The Ex-Wife He Can’t Have novel Chapter 248

"Do you remember that time a few years ago when I was driving you home, and the car broke down halfway?"

Jillian frowned, trying hard to recall, then slowly nodded. "I have a vague impression, but the details are a little fuzzy."

Leon laughed. "I was scared out of my mind. I thought I was going to end up in the local obituaries the next morning."

The windows were rolled halfway down, and the roaring night breeze filled the cabin, clearing away most of her alcoholic haze. The fragmented memories gradually sharpened.

"Actually, I was terrified too. My palms were drenched in sweat."

"No way. I couldn't tell at all. I thought you were incredibly calm."

"That was just a front."

"But I really have to thank you for that. If you hadn't been there, I probably would have lost my soul from sheer panic," Leon said, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

"Don't say that. It was my car that broke down in the first place. You probably had never even ridden in a car that cheap back then."

In the rearview mirror, their eyes met, and they both burst into laughter in unison.

Leon gripped the steering wheel. He looked perfectly composed on the outside, but deep down, he hid a secret he had never voiced aloud.

That accident was actually the moment he first started falling for Jillian.

Back then, Jillian wasn't nearly as slender and beautiful as she was now, and her presence wasn't nearly as dazzling.

Back then, she was just an unassuming employee at Daniel's company.

When the car lost control in that critical moment, she had managed to stay grounded and wrestled back control of the steering wheel.

At the time, Leon had heard of similar accidents ending tragically, so internally, he had already given up, entirely convinced he was going to die.

So, the moment the car safely skidded to a halt on the shoulder of the road, his emotions broke, and he leaned over to pull Jillian into a desperate hug.

At first, he told himself it was just the overwhelming relief of surviving.

It was only much later that he realized he had recognized Jillian's allure far earlier than anyone else.

Just then, Jillian's brows pinched tightly together, her face twisting in discomfort.

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