Todos los capítulos de Obsessing Over My Ex-wife : Capítulo 71 - Capítulo 76

Jolene's POVI answered on the fourth ring, my eyes still on Ernest as he gathered his laptop and slipped quietly out of the office, giving me the privacy he assumed I needed."Brian.""You got my message." His voice was careful, like he wasn't sure what kind of reception he'd get."I did." I leaned back in my chair, keeping my tone flat. "You could have just told me what you actually know instead of a vague warning.""I don't know much yet. That's the problem." He paused. "They met at a restaurant a few days before the summit. Then again at her hotel while she was away with her movie crew. And once at the house, late at night."My chest tightened, though I didn't let it show in my voice. "How do you know all that?""I asked Emma to check with the drivers. It wasn't hard to piece together once I started looking."So Brian had found the same trail Ernest had, just from a different direction. That unsettled me more than I wanted to admit."And you think they're planning something.""I k

Brian's POVI came home early for once, mostly because Emma had cleared my afternoon after a client canceled, and I didn't feel like sitting in an empty office pretending to work when my mind was somewhere else entirely.The house was quiet when I walked in, quieter than usual for this time of day. I expected to find my mother in the living room with the television on low, the way she always was in the afternoons, flipping through channels without really watching anything.Instead, I heard voices coming from the small sitting room off the hallway, low and deliberate, the kind of tone people used when they were planning something rather than just talking.I slowed my steps before I reached the door, something about the rhythm of it catching my attention. There was a pause, then a start, then another pause, like someone reading lines and getting corrected between takes."No, say it like you mean it," Margaret's voice came through, sharper than her usual tone."You sound like you're read

Jolene's POVLily brought the news in with my afternoon coffee, setting the cup down before she spoke, which usually meant whatever she had to say wasn't going to sit well with me."The board wants a joint appearance," she said. "You and Mr. Whitmore. Some kind of press event to formally announce the partnership's progress."I put my pen down. "When?""End of the week. They're saying it'll help stabilize investor confidence, now that the partnership's actually showing results.""Fine," I said. "Tell them I'll do it.""You don't want to think about it first?""What's there to think about? It's business."Lily gave me a look that said she didn't fully believe that, but she didn't push, just nodded and stepped out to confirm the details.I leaned back in my chair once she was gone, staring at the ceiling for a moment before pulling my laptop closer.A joint appearance with Brian would be filled with cameras. Questions. Reporters trying to dig up whatever scraps of our old marriage they c