The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 45

"I was sleeping in the bedroom," Zane explained.

He was fully dressed, which immediately tipped Jocelyn off. She didn't buy it for a second. Striding past him, she shoved the bedroom door open. The bed was perfectly made, without a single wrinkle on the pristine sheets.

"Zane Whitaker! Were you just ignoring the door?!"

Standing just on the other side of the study wall, Elara instantly recognized the voice.

It was Jocelyn Yale, Zane's ex-wife.

They had been divorced for years, yet they were still this close?

She could just barge into her ex-husband's apartment whenever she pleased?

Showing up late at night...

Were they still sleeping together?

Were they getting back together?

The memory of her offering to come up for 'coffee' made Elara want to sink into the floor with embarrassment.

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Knowing the woman he actually wanted was hiding in the next room, Zane didn't want Jocelyn staying a second longer. "Why are you here?"

"Why am I here?"

"I'm here to ask what kind of idiotic stunt you're pulling!"

"Vance Properties is a ticking time bomb, and you're letting some young girl scramble your brains?"

"Jocelyn," Zane cut her off sharply. "We are legally divorced. The assets are divided. Our companies are separate."

Her temper flared at his cold dismissal. "I came all the way here because I saw you making a catastrophic mistake! I was trying to do you a favor!"

Zane countered calmly. "Thanks for the concern. Message received. Now, if there's nothing else, you can leave."

"Do you think I want to babysit you?!" Jocelyn glared at him fiercely. "I just don't want people saying the man I married turned out to be a pathetic fool who threw everything away for a pretty face!"

"Ex-husband," Zane corrected.

"Zane Whitaker!"

"I appreciate the warning. You can go now. I know exactly what I'm doing."

"Fine! Go ahead and dig your own grave!" Jocelyn spat.

Zane replied evenly. "Drive safe."

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