The Bound Between Us

Chapter 38

Anastasia’s business tonight was quite good, she managed to sell several pieces of jewelry in a short amount of time.

Seeing her designs being so popular, she was pumped for her interview tomorrow.

Anastasia took a break to video chat with her mom, Salma. In the middle of their chit–chat, Salma dropped a bomb, “Ana, it seems like your cousin’s husband has another woman.”

“Gianna’s husband?” Anastasia was gobsmacked, it was totally out of the blue. “Mom, who told you this?”

1 saw it with my own two eyes, Salma added from the other side of the video call, I can’t be 100% sure though. A man and a woman walked into the hotel today. The guy looked a lot like your cousin’s husband. I went over to say hi. He was arm in arm with this woman. They looked awkward when they

saw me.”

Seeing a man and woman walk into a hotel together could get tongues wagging.

Anastasia quickly asked, ‘Mom, did you let Auntie know?”

“I haven’t yet. I mean, if I got the wrong guy, it could mess up Gianna’s marriage, and that’d be a total chaos, Salma said, worried, “Gianna’s been married for eight years without a kid and I’m worried he’s getting cold feet. Your auntie always brags about her son–in–law. If anything happens, she’d be devastated”

“Mom, don’t spill the beans unless you’re sure, Anastasia suggested, “Whether it’s true or not, it will not end well if you tell her.”

today’s world, it seems like every guy has a side chick and the wife is usually the last to

know, it’s not

public, they can become awkward. The person giving the reminder

Cynthia has been bragging about how her daughter married into a good family. If Salma told her about

just overthinking. Ana, don’t stay out too late. The weather forecast says it

at the night sky and said, “Mom, it doesn’t look like it’s gonna rain. My business is booming today, I’ll pack

to pick you up. It’s not safe

selling, Salma would tag along if she was

the past would repeat

Anastasia fibbed, “Alright, he said he’d come pick me up later. Mom, you need to rest early since

go ahead, Salma hung up the video call. The

was about to go to bed, she heard a child being scolded in the neighborhood.

neighborhood. Salma couldn’t help but

building across giving their

her heart and was reminded of the child she lost

same path she did, because she knew how tough it was.

At Night Market.