Chapter 60
On Monday, I got up early and called Wesley when I arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
However, I couldn’t get through his phone.
I waited the entire day–until the staff clocked out and the lights dimmed.
Wesley never showed.
When I went home. He wasn’t there.N
Then I headed to the Nexus Corporation.N
A junior assistant at the secretary’s office told me Wesley hadn’t been to the company in days.”
Half a month had passed. Still no word from him. I couldn’t reach him no matter what I tried.W
So I contacted Keira and asked her out for afternoon coffee.
I didn’t expect her to agree–but to my surprise, the illustrious Miss Abrams accepted without hesitation.”
When she sat down, I handed her the menu.
“I wasn’t sure what you liked, so I didn’t order anything yet.”
She took it and ordered an iced Americano.N
“I didn’t think you’d come,” I said.
“Neither did I,” she replied.N
Despite being married into the Abrams family for years, Keira and I never got along. We had no personal relationship to speak of. So I didn’t waste time on pleasantries.N
“Do you know where Wesley is?” I asked bluntly. “I can’t reach him. We’ve already signed the divorce agreement, and we were supposed to register it. But now he won’t answer my calls or respond to my messages.“}}
Keira frowned slightly, staring at me. “You really don’t have any lingering feelings for this marriage, do you?“M
“But Wesley’s not like you. When he married you, no one in the family approved. But he insisted. Said if it wasn’t you, he wouldn’t marry at all. He ran straight into the fire for you. He loved you deeply. That hasn’t changed.“N
I found her words ironic.
I took out my phone, pulled up Jessica’s social media feed, and handed it to her. Post after post of photos–intimate shots of her and Wesley. Ordinary days, shared glances, casual moments. A couple in every sense.N
Keira frowned deeper as she scrolled. Then she pulled out her own phone and opened Jessica’s page.
However, she saw nothing.N
“She only lets me see those,” I said quietly.”
“This is her way of provoking me.“”
“i don’t even mind her petty games. But after seeing it over and over, I started to wonder–maybe they’re the real couple?“N “They go on business trips together, vacation together, drink together, and dance together. Anyone looking at them would say they’re the perfect childhood sweethearts. Enviable, even.“N
Keira sat in silence for a long time.”
Eventually, she began taking photos–capturing page after page of Jessica’s posts.N
Then she said, “Jessica’s parents died saving my mother. That’s why my mom treats her better than she treats me, her own daughter. When Jessica was a teenager, she confessed her feelings to Wesley and got rejected. She left the country, dated some guy, and got pregnant. Then everything else happened–you know the rest.”
“If you hadn’t exposed that, I never would’ve known. Wesley and my mom kept it all buried. After you left that day, he said he owed Jessica.”
“That if he hadn’t rejected her, she wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
I let out a dry laugh.
“If everyone in the world acted like Jessica–spiraling into ruin after a confession–then wouldn’t everyone get what they wanted in the end?
“Do me a favor,” I said, “pass this message to Wesley: If two months go by and he still doesn’t show up to finalize the divorce, I’ll take it to court.”
“And I’ll make that video of Jessica public.”
Jessica…“Keira hesitated, maybe to defend Jessica. But halfway through her thoughts, she stopped herself.N
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3:47 PM
“…Fine. I’ll tell him.“%
As I was about to leave, I remembered something.%
“By the way, I asked, “which psychiatric hospital is Jessica staying at now?”%
Keira seemed to recall something, then sneered faintly.%
“She’s recuperating at home.“%
