Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 37

“Any... news from her?”

Leo paused for a moment before realizing who his boss meant. He answered respectfully, “No, sir.”

“Mrs.—I mean, Ms. Hart has been staying at her friend Ivy’s apartment. Aside from a trip back to the Hart family home the day before yesterday, she hasn’t gone out at all.”

“No crying? No hysterics?” Ethan’s voice was a bit hoarse. “No calls to the press? And no... attempts to contact me?”

Leo shook his head. “None at all.”

Ethan’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

He tossed the file on the desk, leaned back in his large leather chair, and loosened his tie. He let out a derisive, almost cruel laugh.

“Heh, so she’s finally learned her place. Knows to get lost and stay out of my sight.”

But despite his words, the nameless fire in his gut burned even hotter.

He thought he would feel relieved, liberated.

So why did it feel like a piece of him had been carved out, leaving an empty, windswept void?

Leo kept his head down, not daring to respond.

As Ethan’s long-time assistant, he knew better than anyone that his boss was just being stubborn.

Ethan waved a hand. “You can go.”

Leo felt as if he’d been granted a pardon and quickly turned to leave.

The office door closed, leaving Ethan alone in the vast space.

He closed his eyes wearily, but Grace’s face uncontrollably appeared in his mind.

Crying, smiling, enduring, defiant...

Finally, the images settled on her profile at the courthouse as she signed the papers, her expression calm, without a ripple of emotion.

His eyes snapped open. He grabbed the car keys from his desk and strode out.

Thirty minutes later, his black Bentley was parked outside Oakridge Manor Estate, the house he had shared with Grace.

He didn’t go inside. He just rolled down the window and gazed silently at the familiar building.

It was lifeless, completely dark.

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