Attracted By My Ex-wife novel Chapter 4

The lights were blurred in the luxurious private room on the fourth floor. Everyone was talking and laughing heartily with smiles etched on their faces. The room was filled with champagne, cakes, flowers, and fruits which made the birthday celebration even more joyous.

Cherry was wearing her customized white dress as she stood like a fairy in the middle of the stage. She grabbed the microphone and said, "I want to dedicate this song to my love, Kevin." She blushed with shyness.

The audience clapped their hands in response and cheered her on.

She blushed even more as she saw that all eyes were on her. The prelude began to play slowly as she started to sing.

As she sang, everyone focused their attention on her. Kevin, who was sitting on the largest sofa, slowly narrowed his handsome eyes as he watched Cherry sing on stage.

However, Kevin's mind was somewhere else. 'Today is also Anne's birthday, ' he thought. 'I wonder if she has someone to celebrate it with.' He smiled and picked up the glass of wine in front of him. Before he even got to take a sip, he was interrupted by Alan Sun. "Why did you go out just now?" he asked.

Kevin's eyes dimmed. "Dealing with a bitch," he said with a cunning smile.

Baffled, Alan looked at Eric He. Eric shrugged his shoulders in response. He too didn't know what Kevin was talking about.

After he drank his wine, Kevin put down the glass and headed straight to Cherry on the stage.

Cherry's eyes sparkled as she looked at him. He grabbed Cherry by the waist and kissed her lips passionately in front of everyone.

Seeing them kiss, the bachelors on the sofa reacted with jealousy. The sight of them kissing made them feel as though they were being stabbed by ten thousand knives.

Some places were lively as heaven and some places were cold as hell.

After staying in the box for only thirty minutes, Anne was picked up by Kevin's staff.

Ryan was always with different groups of people in the room. They were all raising a toast to his name. She wanted to talk to him but she didn't have the chance.

Seeing Ryan finally achieve what he had always wanted made her smile.

In the mansion, only Anne and the servants were there. Kevin hadn't returned yet. Although the light in the yard shone brightly, a hint of loneliness still crept in the dark.

Anne slowly closed the curtain and walked to her bed alone. She was scrolling through her phone when she saw that Kevin posted a picture in his WeChat moments. It was a picture of him sucking on Cherry's neck. The two of them looked and acted like love birds. She remembered taking that photo for Kevin.

The sight of the picture made her heart ache. It felt as though a knife ran through her heart and twisted as it bled even further.

'Cherry's celebrating her birthday with someone. What about me?' she thought to herself as the pain continued to spread across her chest. 'No one remembered my birthday.'

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing. She reached for her phone and saw a message notification from WeChat. She opened WeChat and saw a friend request along with a message.

She opened it and saw that it was from Ryan.

Taken aback, she accepted his friend request.

"Happy birthday," the message from Ryan read.

Upon reading, Anne smiled. She then replied, "Thank you."

"I have a gift prepared for you but unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to give it to you today."

"A gift?" she replied. Anne continued typing. "I'm very glad that you remembered my birthday. There's no need to give me a gift." She inserted a flattered emoji at the end and hit send.

Ryan no longer replied. She fell asleep holding her phone while she waited for his reply. Today, Kevin didn't even greet her a happy birthday.

He only remembered Cherry's birthday. He should have celebrated Anne's birthday too.

Kevin didn't come home the entire night. Although they were husband and wife, they had never spent a night together, except for the times when they had to.

Even though Kevin didn't come home, Anne still felt victorious.

Regardless of how much Cherry and Kevin loved each other, there was nothing else that they could do. Until Anne decided to file a divorce against him, Kevin couldn't touch her or any other woman.

Even if Cherry kept winning over Anne on many things, she could never win in this regard.

The thought of it made Anne smile but at the same time she felt bitter deep in her heart. All she could have was his body but she could never have his heart.

Ryan knew that Kevin had rigid control of Anne. That was why he changed the gift that he had prepared for her.

Anne couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the lifelike cake in front of her. Ryan knew that she liked desserts yet he gave her a beautiful and elegant cake model.

It was so tempting that Anne started to salivate. But no matter how delicious it looked, it was only a model.

She hated this feeling and she would make Ryan regret it.

Ever since she and Kevin met in the Cloud and Heaven that night, Anne rarely saw him.

She would have never been involved with him if he never showed up in the company.

The spirits were high in the office when they had signed the KIA contract. This feeling of excitement lasted for several days.

When Anne arrived at the company this morning, she felt there was something off with the environment. She felt as though there was a dark cloud looming in the office and something bad was going to happen.

Emily, her assistant, called her. "Madam," she said, her voice trembling with fright. "Are you..." She struggled to finish what she was saying. "Are you already here?" she finally managed to say.

Anne's heart skipped a beat. The bad feeling she felt earlier worsened. "Here I am. What's wrong?" she asked with a cold expression on her face.