Annie stared at her weirdly.
âMr. Hoyle, if I donât smile, should I be crying instead?â Olive Steele tilted her head against the window.
âDonât worry, mommy. Iâm learning martial arts very hard now and I can protect you when I grow up.
Whoever dares to bully or make you cry, Iâll help you beat them.â Annie said aggressively.
But her daughter wordsâ warmed her.
Alan Hoyle rubbed his own nose. In the future, if his daughter fought with her mother, didnât he have to fight with her?
When they returned home and saw someone was missing for dinner, Olive Steele asked, âWhereâs Chloe Malan?â
Mrs. Steele answered, âShe went out after answered a phone call. She said she had plan with a friend, so we donât have to wait for her.â
âIs Mommy Chloe going out on a date with Uncle?â asked Annie.
âOh, right. Since that day, Aoba hasnât come for meal for several days. Alan, has your brother moved out?â Mrs. Steele asked. There had been no movements upstairs these days. Although Mrs. Hoyle was a little unreasonable, they didnât blame the children. He used to love to come and have a meal, but now she couldnât even get a glimpse of his shadow.
âHe has moved. Uncle even promised to take me to climb mountain and pick mushrooms,â Annie said with a slight disappointment.
Alan Hoyle smiled, âIf he moves, he canât pursuit your Mommy Chloe. Uncle has gone to do an important matter for dad. Heâll probably be back tomorrow. Then you can go upstairs to play with him.â
âThen I want him to teach me painting.â Uncle had a lot of picture albums and she liked them very much.
In the elegant coffee shop, Chloe Malan sipped her Blue Mountain coffee lightly, waiting for the man sitting across her to speak.
She didnât expect that Bruce Lynn would call her to meet her. At first she wanted to ignore, but on second thought, why should she avoid him? She would appear in front of him looking fresh and beautiful, telling this Lynn man that she lived well without him.
So thatâs how she attended this meet.
âChloe Malan, youâve turned more beautiful,â Bruce Lynn didnât hide the admiration in his eyes.
This woman was his ex-wife. Now that he thought about it, was it a mistake to divorce her? He had to admit that sometimes he would still think of her. The divorce was indeed a little hasty back then to the point that he didnât know that his ex-wife had such a side.
The woman she was now full of confidence in her actions. She was no longer the woman who blindly be submissive. He realized that he still longed for her.
Chloe Malan icily chuckled, âThank you Mr. Lynn for the absurd praise, but I think the reason Mr. Lynn specifically asked me out wasnât to say such boring things to me.â
âChloe Malan, Iâm sorry about the divorce.â
The sudden apology surprised Chloe Malan. She stared at the man who had become a stranger suspiciously, âMr. Lynn, are you sick or drunk? You didnât hit your head, right?â
He said such a crazy things.
âI know Iâve hurt you. I had promised to take care of you for the rest of my life, but I didnât keep it. I canât stand the temptation outside. I always thought I could keep a mistress. And believed that even if you found out, you definitely wonât fight with me because you loved me. But I never thought you would be determine to divorce me.â
âMr. Lynn, I think youâre wrong. I was just saying I wanted a divorce, but the one who was impatiently drew up a divorce agreement and wanted to kick me out of the house was you,â Chloe Malan corrected him.
When she just got a divorce, she felt hurt, sad, and even wanted to die. But now, when she looked back, so what if she got a divorce?
Bruce Lynn awkwardly said, âChloe Malan, I was impulsive. It was because you went to my company and cause trouble, so I was so angry. But after we divorced, I just realized that no matter how good and many women there are outside, it didnât match to how you make me feel at ease when I come home.â
âBruce Lynn, youâre beating around the bush. What are you trying to say?â She had to be crazy today and that was why she agreed to meet with this man. Did he want to revive old relationship? Donât even dream about it.
That time when she walked out of the Lynn family, she had never thought of going back.
âChloe Malan, letâs get married again. I realize I still love you. My heart has never let you go,â said Bruce Lynn and he suddenly grabbed her fingers.
Chloe Malan felt a shiver ran down her spine and quickly withdrew her hands. She felt like she just heard the funniest things, âRemarry?â
âYes. Remarry,â Bruce Lynn argued. âI know that you are still alone since we divorced until now.â
âSo you think my heart still has you?â What a joke. Who would stand there waiting for a man who had betrayed her to look back? Not Chloe Malan. She would kick him out.
âIsnât it?â
âNo, asshole!â Chloe Malan slammed her palm on the table. If she wouldnât need to pay for the damage to flip the table, she would seriously flip it. Was there a man who was more inconsistent? He couldnât be thinking that everyone should willingly wait for him. Chloe Malan living her life wouldnât move backward or stand still, she would only just move forward.
âHow can you speak out such foul word? You werenât like this before,â Bruce Lynn was incredulous.
âI was faking it, and I donât have to fake it now. I am being very polite now for not cursing you worse,â
Chloe Malan snorted. She really wanted to splash the cup of coffee to his face when she took her cup.