A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 1498

Then she slammed the door shut and left.

Grace drove aimlessly along the street.

Paying Summer another visit was not an option. The only place she could go to was the hotel.

Grace lay down on the soft bed, but she felt no drowsiness whatsoever.

Mckenzie passing out seemed to have created a gulf between Grace and Charlie.

And the gulf had been widening somewhere neither of them could see.

Feeling increasingly fretful, she ran her fingers through her bushy curly hair. Eventually she drifted off.

Charlie didn’t sleep. He tossed his suit jacket aside, pulled out his cellphone and called his family. It was the butler who answered the phone. Charlie was told that his wife hadn't returned yet.

Charlie then made a call back to the apartment on the landline, but nobody answered the phone.

He was positive that she hadn't returned to the apartment either, considering her hot temper. He promptly called his assistant and asked him to look into it.

Half an hour later, his assistant called Charlie back and told him that Grace had checked into a suite of Hilton Hotel.

After hearing the reply, Charlie simply said, "I see." Without another word, he hung up, took off his suit and, wearing his shirt, fell asleep.

He didn’t go to the hotel that Grace had checked into. He had been in a foul mood, and all he wanted was some time alone.

*

The next morning, Summer called Grace and invited Grace to join her for breakfast.

When breakfasting, Grace confided to Summer her relations with Charlie in an honest manner, including the gulf and the unpromising tendency.

"He’s upset as well. Mark told me Charlie's father died when Charlie was a little boy. It was Charlie's mother who brought him up. Given his mother's current conditions, Charlie must be devastated right now, so restrain yourself."