No Divorce? The Billionaire's Love Chase! novel Chapter 47

He turned around, still holding Ann, his eyes fixed on Claudia's retreating figure.

Claudia had been angry and distant lately because of Ann.

But he never imagined she could calmly tell someone else that he and Ann were a married couple.

Ann secretly watched York's reaction. Though his face was calm, she could feel the tension in his body.

"York, York?" Ann called his name several times before he snapped out of it.

After taking Ann back to her room, York was pulled away by Peter.

They stood in the small park behind the hospital.

York lit a cigarette by the small river. "What do you want to say?"

He and Peter had been friends since childhood. If Peter had gone out of his way to get him alone, he clearly had something on his mind.

Peter prefaced his words carefully, "First off, I'm just stating the facts. I'm not taking anyone's side."

York flicked the ash from his cigarette with his well-defined fingers. "Go on."

Peter said seriously, "That night, Ann herself said she came back for you. And that caregiver of hers was even more arrogant than Darleen, threatening to call you and have you kick Darleen out of Capital City."

York glanced at Peter, his complex eyes darkening.

Peter continued, "Darleen is your sister, for God's sake. You can't abandon your own family for outsiders."

York's expression was complicated. "If our elders hadn't interfered back then, I would have married Ann."

York's face darkened.

"Don't tell me you're trying to make up for not having sex with her six years ago," Peter taunted.

York shot Peter a warning look. "I have standards when it comes to women."

No matter how kind he was to Ann, no matter what lingering softness he felt, he would not cross that line with her.

Peter clicked his tongue. "I heard from Darleen that Claudia threatened suicide and you didn't even flinch. And you still dare to say you and Ann are in the past?"

York felt a headache coming on. His sister really was a big mouth, telling everyone everything.

Peter reminded him, "You always say Claudia is difficult and willful, but have you ever noticed that the Claudia of today is no longer the proud, arrogant Miss Watkins she once was?"