Semua Bab Dear Ex-husband, I'll Make You Beg: Bab 41 - Bab 50

It was late in the evening in New York and the hotel suite was quiet except for the soft him of the air conditioning and the distant sound of traffic from the street below.Sophia was curled up on the couch with her legs tucked beneath her, her phone pressed to her ear and a bowl of ice cream in her free hand.“So how is my princess?” The masculine voice on the other end asked. “Has she been asking questions again?”Sophia smiled. “You know Aria. She asks about forty questions before breakfast and then starts again after lunch. But she’s good. She loves the hotel pool so that keeps her busy during the day.”“And you?” There was a pause. “How are you really doing, Soph?”She pulled her knees closer to her chest and looked at the window. The city lights were doing what they always did, looking beautiful from a distance. “I’m okay,” she said, and when he didn’t respond she added, “I mean it. I’m managing.”“You’re in the same city as your ex-husband,” he said gently. “That’s not nothing

Julian didn't move for a moment.He just stayed there staring at her while trying to convince himself that his brain was playing tricks on him. But, Serena's chest continued to rise and fall beside him and her overly familiar perfume felt very real and present in the air around him.The longer he stared, the more certain he became that this was not something he was imagining.He sat up slowly and ran a hand over his face.Did she really come back? He was sure he heard her leave the house and had spent the rest of the day rejoicing in his win only for her to return and even worse, lie on his bed!He looked at her again and felt a slow anger begin to build somewhere behind his ribs.He reached over and shook her shoulder. "Serena."He reached over and shook her shoulder firmly. "Serena."She stirred almost immediately, which told him she hadn't been fully asleep to begin with. She opened her eyes and looked up at him, her eyes holding no sign of sleep. Then, they smiled softly, acting a

“Anger,” Sophia said. “Obviously. Because who does he think he is, sending something like that after five years?” She paused. “And then something else underneath the anger that I didn’t want to look at too closely.”Lara was quiet, letting her continue.“He’s not the same,” Sophia said, and the words came out reluctantly, like she was admitting something she had been arguing against inside her own head for days. “I don’t mean that I’ve forgiven him or that any of it is okay. But when I look at him now or listen to him speak, I can just tell he isn’t the same person he was five years ago. Something has shifted in him and I can see it even when I don’t want to.”“Do you think you’ll ever forgive him?” Lara asked. “Not for his sake. For yours.”Sophia was quiet for a long moment. The question sat in the air between them and she didn’t rush to answer it, because it deserved more than a quick response.“I don’t know,” she said finally. “And that’s the honest answer. I don’t know if I can s

The first report he had brought in was practically useless. LuminaTech was legitimate, built from the ground up over five years, with no suspicious funding sources.To make things worse, Sophia owned properties in Sydney and lived like a queen.The news had practically ruined her day but, not this.This time, he had brought her more personal information about Sophia.Serena read the line twice.[Subject gave birth to a child. Female. Approximately five years of age. Currently in New York with child.]She lowered the phone for a moment and looked out of the car window, exhaling.A child.Sophia had a child.She felt something loosen in her chest almost immediately. Relief.It finally made sense to her. That was why Sophia had been so composed, so unbothered and completely uninterested in Julian every time they were in the same room.Sophia had moved on.She had a life in Australia that included someone else and a child. She genuinely didn't want Julian back.Serena almost laughed. If t

Serena craned her neck to see past Sophia, her smile already widening before she had even gotten a proper look. Sophia shifted her body further into the gap but it was already too late because Aria, completely unbothered by the tension her mother was currently under, ducked under Sophia's arm and pushed the door open wider with both hands and stepped out into the hallway as if she owned it.She looked up at Serena with open, curious eyes. Then she turned to Sophia. "Mummy, who is the lady?"Sophia's stomach dropped.Serena's eyes moved from Aria's face to Sophia's and back again. She let the silence sit for just a moment and then covered her mouth with both her hands, pretending to be shocked. "Sophia." Her voice came out soft and stunned. "You have a child?""Clara," Sophia called quickly, already looking past Serena toward the room behind her. The nanny appeared in the doorway immediately. "Take Aria inside please.""But mummy I want to know who she is," Aria said, not moving."Aria