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

fault,” Wendell said.

his friend, saying, “Only

will tell.”

***

In the

Evan’s

was already past nine, and

landline since seven.

wasn’t like Mrs. Shaw to

without permission,

she was worried

sake.

Thompson?”

while

halfway.

surprise, there was no one

called

contract.”

was no answer. She knocked on

but

either. When she opened the bathroom, no

Mister Thompson?”

man had not left

four in the morning.

of walking a straight

have the

the house.

was about

a thud inside the

She frowned and

investigate it.

to the

Shantelle’s side of

from last night, curled like a ball

Evan with a painful expression. Instantly, Mrs. Shaw fell to her knees, crying.

Evan.

Thompson, I’m sorry you and the Misses had to part. If only you had realized how you loved her then, this would not have happened to both

those opportunities

that Mrs. Shaw said

yet, but he understood

two years,

divorce,

he felt empty but never acted on

I love her? Did

it were not the case. He had acknowledged how

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

those feelings for granted?’

loved her, but she is

Evan

minute, she listened to

in front of him. He shut his eyes, stopping

Evan massaged his

tapped on Mrs. Shaw’s shoulder

Shaw, prepare some chicken soup for

the white gown he had bought Shantelle

had hung the

days back.

Shantelle’s other clothes.

Shaw was still wiping

was about to

Evan

sure to