The CEO’s Ex-Wife Is A Famous Doctor

Chapter 25: One Day

“Oh, my goodness! Not again!” Mrs. Shaw exclaimed, seeing Evan being guided by Wendell into the villa’s entrance at four in the morning.

She tried to aid Wendell, but Wendell

said, “It’s okay, Mrs. Shaw, I can

manage. Please help me open the door to

his room.”

More than a week had passed since Evan

learned that Shantelle had left the city.

After confronting his parents, he locked

himself inside his room. Evan did not

bother to eat until lunch the next day. He spoke to no one, not his parents, friends,

or the villa’s caretakers.

Evan only returned to work after three days of isolating himself.

In the succeeding days, he spent it at the

office, working until midnight.

Occasionally, he went to the club with his

friends Wendell and Sean. Wendell often

drove Evan home since he was usually

drunk.

Tonight was no exception. Wendell rang

the villa’s gates, delivering Evan in a

drunken state.

Same as the last that he was intoxicated,

Evan was talking like Shantelle had never

left.

“Mrs. Shaw, where is the Misses? Tell her

to make my favorite dish.”

“Why is she not home yet? It’s already late. Mrs. Shaw, call the Scotts and have Howard pick up Shanty.”

“Wendell, call Shanty.”

“Yes, Evan. I will. Take a nap first, okay, buddy!” Wendell could only ride on

Evan’s gibberish, knowing he was not

himself. Generally, the next day, Evan would be back to being silent.

Wendell carefully laid Evan on the bed. He turned to Mrs. Shaw and said, “He is fine, Mrs. Shaw.”

“Oh, my goodness,” Mrs. Shaw asked. ” How long will he be like this?” 1

“I don’t know, Mrs. Shaw, but it’s

different with Evan because he knows he

at fault,” Wendell

his friend,

will tell.”

***

Thompson?” In the morning,

on Evan’s room for

was already past nine,

landline since seven.

like Mrs. Shaw to enter

permission,

she was worried

sake.

Thompson?”

again while opening the

halfway.

her surprise, there was no one on the bed. “Sir

has called about an

contract.”

no answer.

door, but there was

When she opened the bathroom,

Mister Thompson?” Mrs.

man

in the morning. He

of walking a

have the readiness

the house.

was about to

a

frowned and decided

investigate it.

switching the lights to the enormous room,

side of

his clothes from last night, curled like a ball on the part where

painful expression. Instantly, Mrs. Shaw fell to her

Evan.

had to part. If only you had realized how you loved her then, this would not have

those opportunities

words that Mrs. Shaw said

heart. He wasn’t completely sober yet, but he understood her words. Indeed, there

for two

their divorce, Evan

he felt empty but never acted on those

love her?

miserable these past few days if it were not the case. He had acknowledged

admitted it was love.

hand on his chest and clenched it. The pang in his chest was unbearable. He thought, ‘So this is pain… the pain of loving someone. I loved Shanty. Why didn’t I see it before? Was it because

those feelings for granted?’

I loved her,

unfortunate,’ Evan mocked

minute, she listened

in front of him. He shut his eyes, stopping his

Evan massaged his

a headache. He tapped on Mrs. Shaw’s shoulder

Mrs. Shaw, prepare some chicken soup for

studied the white gown he had bought Shantelle for

hung

back. Then he looked

Shantelle’s other clothes.

Shaw was still wiping

was about

when Evan

to