My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 1238

He really thought that first diamond ring, with all its sparkle and that gorgeous design, would be enough to win over whoever Andrew Lane had set his sights on. But then Andrew came back and asked for a second ring. That threw him. For a second, he wondered if Andrew was seeing two people at once. Turned out, it was for the same woman.

Things had been rough between Johnson and his family these past few years. They’d argued about his girlfriend. He’d promised himself he’d never go back home, and so far, he’d stuck to that. He barely kept in touch with anyone back in his country, and with someone as quiet as Andrew, it was normal for them to go years without saying much at all. They were still friends, but neither of them really knew what was happening in the other’s life.

But the years hadn’t made things awkward. They still remembered the old days.

A few days ago, Johnson caught a news story about Andrew’s divorce and Isabella Austin going to jail. He sent Andrew a quick message to check in. Maybe that jogged Andrew’s memory and made him reach out about the ring.

Honestly, the real shock wasn’t hearing from Andrew. It was realizing Andrew had found someone new so quickly after the divorce. The timing was so close, Johnson almost laughed.

He couldn’t help himself. He texted: [Andrew, can I ask who she is? I’m dying to know. Who’s the woman who’s got you acting like this?]

Andrew was just then picking up the finished ring from the staff member who’d flown in to deliver it. He texted back: [Come home and find out.]

Johnson replied with a string of embarrassed, sad emojis: [You know what’s going on with my family.]

Andrew: [Your dad’s sick.]

It took a minute before Johnson replied: [What’s wrong with him?]

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