Scarlet had indeed been busy, leaving early and returning late every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he coming back tonight?\u201d she asked after finishing breakfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no idea. Mr. Cooper\u2019s been swamped with work, so I\u2019m not sure. Why don\u2019t you just give him a call?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll try later.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had just finished an overnight shift and was exhausted. After breakfast, she told Ruth, \u201cTake the day off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She went back to her room to catch up on sleep and didn\u2019t wake until noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The house was unusually quiet. She moved slowly through the morning, carefully putting both cats into their carriers and taking them over to No. 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She handed them over personally to the elderly man who lived there, going over a few notes on how to care for them. Before leaving, she gave him her WhatsApp, telling him to reach out if anything came up with the cats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alfred Tacker was nothing like Ruth had described\u2013supposedly cranky after years of living alone. As she turned to leave, he even invited her in. \u201cStay for a cup of tea. You won\u2019t find tea like mine anywhere else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet smiled. \u201cI\u2019ll take you up on that another time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back home, she gave William a call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, he was heading toward the conference room, a group of executives in suits trailing behind him. His Lumerian master\u2013crafted leather shoes tapped out a crisp, confident rhythm on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noticing the call, he paused and gestured for the others to go on ahead. Then, he moved to the floor\u2013to\u2013ceiling window to\u00a0<\/p>\n
answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The evening sun streamed through the window, casting shadows across his relaxed features.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo,\u201d he drawled, \u201chow does a busy woman like you suddenly have time to call me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you have time tonight?\u201d Scarlet asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He glanced at Chris, who was standing a few steps away. Chris immediately lowered his voice and went over William\u2019s schedule for the day. \u201cYou have an evening meeting with Mr. MacGregor from the Private Fund Regulation at the Securities Commission\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could finish, William spoke into the phone. \u201cI\u2019m free tonight. What\u2019s going on?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chris went quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the other end, Scarlet said, \u201cWe still haven\u2019t properly discussed the divorce. Since you\u2019re free today, let\u2019s settle it once and for all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shuddered at the phrase \u201csettle it\u201c.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, that\u2019s why you suddenly care about my schedule. First your aunt, now me?\u201d His lips twisted into a faint sneer. \u201cSo, are you a lawyer or the Grim Reaper, going around settling everyone?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was left speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lester had driven her to Laurel Heights, so it wasn\u2019t surprising that William knew where she had gone. Lester was such a hypocrite. William\u2019s schedule was off\u2013limits to her, but her whereabouts could be shared freely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earn $100 Free\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 62\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat time will you be back?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William glanced at his watch. \u201cI\u2019ve got one more meeting. I should be home in an hour and a half.\u201d \u201cAlright,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ll wait for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earn $100 Free\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had indeed been busy, leaving early and returning late every day.\u00a0 \u201cIs he coming back tonight?\u201d she asked after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}