The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 472

Ava didn’t even look at him. She pulled open the car door and was about to get in.

Wilfred called out, his voice a little too eager. “It’s been, what, over ten years? I just wanted to catch up. I heard Greg’s doing really well these days, even started his own company. That’s something, huh? Never thought my son would make it so big.”

There was a greedy excitement in his tone, and Ava felt it like a chill. She stopped, spun around, and stared him down. “How did you even find me?”

Back then, Wilfred had gambled away everything they had. He owed a fortune and, after getting into a fight with a debt collector, he’d put the guy in the hospital and ended up with an eighteen year sentence.

While he was in prison, Ava finally divorced him, but only after agreeing to pay off his two hundred thousand dollar debt. For her, that amount might as well have been impossible. But she said yes. She went to the city, took any job she could get, paid off Wilfred’s debt, and still managed to cover Greg’s school fees.

She started a small side business and worked as a cook at a construction site owned by Colton’s company. Colton tried her food once, complimented her cooking, and that changed everything.

At the time, Colton was fresh off his own divorce, completely lost. Felicia, dealing with her mom and brother leaving, had stopped eating. Colton ended up hiring Ava to cook for Felicia at home.

That’s how she ended up in the Ross family. Greg, her son, worked hard and got a full scholarship to a university in the city. Ava really thought she’d never have to cross paths with Wilfred again.

Wilfred smiled, trying to sound friendly. “We were once married, you know. I just wanted to see how you and Greg were doing. Look at you, Ava. You’ve made it. Living like a queen.”

She wasn’t fooled, not for a second. Her face went cold. “What do you want? No need to play games with me.”

Wilfred’s smile faded a bit. “I’ve been working on a business deal, but cash is tight. I was hoping you could lend me a little. Not much, just thirty million.”

Ava’s eyebrows shot up. “Did prison mess up your head? We have nothing to do with each other anymore.”

He acted wounded. “Come on, don’t say it like that. We were husband and wife once. I know that mansion you live in is worth tens of millions. Thirty million is nothing for you.”

As soon as she heard his voice, her heart sank.

Edmund had started a trucking company back home. Everything was going fine until, all of a sudden, he lost a bunch of major contracts. Just like that, clients started canceling, right before the end of the year, and it was a huge financial hit.

No one could figure out what happened. Finally, a long-time client told him they’d apparently offended someone. But Edmund ran his business straight. There was no one he could have upset, at least not on purpose.

He was out of options, so he called Ava, hoping Greg might have some connections that could help.

Wilfred showing up, then Edmund’s company running into trouble, all because they supposedly "offended someone"? There was no way this was just bad luck.

Ava understood exactly what was going on.