The Ex-Wife's Triumph novel Chapter 155

After a hurried dinner, Kingsley went straight to his study.

There was a new addition to the room—a wedding photo that had previously been smashed, now reframed and standing upright on the bookshelf.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag. As he stared blankly at the photo, his phone vibrated. It was a video from Peter.

He clicked it open, and Lucy's figure appeared on the screen. She was wearing a simple black long dress, her long hair loosely pinned back. Her exquisite makeup highlighted her glowing skin as she chatted with a smiling man with a gentle demeanor.

Kingsley stared at the screen for a long time until the phone vibrated again, snapping him back to reality. A message from Peter popped up: [Kingsley, busy?]

His fingers tapped the screen, his reply brief: [What is it?]

[They exchanged WhatsApp numbers. Guess if they'll delete each other later.] Peter's message came quickly.

Kingsley frowned, ignoring the bait. He only replied: [Are you bored?]

The next second, Peter's voice message arrived, filled with teasing amusement. [How did you know? I was bored out of my mind, and then I just happened to run into your ex-wife.]

Followed immediately by another voice message, the mockery even more obvious: [Your ex-wife's knight has arrived.]

Kingsley didn't reply again. Instead, he reopened the video, his fingers tapping lightly on the screen a few times.

Then he walked to his desk, sat down, lit another cigarette, took a drag, and quickly typed out a message.

Soon, Xavier's reply came back, a single word: [Yes!]

The next day, the bruising on Kingsley's mouth had faded somewhat but hadn't completely disappeared, leaving a faint green mark.

After breakfast, Shane arrived at The Vista Gardens on time with a stack of documents—Kingsley didn't plan to go to the company all day.

He clicked on it almost as if possessed—this account had been registered years ago solely to apply for an email address and was rarely used.

But three years ago today, Lucy had sat at this very desk and uploaded a whole set of wedding photos to his cloud album.

They were photos they had taken later to make up for the wedding.

He clicked into the album. Photo after photo flashed by like a slideshow.

In the images, Lucy's smile was brilliant, her eyes filled with scattered light, blindingly bright.

Kingsley watched quietly for a moment, then clicked exit and stood up to head downstairs.

By the next day, thanks to the special ointment, the marks on Kingsley's cheek were so faint they were almost invisible.