Dear Ex-wife, Marry Me novel Chapter 514

After hanging up the phone, Ian felt like the pile of documents in front of him had lost all meaning.

The thought of Penny being with another man tonight was more than he could bear.

Back at the hotel, Ian lay on the bed, still able to smell her lingering scent on the sheets. The fragrance seemed to permeate every pore of his body from all directions.

Ian couldn't sleep. He got up in his pajamas and lit a cigarette by the floor-to-ceiling window.

The window in the corner was open, and the breeze from outside caused his hair to quiver slightly.

He held the cigarette between his fingers, feeling as though the wind carried her scent with it.

He remembered pressing her against this window; her fearful yet reliant look stirred something in him.

Ian's gaze turned intense. Originally, he had the cigarette lightly clamped in his mouth, but now he bit down hard, as if to suppress the excitement coursing through his body.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Maja.

"Are you asleep?"

Ian was a very low-key person. He never shared his life on social media and rarely liked others' posts.

He also seldom initiated a chat with anyone late at night, let alone with a woman.

But Maja was his exception.

"What are you and your husband doing?"

Because Maja didn't respond, Ian sent another message.

Maja had already fallen asleep, but she was having a nightmare.

She dreamt of the child that was forcefully taken from her, of the baby's body in the hospital trash can, and of a tiny hand.

She woke up in a cold sweat.

She stared at the ceiling, taking deep breaths.

Maja had researched painless abortions before. She knew the operation could only be done in the early stages of pregnancy, when the baby hadn't fully formed in her womb yet.

She had the nightmare because the forced abortion had put too much pressure on her.

She knew the Raymond family didn't like her, but she never expected her dignity to be trampled on like this.

She would always remember this.