Charlie answered the call quickly and said first, "I know why you're calling me, but I'm on a business trip in Athana now. I will go to sign the divorce agreement as soon as I return. Is it OK?"
"Charlie, do you think I'll believe you again? You deceived me time and time again. Are you playing some stupid game with me now?"
"I'm really in Athana. If you don't believe me, we can facetime."
Grace didn't facetime him. She hung up the phone, gritted her teeth, and decided to compromise the last time!
Charlie didn't lie because he was indeed in Athana.
But he was not on a business trip but just wanted to enjoy a diversion.
When Grace had left, she had gone to France, Athana, and the UK.
He intended to follow in her footsteps to experience her mood and feelings back then.
He had stayed in Athana and Parise for a short while but decided to stay in the UK longer because he had heard that the child had been born here.
In fact, he did not believe that boy was Grace's biological son.
He had been instinctively denying and escaping this matter, but he also wanted to get the proof and find the truth because he had three reasons.
Firstly, Grace had still been in love with him when she had left. Although she was hot-tempered, untamed, and open-minded, she was a faithful wife, so she must not be able to fool around with other men back then!
Secondly, the time was too short! He didn't believe she would fall in love with a stranger.
Thirdly, he and Grace had been married for more than two years then and had had a lot of sex during the more than 700 days. Sometimes, they even had had sex three times a day, but he had still failed to make her pregnant. Could another man make it within just one month? He doubted it.
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