The CEO’s Ex-Wife Is A Famous Doctor

Chapter 65: Karise’s Apology

“Karise?” Shantelle said, seeing her best

friend arrive at the doorway of their old mansion. She leaned back and asked, “How

– how did you know?” (1

“That you are here?” Karise replied. “Keith

told me.”

Shantelle smiled weakly and embraced her friend, saying, “We are having a picnic lunch. Why don’t you join us for dessert?”

“Picnic lunch? With whom?” Karise asked.

Shantelle first pursed her lips. Then she shrugged and revealed, “With the

Thompsons, Uncle Erick and Aunt Clara are

here. Evan is also here.”

“Oh.” Karise hesitated and said, “I don’t

know if I am welcome then. I have heard

from Keith how Lucas has met his father. I

am happy for him.”

There was that awkward silence between

them before Shantelle asked, “Are you?”

“Shanty, please. Let’s talk about it, okay? That’s why I came in the first place,” Karise pleaded.

Shantelle let Karise in. They settled on one bench in the backyard, permitting Karise a good view of how Evan and Lucas were chatting merrily. Karise had earlier greeted the Scotts and the Thompsons, including Evan. Lucas seemed to have forgotten her,

but that was understandable. Their busy lives prevented them from keeping in touch.

“Wow, they look happy,” Karise remarked, seeing Lucas feeding his father with dessert, and Evan acted like a bear with claws before taking the spoon into his mouth.

“They are,” Shantelle answered contently. And I guess it’s because they don’t see each other every day that they make most of their time together.”

long they sat there, merely watching Lucas and

heard Karise say, “Evan looked for you, Shanty like seriously did, but at first- I don’t

father told me,” Shantelle acknowledged. “So, I

entirely.”

–

narrated Evan’s every effort, saying, “He stayed overnight at the cemetery

more, including how they met

appearing out of nowhere. I realized how serious he was and that, despite the wrong he

Karise narrated. She did not quite understand where her friend was going

liking Evan, Shanty

infatuated.”

I took advantage of

kept asking about you. I

him once in a while,”

“I’m sorry, Shanty. I kept the truth from you

would spark between

am a

Lucas!”

up gasping for air. She sat still with her eyes widening. The words that left Karise’s mouth seemed to have quieted into the air. She could not think properly; all she grasped was how her best friend

of Karise’s explanation, she hugged Shantelle on the side, but her friend did not reciprocate. Karise wound up

the door, where Karise asked, “Will you

because you are my friend, but I can’t

“Give

about to close the door

Do you still have

At the door, Karise

him about you that he stopped seeing me. He was

you, Shanty. I haven’t seen

are long gone, but I just wanted

he is with Lucas – knowing how he still loves

your divorce, Shanty,”

the sake of Lucas. I’m saying that maybe, you should also give yourself a chance –

get hurt again?” Shantelle asked with

love is

to fall in love again,

say; love is sweeter the second

in her warmth. She said, “I miss you, Shanty. Take care, and I hope we can get back to how things were – you know – not like

talk with Karise, Shantelle was primarily silent. Karise’s

Time went by so fast she failed to notice how it was time