Ex-Husband Begone novel Chapter 3

She looked nice today, with a light gold shirt that went well with her fair skin. He had come straight to the school after getting off the plane. On his business trip, he often missed this gentle side of hers.

His usually stern face softened a lot. His eyes focused on her as he said in a smooth and calm voice, “We have a guest. Go get the guest room ready.”

Krista slowly walked into the house from behind him.

Emery had his little head tucked into the crook of her neck, fast asleep.

Terrence actually brought Krista home!

He was way too brazen!

Bethany stood rooted to the spot.

Since she didn’t move, Eliza didn’t dare to go clean up or anything.

Krista gently tugged at Terrence’s sleeve.

“Terrence, you’re married now. You’ve got a wife, and it wouldn’t be right for me to move back in. I’m here to bring Emery back. I’ve got a room booked at a hotel.”

Bethany’s brow furrowed. Krista was saying she used to live here.

She handed Emery over to Bethany.

“Beth, come on over and take Emery.”

Bethany was kinda stunned. She didn’t expect Krista to know her name. She reached out to take Emery.

Emery opened his eyes blearily and snuggled up to Krista’s neck.

“Krista, you promised me you’d tell me a bedtime story tonight.”

“You’re home now. Your mom can tell you a story. I gotta go.”

Krista’s voice was soft.

Emery clung to her even tighter.

“Can you stay, please? My mom always plays stories on her phone for me. Talking to her feels like talking to myself. It’s so boring. I can’t bring myself to tell my classmates that she’s a…”

The word “mute” almost slipped out of Emery’s mouth, but he caught himself. It felt weird to call his mom a mute.

There would be school events where parents were invited, so he tried every way he could to get closer to Krista. “I’m glad you went to the school with my dad today. All my classmates thought you were my mom, and they were so jealous.”

When he was little, he didn’t think much of it and depended a lot on Bethany. As he got a bit older, he would sometimes complain about why she couldn’t talk.

Bethany didn’t realize until today how much it bothered Emery that she couldn’t talk.

He had now got a sense of pride.

She awkwardly yanked her hands back from the air and made a firm sign, “Who’s she?”

She thought it was ridiculous to ask this way, but she was about to die and didn’t want to keep pretending she didn’t know anything.

Krista, however, saw it as plain jealousy.

Terrence’s grandma adopted her, and she had been like family ever since.

Her smile faded, and she stared at Terrence blankly, asking softly, “Terrence, haven’t you told Beth that I’m your aunt?”

Bethany was taken aback.

So Terrence, who always seemed refined and cultured, had been playing around behind the scenes with his aunt!

And Krista could actually understand sign language.

Terrence replied in a low, lazy tone, “Telling her or not, it’s all the same. Don’t worry about it. Stay here tonight.”

Bethany’s heart sank.

Terrence told Eliza to clean up the room.

The mood got a little awkward.

Krista gently scolded Terrence, “Bethany is your wife. How can you talk to her like that?”

The creepy vibe around Terrence eased up right away.

He really listened to Krista.