Five Years After Divorce, My Ex-Husband Wants Me Again의 모든 챕터: 챕터 31 - 챕터 39

NORABy Saturday afternoon, the mansion barely resembled the place I lived in.Colorful banners stretched across the garden. Balloons had attached themselves to nearly every available surface, and long tables occupied sections of the lawn that normally remained empty. Children were already running between activity stations while parents attempted to maintain conversations and supervision at the same time.The front gate remained open.Cars arrived regularly, voices carried across the garden, and music drifted from hidden speakers.Somewhere near the dessert table, Lena was explaining party logistics to a child who had absolutely no interest in logistics.Theo was helping anyway.The two of them moved through the party as if they were hosting it personally.Marta appeared beside me holding a tablet."The additional food has arrived."I lowered the guest list I had been reviewing."Additional food?"Marta hesitated."The children requested more."My eyes moved immediately toward the twi

NORABy the time I stepped back into the garden, whatever had happened between Daniel and Charlie was already over.The two men stood several feet apart. Neither of them was speaking.The party continued uninterrupted. Children ran between tables, music drifted across the lawn, and people continued talking as though nothing happened.I crossed the lawn toward Daniel, but he was making his way toward me too, his brow was furrowed."Come inside with me."Daniel glanced once toward the party before following me toward the house, then the floor closed behind us.I stopped near the hallway window.Daniel remained standing, for several seconds he said nothing, then he looked at me."Why is he here?"I already knew who he meant."The children invited half of New York."Daniel's eyes remained on my face."Including him?""Apparently."His jaw shifted slightly.I folded my arms."They invited most of the people here.”Daniel did not not reply to me.I looked away first. Outside the window I co

NORASunday morning arrived with far less noise than the day before.The garden visible through the breakfast room windows still carried evidence of the party. A cluster of balloons remained tangled against one hedge, and several folding tables waited to be collected from the lawn.Inside, the house had already settled into its usual rhythm.Daniel sat at the table with a mug of coffee beside him while Theo helped organize documents that would eventually find their way back into a suitcase.Whether Daniel actually needed help remained unclear.Theo appeared to consider himself essential to the process.Lena occupied the opposite end of the table and was describing three unrelated events simultaneously."...and then Sophie dropped the balloon, and Grandfather said it wasn't his fault, but it was definitely his fault because he was holding too many things at once, and Theo said—""It wasn't definitely his fault." Theo adjusted another stack of papers before looking up. "You don't have e

NORAMarcus stared at me for a second before taking a few steps closer."Nora."I tightened my grip on my bag and nodded."Marcus."His eyes moved over me briefly before settling on my face again."What are you doing here?""I have an appointment."His brow furrowed slightly. "Here?"I glanced toward the elevators behind me."That's usually how hospital appointments work."One corner of his mouth lifted, the smile disappeared almost immediately."I saw you on television."I raised an eyebrow. "That sounds dangerous."Marcus folded his arms. "Beaumont chairman."The title sounded strange coming from him."You change a lot Nora," His gaze remained steady. "I wouldn't have thought."A smile touched my mouth. "What did you think?"Marcus looked away briefly.People crossed the garage behind us. An elevator opened somewhere nearby, when his eyes returned to mine, the answer still hadn't arrived."I don't know."That sounded more honest than anything else he could have said.I adjusted my b