The Apology from My Ex and His Mistress novel Chapter 40

the Shelton family, she wanted to restore it.

She wanted to find out the truth about her father’s death.

And there was mom…

She tried her best to do it, so it wouldn’t hurt anymore.

Stephanie cried for a long time, and by the end, there were no more tears left.

That kind of pain seemed to be gone, and she felt numb all over.

No joy, no sadness was pretty good too.

Thinking like that, Stephanie felt she could keep going.

When McKayla and Jeremiah came back, Stephanie had already pulled herself together.

“Come on, Steph, drink this porridge.” McKayla opened the thermos and smiled. “Try it and see if you like it.”

Stephanie took it. It was veggie and meat porridge, smelled really good.

Under McKayla’s expectant gaze, she took a bite, in her mouth.

“Very tasty,” Stephanie said.

! the taste lingered

“If it tastes good, just eat some more.” McKayla looked at Stephanie, who looked pale, and said, “Get better soon.

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Stephanie nodded hard.

She would get better.

Jeremiah on the side also told her some things he just found out when he went to talk.

Over here, a few people were talking, while on the other side.

Maxwell opened his eyes on the couch.

The thing covering him was the suit jacket he wore yesterday, and the ashtray on the side of the table was full of finished cigarette butts.

This was his apartment next to the company. When things got busy at work, he would stay here for a while. After he married Stephanie, he hardly stayed here anymore.

The grogginess in his head made him feel a bit uncomfortable, and without thinking, he picked up the phone that was lying next to him.

Scrolling down the messages page, without thinking, he skipped over tons of messages and flipped through several pages before he found Stephanie’s chat.

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There was still only the message he sent her back then: “I told Grandpa yesterday you weren’t feeling well and didn’t go over. This weekend, you have to come back to the old house with me.”

He frowned a little and tossed his phone aside.

Maxwell sat up, rubbed his forehead, then stood up, walked barefoot to the bathroom.

He turned on the tap, scooped up some cold water, and splashed it on his face.

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Tried to make myself wake up fast.

But for some reason, what flashed through my mind was how, many years ago, after he pulled several all–nighters for work, he seemed just as groggy.

At that time, Stephanie was by his side. She went through the hard times with him, handled company matters with him, and went through the company’s changes with him.

I remembered that day, he also used cold water like this to wake himself up fast, and Stephanie was standing right next to him, holding a clean towel.

When she saw him turn around, she wiped the water off his face like she was wiping a puppy, then rubbed his hair that got wet from the cold water.

He frowned and took off the towel, and she reached out to gently rub his temples.

“Will it get better?” Her gentle voice still echoed in my ears.

Listening to her voice, his tired heart seemed to calm down a bit too.

“Guess we’ll get the result today.” She said back then, “Max, what do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you tonight.”

He had already tried Michelin restaurants all over the world because of business or other reasons, but his favorite was still the food she cooked for him.

Simple, homely, but warm enough.

That day, before he even said what he wanted to eat, the phone already

rang.

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What I found out was unexpectedly good news.

A better solution than he thought.

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