Five Years of Marriage to Mr. Bradford (by Koi Fish) novel Chapter 544

Chapter 544

Vance hadn’t slept a wink all night, afraid of missing any signal from Kaitlyn or Gabriel. The gardenia -scented diffuser in Rebecca’s room had also been his suggestion.

Finally, it was working.

The next step was to get Rebecca out of her room during the day. She needed to move to exhaust her energy so she could sleep soundly at night.

They had originally wanted her to dance, but Gabriel refused, worried it might trigger painful memories.

Josette stepped in, peeking in from the doorway and quickly ducking back out.

“Grandma? Is something wrong?” Gabriel asked, then turned to Rebecca. “I’ll go check.”

He stepped out and returned a few minutes later.

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh. Grandma asked me how to write an apology letter.”

“Why does she need to apologize? To whom?”

“Well, today is supposed to be the day she and a few local families get together. Now she’s not going, so she wants to send over some desserts and write an apology letter.”

“Why isn’t she going?”

Rebecca knew how much she wanted Josette to have her own friends and enjoy life here in a foreign country.

He fell silent, but she understood immediately.

“Let her go ahead. I’ll be fine by myself.”

She thought about how, for the past several days, she had barely left the house and needed constant company. The three of them had taken turns staying with her, putting so many things on hold.

“Not at all,” Rebecca reassured her.

But in the afternoon, when they cooked together for nearly 20 people–making fresh pizza, bread, and cakes

the stand mixers

weren’t enough: She kneaded the dough until her arms ached.

She had only had a cup of celine that morning and a glass of juice at the market at noon, insisting she wasn’t hungry. Yet that evening, she ended up devouring a farge steak, half a pizza, and a pile of other foods

They didn’t get home until eight o’clock. She took a shower and fell straight into bed, too tired to care whether anyone was staying in the room with her.

That night, she once again faintly heard leaves being blown and caught the faint scent of gardenias. She slept soundly through the night.