My Deceased Wife Wants a Divorce (Hannah) novel Chapter 259

“Go ahead.”

His cold, distant tone made her frown, but she forced the anger down. “I went to see Hannah today during her lunch break. I apologized to her in front of all her colleagues.” She sighed dramatically. “But… she seemed really unhappy with me. Even after I apologized, she wouldn’t accept it. She just kept humiliating me in front of everyone.”

Her voice broke. “Lionel, I did what you asked, but she still hates me. I don’t know what else to do. Do you think I should try apologizing to her again?”

Lionel stopped walking, his brow furrowing. “Who told you to go and see her in the middle of the day, in front of everyone?”

His sharp, accusatory tone stunned Sandra into silence. “I… I apologized, but Hannah wouldn’t accept it,” she repeated, thinking perhaps he hadn’t heard her clearly.

“Sandra, I told you to apologize to her privately, not to corner her in public and force her to accept it!”

He knew Sandra’s pride. Getting her to apologize at all was a monumental task, and he hadn’t actually expected Hannah to accept it. He had just wanted her to go through the motions so he could try to smooth things over later. He never imagined she would turn it into a public spectacle.

“I just… I just thought…” Sandra stammered, completely blindsided. She had apologized, and yet he was still defending Hannah. “I thought if I did it in front of a lot of people, she would see how sincere I was. I swear, Lionel, I wasn't trying to pressure her.”

Hannah and her colleagues returned to the office after lunch, all of them immediately pulling out their phones to check Twitter.

“Huh, I guess the psycho didn’t hire a photographer today. Nothing’s trending.”

“Yeah, I totally thought that ‘apology’ would be all over the internet by now.”

Hannah put her phone down, a cold smile on her face. “Oh, I’m sure she wanted to. But she’s probably afraid I’ll actually sue her this time.”