Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 848

Chapter 848 What She’s Really Waiting For

Nina watched Edgargo quiet, his mind clearly somewhere else, and her fingers tightened around the bedsheet. Every time. Every single time she brought up something negative about Halle, Edgar shut down. No reaction, no reassurance. What was he thinking? Why couldn’t he just say something, anything, to put her at ease?

She reached for his hand. “Are you upset?”

Edgar snapped back to the present, saw the worry in her eyes, and shook his head. “No.”

You are. If hearing stuff like this bothers you, I just won’t tell you anymore.”

“I’m really not upset,” Edgar said. “Don’t overthink it.”

He checked the time. “I need to get back to work. Once this IV finishes, I’ll have my driver take you home.”

You’re leaving already?” The resentment inside Nina swelled. He couldn’t stay one night?

“I had a work event tonight to begin with.” Edgar patted her cheek gently. “Be good. Stop worrying.

Nina was furious, but she knew the rules. Edgar liked her compliant, dependent, never pushing back. The moment she fought with him, he’d pull away even further.

So even though she was seething, she swallowed it. “Okay, Don’t work too hard.”

Edgar nodded and walked out.

Nina stared at the door after it closed, trembling with rage. She ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand.

Blood welled up instantly, but she didn’t care. Her eyes burned with desperate, bitter fury.

Why did every mention of Halle send him spiraling? Why would he never tell her what he was thinking? It was always like this. Always.

Edgar was hyper-attuned to everything involving Halle. The second her name came up, something shifted in him. If Nina pressed, he either went silent or changed the subject entirely.

She was exhausted. Exhausted from trying to decode a man who refused to be read. And she was done living like this.

Edgar got in the car and yanked his tie loose, agitated. A minute ago he’d been content to sit with Nina. Then Halle’s name came up, and all he wanted was to leave. Now his head was full of nothing but her

Was Halle still seeing someone? He’d always known the guys she dated were stand-ins for him. She only wanted him, so every boyfriend carried some trace of his likeness.

But he was back in the country now. Hadn’t she gotten that out of her system?

Part of him wanted to reach out, close the distance, smooth things over. But then he’d think about the sharp edge she’d developed, that half-smile she wore when she was dismantling him piece by piece, and

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Chapter 848 What She’s Really Waiting For

he couldn’t take it.

Halle’s attitude made him feel like a fool. No matter what he did, she’d already predicted it. He was a joke to her.

All he wanted was to go back to the way things were. To protect her the way he had when they were young. To have her be his little sister again, the one who’d pout and lean on him when she was upset. But Halle had changed into someone he didn’t recognize, someone he couldn’t stand.

His hands tightened on the steering wheel. He sat there, debating whether to go find her.

Halle wasn’t stuck in the mess of their relationship. Not even close. Whatever hold Edgar still had on her, it had nothing to do with love anymore. It was about giving her past a proper ending.

Looking at Edgar reminded her of a time when she’d been cherished and protected. He was special because what they’d shared had been real. But people changed, and that was real too. Playing along with Edgar’s nonsense right now was really just her way of keeping the younger version of herself company a little longer.

Given Nina’s current state, the moment she found out Halle and Edgar were supposedly preparing wedding, she’d lose it. The whole thing would blow up, and the secret would be impossible to keep

Once everything fell apart, every thread of this disaster would trace back to Edgar. He’d have no choice bu to deal with it himself.

Halle had agreed to marriage, but what she was actually waiting for was a real, honest apology. When Edgar finally gave her that, she’d forgive him and let this chapter close the way it deserved to.

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