Then it hit him like a freight train. He might’ve lost Denisse for good.
Panicked, Wren rushed to call the housekeeper. “When did Denisse come back to get her things?“}
The housekeeper paused, caught off guard. “Madam? She only came back once after she got out of the hospital. But she didn’t take anything with her. She said-“}
Wren’s brows furrowed deeply. Not letting the housekeeper finish, he asked, “She really was hospitalized? What exactly did she say?“}
The housekeeper hesitated. “She saw Miss Mason’s things in the master bedroom and said she wasn’t taking her stuff anymore. She said she thought everything had gotten too filthy.”
Quickly after hearing that, Wren’s gaze snapped toward Ellery. “This is all your doing, isn’t it?”
Ellery bit her lip in nervousness and replied, “Didn’t you tell me I could start acting like the lady of the house? I thought Denisse wouldn’t come back, so I just decorated a little the way I liked.“}
The moment she was done speaking, Wren slapped her across the face. “You really thought you were the lady of this house? Let me make it clear. This home belongs to Denisse. No one else has that right. Especially not you.”>
“She’s definitely coming back,” he added coldly. “And before she does, you’d better put the room back exactly the way it was.“) Feeling helpless, Ellery burst into tears. And finally admitted, “I can’t… I already threw everything out.”
Wren’s rage immediately boiled over upon hearing that, and he thundered, “Someone throw her out!“>
Ellery stared at him in disbelief. Just minutes ago, he was holding her, kissing her. And now, he was strange, cold, and ruthless.§
Not wanting to get kicked out, she crawled over and clung to his leg. “Wren, did I do something wrong? Did I make her mad? I can apologize, I will. Just don’t do this!”
However, he just kicked her away. “You don’t get to say my name or call her by her name! Get out of my sight!”
Moments later, she and her things were tossed out onto the street like trash.§
As she sat there, broken and humiliated, Wren’s luxury car stopped right in front of her.
Quickly, hope lit up in her eyes.}
“Wren… no, Mr. Wintringham, have you changed your mind? I can take care of you better than that old woman! Also, I’m pregnant with your baby. Please don’t do this!“}
But he just looked her over, cold and sharp, and instructed his bodyguards. “Take that nightgown off her.”
Then he drove off without a second glance.
Obeying their master’s order, the bodyguards yanked the thin silk nightdress off her, leaving her exposed and sobbing in the street. Now, there was no longer anyone to comfort and defend her.
All she could do was scream, raw and bitter, “Denisse! I hate you!“}}
Back in the car, Wren was gripped by gnawing anxiety.”
Thinking of the empty room with no trace of Denisse earlier, he couldn’t help but be terrified.”
He had to find her. He needed to hear her say that the divorce was just a threat, just something she said in breathe again.
But he searched everywhere, and still had no sign of her.
She wasn’t at the company. Then he remembered he’d signed off on her resignation himself.
She wasn’t at her old apartment either. She had canceled the lease after they got married. She didn’t have any family left.”
So he couldn’t think of anywhere else she could have gone.
For the first time in ten years, Wren realized he didn’t know a damn thing about his wife.
anger. Only then could he
They had been married a whole decade. And yet she knew everything about him–his likes, his habits, his moods. But he? He hadn’t even noticed when she started ‘disappearing from his life.
All the time, he assumed she’d always be there. That she’d stand quietly in the background, never leaving or demanding more. For that reason, he put her at the back of his mind.
And now that she was gone, he finally realized what he’d done.
Now, he felt like the worst kind of fool.”
If he could win her back this time, he would make it up to her tenfold.”
With that in mind, he created a group chat with mutual friends and opened a voice call. When Denisse answered, his voice sounded tired, defeated.
“Denisse, can we stop this? Let’s just make up already.“}
The second she heard that, warning bells blared in her head.
She thought if he tried to back out now, the divorce would have to go through court.” And a court divorce was a mess. The first petition usually wouldn’t even be granted.
