Returning with Triple Treasures: My CEO Husband Is Obsessed novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Eavesdropping

Chapter 144 Eavesdropping

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At five years old, he still needed Isabella by his side–listening to her talk or tell stories–to drift off to sleep.

What a clingy little thing, Skyler thought to himself, quietly amused as he lay beside her.

But truth be told, tonight he couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

Dad wasn’t back after all.

Hadn’t he promised that morning they’d train together every night?

And here it was, the very first night, and he was nowhere to be seen….

Skyler had even let himself imagine Dad coming home for dinner with him and Mom.

Some dad he turned out to be.

“What’s going on in that head of yours?”

Isabella’s gentle voice pulled him from his thoughts. She had finished reading the news but noticed the serious, almost brooding look on his face.

It was an expression she’d only ever seen on Skyler before.

For a split second, Isabella could’ve sworn the child beside her was Skyler.

But she brushed the thought aside almost immediately.

Skyler was overseas, and he never stopped talking. Keeping quiet all day like Jason did would’ve driven him crazy.

Skyler nearly answered out of habit, but caught himself just in time.

He offered Isabella Jason’s signature quiet smile instead.

“Are you…” Isabella studied his face, her voice softening. “Missing Dad again?”

Skyler paused. Well, she wasn’t entirely wrong.

He had been thinking about that unreliable father of his earlier…

But from the look on Mom’s face, she didn’t seem thrilled about him missing Dad.

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Skyler shook his head quickly.

Watching him retreat into himself, Isabella felt a familiar ache in her chest.

What kind of twisted fate kept tying her and Xavier together?

“Buzz-”

“Buzz-”

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Her phone vibrated on the nightstand. She glanced at the screen and froze for a second. Skyler leaned over, curious, but before he could make out the name, Isabella declined the call.

She looked so tense–it had to be Dad, no question.

Skyler reached for the phone and looked up at her, eyes full of silent questions.

“Asking why I didn’t pick up?” Isabella understood his look and kept her tone even. “It’s bedtime. I’m not really in the mood to talk.”

Was it that she didn’t want to talk, or that she didn’t want to talk in front of him?

A sly glint flashed in Skyler’s eyes–he hadn’t spent all those afternoons watching dramas with Lydia for nothing.

“Buzz-”

The phone vibrated again.

This time, before Isabella could react, Skyler grabbed it and hit answer in one swift move.

Isabella sighed, but before she could scold the little schemer, a man’s voice came through the speaker.

“Isabella…”

Xavier’s voice sounded off–slurred, weary, raspy.

“What’s wrong?”

Isabella had no choice but to take the phone and slip out from under the covers.

Skyler stayed put, playing obedient. Only once Isabella had stepped into the bathroom did he roll off the bed and press his ear to the door.

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Xavier only said her name before going quiet.

“If you’ve got nothing to say, I’m hanging up. I need to put him to sleep.”

After she spoke, all she heard was the heavy sound of his breathing.

He didn’t sound sober at all.

“Are you drunk?”

Xavier grunted slowly in response.

Then he added, voice thick, “Come get me.”

“Where’s Jacob?” Isabella frowned. “Can’t he drive you?”

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“He’s… not here,” Xavier mumbled, words blending together as he felt his body growing heavier. He leaned back against the wall and tilted his head upward. “Can’t get home without you.”

Just then, Amelia hurried around the corner.

Seeing Xavier on the phone, she approached cautiously, keys clutched tightly in hand, not daring to speak.

When Jacob had handed her the keys earlier, she could hardly believe it.

Xavier never let anyone but Jacob or Isabella drive him home.

Her heart had fluttered then, warmth spreading through her chest.

Now she moved closer quietly, but caught the soft, low murmur of Isabella’s name.

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