hapter 44\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
The young man let out a quiet sigh of relief and sat down across from Sienna as he waited for her to fill out his questionnaire. She did it very carefully and even paused to think through some of the options before checking them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Five minutes later, she handed the completed form back to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He glanced over it and looked a little surprised. \u201cYou like Azure Estate coffee too? That one\u2019s pretty niche.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna nodded. \u201cYeah. It\u2019s mildly acidic, and it has a faint chocolate note. Some people think it\u2019s not bold enough, but I think\u00a0<\/p>\n
it\u2019s just right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The young man looked as if he had found a kindred spirit. He immediately opened up and talked more. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly how I feel! I want to open a specialty cafe in the future that focuses on beans with distinctive flavor profiles like this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They hit it off and chatted about everything coffee\u2013related from roast levels to pour\u2013over techniques and the stylistic differences between beans from different regions. The young man even pulled out a notebook and carefully jotted down\u00a0<\/p>\n
some of Sienna\u2019s insights.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing how freely their conversation was flowing, he asked a little shyly, \u201cUm\u2026 If you don\u2019t mind, could I do a short interview with you as well? It\u2019s just a few questions. I won\u2019t take long.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna checked the time. Since she had nothing else to do, she agreed readily. \u201cSure. Go ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The college student took a recorder out of his bag and began asking his questions seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outside the cafe, Hayden was on his way to meet a client when he happened to glance through the glass window and spotted Sienna. He saw her chatting animatedly with a young man, and she even had a faint smile on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden raised an eyebrow and took out his phone to aim it at the pair through the window. He snapped a photo swiftly and casually sent it to Clayton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He typed several texts and sent them in quick succession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose wife is this? It looks like she\u2019s living well without someone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at her chatting so happily with the kid. Ah, how nice it is to be young and have shared topics to talk about.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because there\u2019s a generation gap with the older one at home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After sending the messages, he tucked his phone away with satisfaction and strolled off, feeling pleased about what he\u2019d\u00a0<\/p>\n
done.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton had just finished a two\u2013hour international conference call. He rubbed his aching temples and undid the top button of his shirt before picking up his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The screen lit up, showing Hayden\u2019s messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the photo, Sienna was chatting happily with a young man in a white shirt. She was wearing light makeup, and her long hair was loosely braided. Her outfit that day was a blue shirt paired with an off\u2013white suit skirt. She looked gentle and smart, like a freshly graduated college student.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The young man across from her looked cheerful and handsome. The two of them were smiling as they talked. They could easily pass off as a college\u2013going couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s expression instantly settled into a displeased scowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So that was why she had dressed up nicely and ignored his calls. It turned out that she had gone on a blind date with some kid. How dare she hook up with some punk when her husband was still very much alive and kicking?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He immediately dialed Sienna\u2019s number. This time, it connected quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 44\u00a0<\/p>\n
712\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Sienna\u2019s voice sounded relaxed. In the background, he could hear the cafe\u2019s soft ambient music.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton asked sharply, \u201cIs your blind date over already?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hasn\u2019t even started,\u201d she replied nonchalantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSienna, I didn\u2019t give you permission to go on blind dates,\u201d Clayton said, his voice dropping low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the other end, Sienna was completely baffled. She guessed his paranoia must be acting up again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I said it hasn\u2019t started. If you keep rambling and saying things that make no sense, I\u2019m hanging up,\u201d she said in\u00a0<\/p>\n
annoyance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton hurriedly fired off three sentences in a row. \u201cDon\u2019t hang up. I\u2019m hungry. Bring me food right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna almost laughed out of sheer irritation. \u201cAre you still so fixated on that little bit of money? What\u2019s wrong with you? Why do you insist on me ordering you takeout?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d Clayton threatened coldly. \u201cBring it over right now, or I\u2019ll have to reconsider that 50 million dollars.\u201d \u201cFine. Just you wait,\u201d Sienna snapped and hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 44 hapter 44\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 The young man let out a quiet sigh of relief […]<\/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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-she-got-the-divorce-and-bolted-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20118","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=20118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}