The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns (Lucy and Landon) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Trepidation

Her question was too sudden. He was speechless when he heard Lucy ask this.

Would he grieve?

It was a question that should have been easier for him to answer.

His marriage to Lucy was only based on their own convenience. He wanted Yvonne to regret ever leaving him and have her return to him. Meanwhile, Lucy needed him to pay for her mother's hospital bills and cancer treatment.

He had given her just that. And Lucy was great in everything. She had acted out the perfect wife he needed for everyone to see. Just like that, Yvonne returned and came running to him.

His mother and Emma were happy to see them together.

After Yvonne left, his mother and Emma blamed him for letting her go. Landon also thought it was his fault that she left.

But after a month of her being gone and seeing her happy in the pictures she posted on Instagram, she seemed to be living happily without him.

Thus, he started his plan.

So, why did he hesitate to reply?

Why does his chest feel like an anaconda is constricting it, taking away his breath?

It should be a simple question he could answer with a 'yes' or a 'no'.

Finger-fucking his hair, Landon pressed his forehead against the palm of his hand. He stayed sitting on the bench even when his mother and Yvonne's parents left to discuss some matters. He knew they were most likely discussing continuing the engagement that should've happened between him and Yvonne two years ago.

It was something he had long desired. He wanted his first love.

So, why can't the woman he married stop messing with his mind and let him enjoy being with Yvonne?

"Landon?"

A hand rested on his shoulder, startling him.

He looked up and Lucy's face gazed down at him. He blinked. And Yvonne was standing before him.

I'm really going crazy. Why am I seeing her in Yvonne's face? Landon wanted to beat himself for doing this to the woman he wanted to marry since they were children. Yet, the more he said this, the more his chest hurt.

"Landon, what do you think about what Emma said?" Yvonne didn't notice anything wrong with him and sat beside him on the bench. "I'm not saying I should stay with you, but I miss Aunty and Emma. I think it will really help me if I can see them more often."

Landon listened to her silently. His mother and Emma were closer to Yvonne since they'd known her since she was a kid. And Yvonne treated them like her real family.

And what happened to Yvonne was also part of his responsibility.

So, he should agree.

"O—of course, it's fine if you don't want me to. You're married to... to Lucy. She might mind if I stayed there." She released a short laugh. "I don't even know why she's always being difficult with me. Even this morning..."

Yvonne bit her lips and slowly looked up. Her eyes sparkled as tears filled the corners of her eyes. It was a look that evoked sympathy and endearment from other people. Landon could never bear seeing this look in her eyes.

Whenever he saw her expression like this, he would melt and give in to everything she wanted.

Yvonne was certain he would agree.

A cloud of unease rolled in the pits of his stomach when he thought of how he would prepare for Lucy's exit from his life. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

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