Semua Bab You Left Me for Your Secretary, so Why Are You Begging at My Wedding?: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Xena’s gaze flickered. She had once accidentally seen Zac entering his phone passcode and remembered the digits.If he hadn’t changed it, she should be able to unlock it.After a brief hesitation, she entered the password.Nervous and guilty, she kept glancing toward the bathroom as she opened his email app, afraid he might walk out at any moment.Once she had forwarded the message to her own inbox, she quickly deleted the sent record, marked the email as unread, and placed the phone back exactly where she found it.Moments later, Zac came out of the bathroom.He walked over to the dining table and sat down. Xena pushed the bowl of soup toward him with a calm expression.“Mr. Lincoln, it’s cooled down quite a bit now.”“Alright.”Zac lowered his head and began eating quietly.Neither of them spoke again. When he finished, Xena cleared the table and left without another word.On the way home, she opened the email and downloaded the attachment.Soon, she was staring at Ethan’

Earlier, Warren had told Hunter that the lawyer he would be working with was their firm’s go-to champion for divorce cases. Naturally, Hunter had assumed she would be a middle-aged woman. He wasn’t expecting someone so young.“Of course,” Warren added, smiling, “Ms. Smith also completed her internship here. She’s been with the firm for almost five years now, and in that time, she’s hardly lost a case.“And she’s a few years older than you. From now on, make sure to show her some respect.”Then he turned to Liz, who was still frowning slightly, and said with a grin, “Ms. Smith, I’ll leave him in your hands.”Liz’s brows furrowed a little more. “Mr. Quinn, I didn’t realize his style and appearance were like this. If he’s not willing to change how he dresses and dye his hair back to black, I may not be able to take him on.”Warren looked like he was about to respond, but Hunter spoke up first.“No problem. I’ll dye my hair back tonight, stop wearing flashy clothes, and I’ll take out

Naomi froze for a second, completely stunned.“Wait—you’re saying he actually agreed to dye his hair black? And he’s going to start dressing formally at work?”Liz nodded. “Yeah. That’s why I agreed to take him on.”“Wow. Okay then.”Just a few days ago, when Liz was away on vacation, Naomi had watched Hunter and Warren practically tear the office apart with their arguments. Hunter had flat-out refused to change his style. And now he was suddenly cooperating with Liz?Then she remembered something Warren had mentioned offhand. Hunter was apparently interested in handling divorce cases. And Liz just happened to be the only attorney at the firm who specialized in them. Thinking of it that way, his sudden change of heart made more sense.Naomi gave Liz a thumbs-up and said with a grin, “You really are something else.”As they were talking, Hunter returned. Naomi didn’t say anything else and slid her chair back to her desk.Hunter had a bit of a cleanliness obsession. He wiped down

“Thank you for your compliment!”Their easy banter and laughter didn’t go unnoticed. A short distance away, Ethan had been watching them. His gaze lowered slightly, and a flicker of unreadable emotion passed through his eyes.It was past nine by the time Liz and Hunter finished dinner. After dropping him off, she finally headed home. Just as she settled onto the couch, her phone buzzed with a message from Hunter, asking if she had gotten back safely.She replied, then hesitated before tapping into Ethan’s chat. She had been thinking of how to politely turn him down, but before she could type anything, his message arrived.“Tammy’s coming to the reunion tomorrow too. I think it’s been years since you two last saw each other.”Tammy Fisher had been Liz’s seatmate back in tenth grade. They had been pretty close at the time. She was one of the few classmates Liz could actually talk to. But after graduation, they slowly drifted apart. Life got busy, and eventually they stopped keeping

As soon as he finished speaking, a round of teasing erupted around them. Everyone turned to look at Liz and Ethan with knowing smiles.“Ethan, if I remember right, Liz is single now. If you’re planning to pursue her, you better make a move soon!”“Well, that depends. Liz might not even be interested. Don’t get ahead of yourselves.”“Come on, Ethan’s good-looking and has a great personality. Liz, what do you think? Maybe give him a chance?”Liz pressed her lips together in a faint smile and replied, “I’m focused on my career right now. When it comes to love, I’m just going to let things happen naturally.”She didn’t dislike Ethan, but she didn’t have feelings for him either. For now, being friends seemed like the best choice. Besides, she wasn’t looking for a relationship at the moment.Everyone at the table was old enough to read between the lines. It was clear she had gently turned him down, and a few people glanced at Ethan with a hint of sympathy.Back in high school, it had