"Speak clearly! I’m old now. I can’t understand the layers of your words—" Isaac cleared his throat, his intimidating gaze seemingly sharp enough to send shivers down Tristan’s spine.
"Sir, my legal status with Bella is still husband and wife. I never submitted our divorce papers to the court. If I want to ask her to return to me, I could—"
"W-WHAT!? YO-YOU..." Isaac couldn’t continue his words. His heart felt stuffy. He placed his hand over his chest, trying to breathe normally, shocked by what he heard.
Tristan worries when he sees Isaac’s face turn red as if all his blood is rushing straight into his face.
Afraid of triggering Isaac’s blood pressure or causing a heart attack, Tristan is reluctant to continue this conversation.
"Gr-Grandpa... S-Sir... Are you alright?" Tristan stood from his seat to help him. But he hears hurried steps from behind. He sees Nick, Isaac’s butler, come in and carry a water tray.
"Master, please drink this—" Nick said politely while pouring water for him. Isaac immediately took a glass of water and drank it.
After he feels better, Isaac glances at Nick and says, "Thank you. I’m fine now... You might go back inside," He dismissed Nick. Then, he returned his gaze to Tristan and gestured for him to sit again.
"You said your status with my granddaughter is still husband and wife? Legally?" Isaac asked again, worried he had heard wrong. This is big news and something they can’t talk about lightly.
"That’s right. That’s what I said," Tristan answered him earnestly.
Isaac fell silent again as if he was pondering something.
After a few more seconds, he looked at Tristan.
"Does anyone else know about this?"
"Just me and my lawyer... And now, you."
"I see," Isaac began to understand why Tristan said he didn’t want to force Bella to come back to him, even though he could because Bella’s status was still his wife.
Isaac took a deep breath. He never imagined this plot twist happening to his grandaughter’s life.
How could this brat have hidden this? Why didn’t he tell him when they met a few years ago?
’Sigh!!’ Isaac silently took another deep breath, trying to fill the air in his chest.
It is still hard for Isaac to believe that in the past, he scolded this brat and almost hit him for nothing. "So, you want—"
"Daddy—"
Isaac’s sentence stopped when he heard Dax’s voice. He immediately turned to look at him and was surprised to see his great-grandson’s confused expression as he looked at his father.
"D-Dax..." Tristan was surprised, too. "Come here," he asked his son to join them.
Tristan felt curious. When had Dax been standing there? Did he hear their conversation?
Before Tristan could ask, Dax stood before him.
"Dad, are you serious about what you said?"
Tristan was slightly surprised to hear his serious tone.
VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back (Mia and Kyle)