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

about you going abroad today after a discussion with Ormus.

in a cold voice, “No,

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

the phone slowly and his tone became colder,

what?”

phone last night? Manuel, are

said, “Why

face fell. “Don’t

said you should look after me

This is between the Wade family and the Gage family. Of course,

“Suit yourself.”

squeezed his brow as he

normal friends, maybe not even

for lying to me all this time, or

could still meet Ainsley. He wanted to

least not now.

She had arrived at

up. He

Ainsley continued to

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

a thesis, the idea was the

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

only two days to finish her proposal. Gwendolyn was surprised at

progress.

too fast

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

harshness of the selection process predetermined the strong influence of this

scoop, after this competition, the experts of the Institute of Psychology would choose their favorite

the competition, Ainsley

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

it in detail, she began to think about how to model

modeling approach, it was

in the morning mentioned that it would rain heavily tonight. It was raining

expect it

up and walked to the bed. Before she could lie down, she was startled

on

was drunken Manuel who knocked like that. Was it Manuel

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