Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband novel Chapter 77

After making sure the old lady was sound asleep, Cornelia took out her personal phone. As soon as she turned it on, she saw several missed call notifications, all from Ryan.

Cornelia stepped out of the hospital room and called him back. The moment the call connected, she heard Ryan's frustrated voice, "Ms. Stewart, what the hell are you up to?"

Cornelia took a deep breath, composed herself, and replied, "Mr. Ryan, please tell Mr. Artis that I can't go through with the divorce right now."

Ryan yelled in anger, "Ms. Stewart, we agreed on this! The divorce papers are signed, and we settled on finalizing the divorce today. Why are you backing out now?"

Cornelia responded, "I just want to postpone the divorce, not cancel it altogether."

Ryan questioned, "Why the delay?"

Cornelia quickly explained, "My grandma is sick, and she's been longing to see her grandson-in-law. If I tell her I'm getting a divorce now, she'll be devastated. Once her condition stabilizes and she can handle the news, we'll proceed with the divorce."

Ryan snorted, "Ms. Stewart, can we have some decency here? If your grandma wants to see her grandson-in-law, just bring your boyfriend. Why does Mr. Artis have to be involved?"

"What boyfriend?" Cornelia said, only then remembering that she had impulsively claimed to have a boyfriend while arguing with Ryan at the restaurant yesterday. It was like fretting in her own grease.

Ryan firmly believed that her grandma's illness wasn't the real reason Cornelia was reluctant to divorce. He suspected that she might have found out about Jeremy's true identity and wanted to get more money out of him by stalling the divorce. “Just name your price!” he said.

Cornelia was taken aback, “What price?”

Ryan retorted, “What do you want? Don’t you know?”