All Chapters of My Ex Takes Me Home… to Fix His Appliances?: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

I couldn't sleep a wink that night. I got up and looked for things to keep myself busy. I poured all of my pent-up emotions into fixing the appliances and electrical wiring around the house.I spent hours sprawled across the cold floor. Finally, at 1:00 am, the robot vacuum in the corner let out a soft beep. Subsequently, a recording of my voice filled the room."Cece's ready to get to work!"Feeling utterly exhausted, I slumped onto the floor. Zachary emerged from his room. Dark circles had formed beneath his eyes. He clearly hadn't slept either. His gaze fell on the robot vacuum in the corner before it shifted to me, who looked like a complete mess. With a complicated look on his face, he asked, "Did you fix it?""Yeah."I pushed myself up with my hands in an attempt to stand up. However, my legs had gone numb after kneeling for so long. In the end, I lost my balance and stumbled toward the floor.To my surprise, my body never hit the ground. Instead, I fell into a pair o

All of my disguises crumbled under Zachary's scrutiny. I opened my mouth to speak, but I couldn't make a sound. Before I could utter a single word, tears began to stream down my face.Seeing me cry, his gaze softened instantly and gave way to a trace of panic and helplessness. He raised his hand to wipe my tears away, but then stopped in midair."Don't cry," Zachary said gently. "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"At some point, David had followed me out. "It's leukemia," he answered for me.He stepped forward and handed a medical report to Zachary. "He's already been through a year of chemotherapy. Now, his only hope is a bone marrow transplant."Zachary took the report from him and turned the pages one by one. The entire corridor was silent except for the sound of rustling paper.My heart was a tangled mess as I watched him.He knew. He knew everything. When Zachary flipped to the treatment expense page from a year ago and saw the sender's name was Elizabeth Morris, eve

By the time I walked out of the cafe holding that document, Zachary was waiting downstairs. He clearly knew about the meeting, and his handsome face was etched with worry.He hurried over and looked at me nervously. "Did my mother give you a hard time?"I shook my head and handed him the document.After reading it, shock and understanding flashed across his face before he flashed me a bitter yet relieved smile.He understood his mother better than I did, after all."This is the biggest compromise she could make," he said softly.I nodded. "Yeah."I looked at him and suddenly smiled, but tears still slipped down my cheeks. I stepped forward and pulled him into an embrace."Zachary." I buried my face against his warm chest, causing my voice to come out muffled. "There are no more secrets between us at last."His body trembled for a moment before he pulled me into an even tighter embrace."Yeah," he murmured next to my ear.Now that I was finally by his side again, his voice sh