too fast for

competition was an academic project competition organized by the top universities abroad. The judges were very professional. In addition to famous psychology professors from different countries, there were also some people

of the selection process

the experts of the Institute of

day of the competition, Ainsley had stopped thinking about

out, and Zane had already emailed her all the data

in detail, she began to think about how

modeling

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

expect it to

up and walked to the bed. Before she

on

it was drunken Manuel who

opened the door and saw Manuel standing in the doorway with wet hair and