Honey You Are My Lucky Star (Callen and Chelsea) novel Chapter 23

"Chelsea."

Callen walks towards me, his eyes fix on me. He stops two steps away from me and stars at the man beside me.

He and Maisy are the last ones I want to see right now.

I ignore him and want to walk past him, but he grabs my arm. He grabs me so hard that I feel my arm turn red.

"Let go!" I shake his hand off in disgust.

He lets go of me, but the way he looks at me has changed. I guess he didn't expect me to be so resistant.

It's kind of hilarious. Does he still think I listen to him like I used to?

"I'm gonna go." My creditor's ready to leave.

Callen stops him and frowns at me. "Who is he?"

"Why should I tell you?" I ask.

The man isn't happy about being stopped. "She owes me this one million. Go ask her if you have questions. I'm leaving!"

Callen still doesn't let him go.

"One million? Where'd you get so much money?" He looks at me in disbelief.

If he'd have helped me when I went to him, or if we'd met earlier, maybe things wouldn't have gotten this far. It's too late now.

Maybe there's no real connection between us. He didn't care about me when I was his girlfriend or even his wife. At that time, I thought he would mature only after we had a child.

Fortunately, after the divorce, I no longer need his care.

A few days ago, I was outside his house, crying out for his help. I waited for him for a long time, but he just avoided me. Not only that, he allowed Maisy to hurt me.

So who is he to care about me now?

I look up at him with a poker face. "Again. It's my business."

"I'm concerned about you!" Callen defends himself.

"Then I refuse your concern."

He looks at me in silence. The man he's holding screams to call the police. In the old days, Callen would have let him go because he didn't want any trouble.

But now he's just holding on to that man.

It doesn't move me, but makes me feel weird. "What do you want?"

"I want to know how you got the money." Callen says in a low voice.

Oh, ridiculous. For a second there, I thought he felt guilty for not helping me.

Turns out he's just trying to make a big deal out of it and humiliate me.

I look at him, trying to keep my voice as calm as possible. "Now that you're at the top of a company, why do you still think the worst of people?"