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

did you go abroad without telling me? I only found out about you going abroad

“No, I just had to

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

and his tone

what?”

St. Nork. Did Ainsley answer the phone last night? Manuel, are you going to

and said, “Why

“Don’t control me,

controlling you. Mathew said you should look after

This is between the Wade family and the Gage family. Of course, I have to go to St. Nork and control the

“Suit yourself.”

frowned. He squeezed his

maybe not

to me all this time,

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

least not now.

call from Irene. She had arrived

He didn’t

Ainsley continued to work on

was supposed to be the fastest of the group of contestants. The rest were still thinking about the

idea was the

it was wrong from the beginning of the topic, it would be a

finish her proposal. Gwendolyn was surprised

progress.

too fast

very professional. In addition to famous psychology professors from different countries, there were also some

and the harshness of the selection process predetermined

experts of the Institute of Psychology would choose their

the fifth day of the competition,

had already emailed her

classifying it in detail, she

planning the modeling approach,

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

it to

bed. Before she

on the

it was drunken Manuel who knocked like that.

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