Chapter 297
Chapter 297
Teresa said, “You were drunk. What could you possibly remember?”
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Teresa stayed calm. “If that’s all you want to talk about, then yes, you used protection. Pull over and let me out. I need to get home. Thanks for tonight.
Jonathan stared at Teresa for a few seconds. He thought, ‘Did I really use protection? I didn’t see anything in the trash when I woke up.
There was no way Teresa would let Jonathan get suspicious. The protection didn’t matter anymore–she was already pregnant.
Michael was still waiting for her at home. She couldn’t keep dragging this out with Jonathan.
Teresa said. “You don’t have to worry about me getting pregnant. I’m not.
“Just asking, Jonathan’s eyes landed on her flat stomach.
Just drop me off up ahead at Northwing Avenue.”
“As a tourist, you sure know your way around.”
“Can’t I read the map?” Teresa snapped, clearly annoyed. “Why do you keep going on about this? Whether I’m here for a trip has nothing to do with you. I don’t like being bothered.”
Jonathan’s gaze darkened. “I’m not bothering you. I didn’t even know I’d run into you today. There are just a few things I need to clear up with you.”
There was a card that Teresa had asked Benny to give Jonathan earlier, with 6.8 million dollars in it. Jonathan took the card out of his wallet and gave it back to Teresa.
He said, “Take it. Even if we’re divorced, the money I gave you was a gift from me. There’s no need to give it back.”
Teresa said, “I don’t need your money.”
“Take it,” he said firmly, making it clear he could stand here all night if she refused.
Teresa accepted it for now, planning to have Benny return it to him once she was back in Nareigh. She hadn’t used a cent of that money anyway.
Jonathan pulled out another card–the one she’d given him when she left Nareigh. Seeing her handwriting on it, Teresa felt like it was from her previous life.
She had left Nareigh at the end of March, and it was already late May–almost two months had passed. It all felt so far away. Jonathan probably felt the same.
“Maybe what you’re holding onto is just the past?” Jonathan read the words on the card to her and said, “I’m not the kind of guy who looks back.”
Jonathan added, “The next line; “You don’t owe me anything anymore. Whether I owe you or not, that’s not for you to decide.”
“The last line: ‘Wishing you happiness. Your ex–wife, Teresa.” Jonathan let out a dry laugh. “You make it sound like I’ve already moved on. How am I supposed to be happy?”
Teresa went quiet for a couple of seconds. “None of my business. I’m just your ex–wife.”
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Chapter 297
“It might not matter to you, but I still want to make things clear,”
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Jonathan said, “You said you didn’t want to be bothered, and I respected that. I only went to Lonisburg to see you once. Today, it’s just fate pulling the strings.”
Teresa said, “Let’s just treat this as a chance encounter and go back to our own lives.”
Jonathan stared straight ahead, hands gripping the steering wheel tightly. “Which hotel are you staying at? I’ll drive you.”
Teresa frowned, clearly not wanting to tell Jonathan where she lived.
She said, “Just let me off by the side of the road.”
Jonathan said. “Where do you live? Tell me. Even if you don’t want me around, I’m not letting you get out alone this late. It’s not safe.”
Teresa still wouldn’t say. Jonathan waited a few minutes and said, “Then I’ll just take you to my hotel. I’m working here and staying alone at the Golden Diamond Hotel.”
Teresa knew the Golden Diamond Hotel was the best hotel in Everport, and it was nowhere near her place.
Jonathan said, “Still not telling me? Then I’m heading there.”
“I live at Jadeleaf Apartment,” she finally admitted, giving in.
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