The Return Of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife (Joanna) novel Chapter 145

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Roxanne was aware that Bruce made a trip to the Haynes Group today.

Bruce paused for a few seconds. “I’ll see how it goes tonight.”

“Bruce, I’ll feel scared if you don’t come back!” said Roxanne.

“There are so many ser vants at home. What is there to be afraid of? If you’re afraid, call your mother over to accompany you,” Bruce remarked.

“Bruce, I want you to accompany me!” Roxanne spoke in a soft and pleading tone.

Bruce furrowed his brows deeply. “All right, then. I’ll go home tonight!”

When Roxanne heard this, she was overjoyed. “Then I’ll cook for you!”

“There’s no need for that!” said Bruce.

“I want to do it. I’ll go out to buy groceries later and cook. After that, I’ll wait for you to be back,” said Roxanne.

“Just let the ser vants do these things. You don’t have to make yourself so tired!” said Bruce.

The more virtuous Roxanne behaved, the more uneasy Bruce felt!

“Bruce…” Roxanne wanted to say something else.

However, Bruce interrupted her. “I’m in a meeting right now. I’m very busy. I’ll talk to you later.

“We can talk more after I get home tonight!”

“Oh, okay!” Roxanne’s eyes flickered and then she ended the call.

Less than five minutes after Roxanne ended the call, Ingrid called.

Ever since Roxanne moved into the Everett mansion, Ingrid had been calling her three times a day.

Seeing that it was Ingrid’s call, Roxanne quickly picked up.

“Hello, Mom!” she said.

“Hello, Roxy!” Ingrid said.

“Mom, is something the matter?” asked Roxanne.

Ingrid’s concerned voice came from the other end of the phone. “Roxy, what are you doing?”

“Nothing at all!” replied Roxanne.

“Then why don’t go over and accompany you?” asked Ingrid.

“All right,” said Roxanne.

Bruce was slightly obsessed with cleanliness and did not like others coming to his private residence.

Roxanne had been living here for more than ten days, but Ingrid had not come once.

An hour later, Ingrid came over eagerly.

Ingrid’s eyes lit up when she saw the luxurious mansion, and she could help but exclaim in admiration.

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“Oh my, Bruce lives alone in such a big place?

“This house is too big. It’s much better than ours!

“After you and Bruce get married, Mom will move in with you!”

As Ingrid spoke, she looked around excitedly and started touching everything she saw.

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Upon seeing that, Roxanne could not help but frown. “Mom, don’t touch these things. Bruce doesn’t like others touching his personal belongings. Don’t

touch them.”

Bruce liked to collect porcelain and jade artifacts. The entire wall of cabinets was filled with all kinds of porcelain!

Any one of them was extremely valuable and worth a lot of money!

Ingrid pursed her lips and looked at the porcelain longingly. “What’s wrong with that? You’re going to marry him soon! I’m just taking a look! It’s not as if I’m going to take them home!”

“Mom…” Roxanne glared at her in annoyance.

“Okay, okay, okay! I won’t touch them, okay?” said Ingrid.

As she spoke, Ingrid sat down on the leather sofa again.

Roxanne, on the other hand, looked unhappy and sat down beside Ingrid.

Looking at her daughter’s troubled expression, Ingrid asked concernedly, “What’s wrong? You look unhappy.”

Roxanne frowned slightly. “It’s nothing!”

“How have you been? Is Bruce treating you well?” asked Ingrid.

Roxanne replied softly, “Good… But also not good.”

“What do you mean by that? He’s either good to you or not,” said Ingrid.

“I don’t know how to put it. If I say he isn’t good to me, that’s not really true. After all, he buys all sorts of presents for me and shows concern for me too.

“If I say he’s good to me, well…” Roxanne was a little hesitant to speak.

“But what?” asked Ingrid.

Roxanne’s cheeks burned crimson. She found it hard to say what she wanted to say next.

Until now, Bruce did not touch her at all! She had moved to the Everett mansion, but all this time, Bruce and she had been sleeping in separate rooms.

This made Roxanne feel uneasy!

After she was bullied by those men, although Bruce showed concern and pampered her, Roxanne could tell from his gaze that he minded what had happened.

Seeing this, Ingrid could roughly guess what was going on. She patted her daughter’s shoulder. “Don’t overthink things. You’ve already moved into the Everett mansion now.

“No matter what, it’s impossible for you to move out again!

“For the rest of your life, you have to do whatever you can to stay here! Even if they ask you to leave, you mustn’t do so!”

“Mom…” Roxanne’s pupils constricted slightly, and she lay her head on Ingrid’s arms like a wounded kitten.

Ingrid caressed her daughter’s head, feeling sorry for Roxanne. “Goodness, I haven’t seen you in a while, but you slimmed down by a lot!

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