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Chapter 96 Coincidental
My reaction caught Atlas off guard while Ivanna ran over to pick up my crying daughter.
She glanced at
Atlas and then pulled me away.
I was still trembling and vomiting when we reached Ivanna’s place. Since I had nothing to
eat before, I
could only vomit bile, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth.
Aka stayed beside me with widened eyes, concerned as she pleaded, “Mommy, go find
Daddy!*
I held and reassured her, “Be a good girl, okay? Mommy will always be by your side.”
I couldn’t bear to tell her she might not have a father anymore. Once I calmed down, I
called Adrian and
asked him a few questions. Then, I asked Ivanna to help me with some tasks. She was the
only one I
could trust at that moment.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe carried my bag the whole time. When I checked it, I noticed she had taken all my
necessities.
Afterward, I told her I wanted to go home, which startled her. “Why would you want to do
that?”
“I meant my home here,” I clarified.
When we left Ivanna’s apartment, I was surprised to see Atlas standing beside his car. He
looked at me,
and I hesitated before handing Ava to Ivanna, saying, “I need to talk to him for a second.”
Ivanna held my daughter and headed toward my apartment unit. Meanwhile, I approached
Atlas in my still
-tattered dress. We stared at each other for a while, and I finally said, “Thank you, but you
should go now.”
I knew he understood my implication since he didn’t argue. Instead, he gazed at me
intensely, saying, “If
you’re hurt, I apologize.”
I wondered if he meant that everything was somehow related to him. He thought he could
make things right by apologizing after turning me into Foswood’s laughing stock. I had
painstakingly preserved my
dignity, yet he shattered it.
I had no idea what he was trying to accomplish. I scoffed and said, “Can your apology
erase my humiliation? What else can I do? What about my daughter and my family?”
Surprisingly, Atlas responded with a cruel smirk, “What happened was a fact. So, will you
let him continue manipulating you, or will you keep deceiving yourself? Can you still
endure facing a man like him? You
Surprise me, Ms Chloe.”
words stabbed at my heart. Although I had pondered those questions countless times,
Atlas’s blunt honey made me ashamed I stared at him without a word, and he stared back.
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Soon after, he stepped forward and caressed my face. Then, he pulled me into his
embrace and said,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmJust call me if you need anything.”
I stubbornly replied, “That won’t be necessary. It’s my own business, and you’ve already
helped me a lot. I said I’ll handle it myself, so you should leave. I don’t want to get you
into unnecessary trouble. I know
what to do.”
Atlas looked at me with an inexplicable emotion. Suddenly, he smiled and pinched my
cheek. I’ll always
be here for you.”
His words were touching, but I knew today’s events were coincidental. I was confused,
wondering how he knew Lauren would catch Matthew red–handed. I straightened up, left
his embrace, and said, “Please
leave.”
Immediately after, I ran toward the apartment that now belonged to me. I could no longer
retreat nor
predict what would happen next.
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