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In the end, out of courtesy, Scarlet invited William in. Coffee, however, was off the table..\u00a0<\/p>\n
William walked inside and took a look around the place. The unit was over two decades old with a classic design and decor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After reclaiming it from Natalie, Scarlet had gone through the place from top to bottom. She had changed the locks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The old furniture, most of which was left behind by her parents, had been used by Natalie\u2019s family for almost 20 years. Scarlet was a bit of a clean freak, so she cleared it all out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After emptying the place, she replaced everything she could, including the toilet and appliances. Then, she chose furniture that matched the old style as closely as possible. Lastly, she hung her parents\u2018 photo back on the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William inquired, \u201cYou spent most of your savings on these, didn\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had rarely spent her own money when she was with him the last few years. Everything she ate, wore, and used had been taken care of, and she had saved all her salary and bonuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, a doctor\u2019s salary wasn\u2019t particularly high. This one round of purchases had consumed more than half of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that have to do with you?\u201d she questioned. \u201cWhat do you actually want to talk about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWeren\u2019t you the one who said you wanted to talk to me yesterday?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhat was it you wanted to say then?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing left between us to talk about.\u201d Scarlet tightened her knit cardigan around herself. \u201cI\u2019m free the next few days. Pick a time. Let\u2019s get our divorce finalized.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William felt his breath hitch. Instinctively, he wanted to loosen his tie, only to realize there was nothing around his neck. It hit him that the suffocating feeling in his chest wasn\u2019t caused by his tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can wait. I\u2019ll have my lawyer draft the agreement first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that really necessary?\u201d Scarlet thought that would only complicate things. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any children or shared assets. I don\u2019t think we need an agreement at all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is it unnecessary?\u201d William tilted his chin. \u201cYou have a villa at Wolke Bay, yet you chose to live in this rundown place. If word gets out, people will think I, William Cooper, am the kind of man who skimps on his own wife.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCorrection. I\u2019m going to be your ex\u2013wife soon.\u201d Scarlet frowned. \u201cAlso, how is this place rundown?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is it not rundown? Any property that is over 20 years old counts. Plus, you\u2019re afraid of the dark. Aren\u2019t you worried that this old place is haunted?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ghosts weren\u2019t scary because they might exist. They were scary because of what people imagined in the dark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet hadn\u2019t been afraid until now. At that moment, she could already picture her imagination running wild the moment the lights were off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It hit her that there were no floor lights in the bedroom. That morning, the sky had already been bright when she went to sleep, and she\u2019d been too exhausted to care. However, tonight\u2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up!\u201d Scarlet was so angry that she wanted to punch him. \u201cThis is my parents\u2018 place!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William gazed at her lazily. \u201cThat\u2019s precisely who I\u2019m talking about! They\u2019ve been gone for almost two decades. That\u2019s ancient by ghost standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho knows, they could be so happy you moved back that they bring some relatives and friends to visit you. Imagine, all of them standing around your bedside in the middle of the night, smiling while they watch you sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet missed her parents sorely, but the thought of waking up in the middle of the night and seeing them at her bedside\u00a0<\/p>\n
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still sent shivers down her spine. Frustrated, she lifted her foot and kicked William in the shin. \u201cYou\u2019re so annoying!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet hadn\u2019t held back. William hissed, and weirdly enough, the suffocating feeling in his chest eased a little.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shouldn\u2019t have felt good about it. Yet, he did. Perhaps it was because she hadn\u2019t thrown one of her little tantrums at him in a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet used to kick him whenever he annoyed her. She\u2019d always been as stubborn as a mule, and he\u2019d indulged her for it. When she was upset, she\u2019d give him the cold shoulder and never give in. He was always the one who caved and went to make\u00a0<\/p>\n
peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her slipper flew off her foot. Scarlet hurriedly planted her foot on the other shoe and reached for the table beside her to keep herself upright.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William bent down to pick up the slipper she had kicked away. Then, he dropped to one knee and lifted her calf, intending to help her put it on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet pressed her lips together and drew her foot back. \u201cI can do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William seized her ankle and pulled her leg back. She resisted, and they went back and forth like that a few times.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lazily lifted his gaze. \u201cIf you keep moving, you\u2019ll flash me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet stiffened in a heartbeat. She hurriedly gathered her cardigan around herself, wrapping it firmly around her nightdress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William helped her slip the slipper back on and let go of her foot. Scarlet immediately put her foot down and took a step back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He rose to his feet and softened his tone slightly. \u201cIf you don\u2019t want to live at Wolke Bay, I\u2019ll transfer the villa in the northern suburbs to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet glanced at him. Her reaction was much calmer than he\u2019d expected. \u201cThat won\u2019t be necessary. I don\u2019t want it anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The villa no longer held any significance for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 68\u00a0 In the end, out of courtesy, Scarlet invited William in. Coffee, however, was off the table..\u00a0 William walked […]<\/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-13545","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\/13545","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=13545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13583,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545\/revisions\/13583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}