His Housewife Had Secret Identities novel Chapter 386

There was a hint of performance in her complaints, but also a touch of genuine emotion.

Marina truly didn’t understand. She’d worn the crown of Jonathan’s first love for so many years—so why, now that his marriage was over, did he seem colder to her than ever?

She kept turning the question over in her mind.

Jonathan, on the other hand, had always known the answer. He just refused to face it.

The conference room was so silent, you could hear a pin drop.

Jonathan and Marina sat across from each other.

Tears streamed down Marina’s face; she was a mess. Jonathan, ever the gentleman, reached for a tissue and gently dabbed her wet cheeks.

That small, considerate gesture coaxed a shaky smile out of Marina, giving her a little more courage.

“Maybe you never really believed…” Jonathan’s voice was cool and distant, slicing through the silence.

“That day you came back, everything I said to you at the airport—I meant every word.”

He pressed the used tissue into her hand, then turned and walked out of the conference room.

Marina was left alone.

The smile had frozen on her face long ago. The tissue in her hand had dried out.

Night descended and the city was still.

Quartus Medical Center.

Visiting hours had long since ended, but Jonathan had his own privileges.

He stopped outside Niamh’s hospital room.

This time, Elmer wasn’t standing guard.

Jonathan hesitated for a moment, torn between knocking or just entering.

In the end, he didn’t knock.

He didn’t want to wake Niamh.

At this hour, she should have been fast asleep.

It struck Jonathan only after he’d arrived—there was nothing he could say to her, even if he saw her.

So why had he come?

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