Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 868

Chapter 868 Letting Go

That was Nina.

She flagged down a bouncer to help haul Edgar into a car.

Anyone who’d had too much to drink looked pathetic-the sloppy face, the helpless posture, the complete loss of dignity. It was never a good look.

Halle felt something lock up inside her. Looking at Edgar now, all she could think was that having ever loved him felt embarrassing. Taking him out in public would have been mortifying.

Another crack in the image she’d held of him.

Halle was also becoming more and more aware that she’d stopped loving Edgar a long time ago. Even the feelings from the past were fading. She kept trying to hold on to the warmth of what they’d had, but thar warmth couldn’t warm her anymore.

James flipped the camera back to his own face. “I’m easier on the eyes, right?”

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Halle nodded, playing along. “Definitely.”

“So, when are you moving back? How about tomorrow? I’ll come pick you up.”

Halle said, “Give me a little more time.”

James replied, “How much more time?”

He was genuinely curious, not pushing.

Halle said, “I don’t know. It could be soon. It could be a while longer. Stop rushing me.”

“I’m not rushing you. What I’m really curious about is why you can’t let go of the past.”

Halle could hear the sincerity beneath James’s words. She froze for a moment. She hadn’t expected him to ask that-the question that cut straight to the thing she’d buried deepest. One honest answer, and it would explain all of it.

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Halle’s expression shifted. Socially, she was always polished and energetic. She wouldn’t even take out the trash without putting on makeup-she refused to let anyone see a single crack.

James had a way of wearing her down. He was shameless, didn’t care about looking foolish in front of her. and that relentless openness had slowly rubbed off on Halle.

On top of that, James shared his entire private life with her without reservation-WhatsApp videos,

photos, constant updates. Short of a literal livestream, there was nothing she hadn’t seen.

she’d come to know James’s real, unfiltered self, the more she relaxed around him. She didn’t

er guard up all the time. Which was why she was comfortable video-chatting him now,

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as a good one. He was painfully direct. Answering it honestly would be like showing him

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Chapter 868 feHing Go

her face without makeup-laying her heart bare.

Seeing her go silent, James said, “If you really don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to

The moment Halle heard that, she actually wanted to tell him. “Have you guessed?”

James said, “My first thought was that you wanted revenge to mess with Edgar. But on second thought. you wouldn’t go to the trouble of actually moving into his family’s house for that”

Halle replied, “You can’t guess.”

“Are you going to tell me?”

Halle hesitated for two seconds. “If I tell you, you can’t tell anyone.”

James suddenly brought his lips right up to the mic. His voice dropped to barely a whisper. “You have my word. I won’t tell a soul.”

Even through a screen, Halle felt like James had leaned in to murmur a promise directly into her ear. The low rumble of his voice hit differently.

Something in her chest went soft.

James moved the phone to his ear. The weird camera angle meant she couldn’t see his face anymore.

He whispered, “I’m listening.”

Halle didn’t even know why she wanted to tell him. James had backed her into a corner-now she had to talk.

Then again, it wasn’t some earth-shattering secret. Going back to the Bowman house was about facing herself.

Halle only needed to answer to her own conscience. She said it directly. “Edgar and I have known each other for so long. The feelings run deep. I don’t actually hate him, and revenge isn’t really what I’m after”

James brought his lips back to the mic and muttered in a low voice, “Feelings run deep… that’s not great to

T hear. I’m jealous.”

Jealous, and not even trying to hide it.

After saying his piece, James moved the phone back to his ear, which meant the camera showed nothing but darkness, and Halle couldn’t even “confront” him face-to-face.

“Go on,” James said.

Halle jabbed at him. “Who cares if you’re jealous?”

“You’re right. Don’t mind me.” James’s voice was dripping with theatrical sourness.

Halle continued. “My relationship with Edgar’s parents is also really good. They treat me like a daughter. Moving in here feels like coming home, honestly. It’s comfortable.”

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