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Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 10
A year later, our project won an international award.As the awards ceremony was wrapping up, Grandma sat in the audience wearing the new outfit I'd bought her. She was smiling so brightly that her eyes crinkled.The host asked who I wanted to thank most.I looked at Grandma. "The person who taught me that even when I had nothing, I never had to put myself last just to be loved."The audience broke into applause.Grandma quietly wiped away a tear.After I got back from overseas, a package arrived for me.Inside was a thick photo album. On the first page was a photo of Joel and me from the day we got married.On the back, he had written, "If I could do it all over again, I'd take you home to meet my family first."The rest of the album was filled with photos I had taken around our home over the past three years. There were pictures of the curtains, the dining table, and our matching mugs.There was even a photo of the bottle of wine that was supposed to be opened at our weddin
Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 9
After the press conference, Joel told Cynthia he wanted a divorce.She refused. Then she showed up at my office in the same white dress she had worn at the wedding, with Amy and a crowd of reporters behind her.She dropped to her knees in front of me. "Nicole, I'll give Joel back to you. Please, just stop trying to ruin us."Anyone who didn't know what had really happened would've thought I was the one trying to destroy their marriage.One of my coworkers was about to call security, but I stopped them and had someone bring over a projector instead.I pulled up every message Cynthia had sent Joel over the past three years."Your parents like me. You don't have to explain anything yet."Just have her move out for a few days. It won't hurt anything."As long as she agrees to be my bridesmaid, everyone will think I'm the bride."The last message was from the wedding night."Is her grandma really that important? If you had left today, everyone would have thought I stole her husban
Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 8
Three days later, the public statement started trending again.I wasn't the one who put it back in the spotlight. The clerk who had handled our marriage paperwork saw the news and came forward with the full timeline.The evidence included our marriage records, Joel's proposal video, the written promise he signed while Grandma was in the hospital, and records showing that we had lived together as husband and wife for three years.Every piece of evidence proved the same thing. I wasn't some other woman clinging to him behind the excuse of a paper marriage. I had been his legal wife for three years, and we had built a life together.Then the hotel where Joel and Cynthia had held their wedding released the full security footage. It showed me getting the call from the hospital and begging Joel to come with me.Instead, he pressed his car keys into my hand, turned back to Cynthia, and slipped the wedding ring onto her finger.Security footage from the hospital hallway surfaced too. In
Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 7
Once the project entered its public roadshow phase, my name started showing up in the industry press again.At the launch event, our partners invited a large group of reporters.I had just finished my presentation when one of them asked, "Ms. Sullivan, we heard you stepped away from this project three years ago because of your marriage. Now that you're back, do you regret that decision?"The room fell quiet.I held the microphone. "I do, but not because the marriage ended. I regret ever letting someone else decide what I did with my life."After the event, that part of the interview was edited into a short clip. Before long, it was trending in industry circles.Joel spent the entire afternoon replaying it in his office.His assistant reminded him that he had an important meeting, but he kept going back to the part where I said the marriage ending wasn't what I regretted.I didn't look angry or bitter. I looked like I was talking about something I had already left behind.That
Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 6
My first month on the job was so busy that I barely had time to think about the past.The company handed the project back to me after shelving it for three years. One of my coworkers told me I had been the one who came up with the original concept.After I left, they brought in two different creative leads, but neither managed to make it work.I went through all the project files again and spent more than two weeks in back-to-back meetings with my team.The day our proposal was finally approved, the whole office broke into applause. My manager personally placed a new nameplate on my desk with my title on it."Welcome back, Nicole."I looked down at my name. For the first time in a long while, the hollow feeling in my chest eased a little.Grandma was brought to the new city too. When I saw her again, I couldn't bring myself to look her in the eye.I kept my head down. "I'm sorry, Grandma."She reached up and stroked my hair, just like she used to when I was little."You have
Too Late to Call Me Yours Chapter 5
By the time my plane landed, it was already dark.I turned off airplane mode, and dozens of missed calls immediately flooded my screen. Most were from Joel, Cynthia, and Amy, along with a few Hoover relatives who had never contacted me before.At the top of my notifications were several messages from Joel."The celebration's over. Where are you staying? Send me the address."Ten minutes later, he texted again. "Don't do this. I told you I'd come find you."Half an hour later, another message came through. "Nicole, why aren't you answering your phone?"His last message had been sent just three minutes ago. "I'm at your place. Where did you go?"I didn't answer. I just blocked his number.A coworker from the branch office was already waiting outside the airport. She was holding a sign with my name on it.She smiled as she took my suitcase. "Ms. Sullivan, welcome back."Hearing the word "back" made me pause.Three years earlier, the company had invited me to join this project,
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