All Chapters of You Want Me Back, Don't You?: Chapter 71 - Chapter 76

“And we can have that placed here.” Henry motioned to the spot on the laptop. “It doesn’t have to be elaborate but just enough to show that–”He was interrupted with the vibration of his phone. “I’m sorry.” He checked the caller’s ID and saw it was Anaya calling. He wanted to pick up but he was almost done with the meeting so he silenced his phone.“As I was saying, I don’t know what you think but the product should be enough to–” He received a text from Anaya and he apologized to the client before opening the message.His heart stopped for a moment too long when he saw the message.Ryle’s in the hospital. You need to come over now!Without wasting a second, he ran out of the conference room, ordering Alex to get the car started. In less than an hour, he arrived at the hospital address Anaya sent and asked for his son.“Henry.” He ran down the corridor when he saw Anaya with his mother and sister standing in the waiting room. Anaya was in tears and his mother was comforting her. Even

In the darkness, Anaya rested her head on the wall behind her, staring at the dull painting in the room in her apartment. It has been five days. Five days since she cooked lunch for her stepson and he was rushed to the hospital for poisoning. And five days since her marriage had taken a strain, a dent too big she feared it couldn’t be fixed.Henry hadn’t called her all this while and neither had she tried to contact him. She was dying to know how Ryle was doing but she didn’t dare step foot close to the hospital because she was scared.She has been having bad dreams so far of someone trying to kill her and she wasn’t sure which was real and which was not. She even dreamed about her mother last night and she had cried so hard she nearly collapsed.The four walls of her apartment had been the only thing she had seen for the past days. Henry had been generous enough to send all her stuff to her house so she didn’t even have to lift a finger. The boxes were exactly where they were droppe

Anaya looked out the window of the cafe, waiting for Margeret to arrive. It had taken a whole amount of willpower for her to step out of her apartment and into the world again.Maia has been her supporter, motivating her to take the right steps for their plans to work out and meeting with Henry’s mother was just the first step to the plan they crafted.The door to the cafe opened up and Anaya saw Margeret searching the building before her eyes finally fell on her. The elegantly dressed woman walked up towards her and she could see the sadness behind her eyes.“Oh, God, Anaya.” Margeret held her closely. “You look so worn out. Have you been eating well?” Anaya looked away, trying to hide her face behind her hair. When she had looked in the mirror that night after Maia left her apartment, she had the same reaction as Margeret.Dark circles surrounded her eyes and her skin was flaky and dry. Her cheekbones had sunken so low, her bones were sticking out. She looked like a ghost. Worse, t