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

me, Manuel? Why did you go abroad without telling me? I only found out about you going abroad today after a discussion with Ormus. Did you avoid me on purpose?” Irene’s

said in a cold voice, “No, I just had

a little louder. “I heard that Ainsley went to St. Nork

and his tone became colder,

what?”

night? Manuel, are you going to cheer

said, “Why don’t I

fell. “Don’t control

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

between the Wade family and the Gage family. Of course, I have to go to

“Suit yourself.”

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

maybe not even

this

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

least not now.

got a call from Irene. She had arrived at St. Nork and wanted

He

continued to work on her

the group of contestants. The

the idea was the most important

of the topic, it

two days to finish her proposal. Gwendolyn was

progress.

too fast for

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

and the harshness of the selection process

of the Institute of Psychology would choose their

of the competition, Ainsley had stopped thinking about

Zane had already emailed her all the data she needed. She had

classifying it in detail, she began to think about how

finished planning the modeling approach, it was

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

it to

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

on the

it was drunken Manuel who knocked like that. Was

saw Manuel standing in the