The Windfalls of Love (Roxanne and Harrison) novel Chapter 227

Divorce seemed like a foregone conclusion.

But Harrison's comment about Roxanne being cold had cast a long shadow that she still hadn't shaken off even hours later.

She was sitting in the newly opened foreign trade company, staring at a report she'd been holding for half of the day.

The report was upside down. She hadn't even noticed as she had her mind somewhere else.

She sat there alone, lost in a whirl of emotions.

That morning, Aria and Austin had come down with a fever, Chloe hadn't made it to the office, and she was alone.

There were piles of documents on the desk, but she hadn't done anything. It felt crappy.

She had always wished not to let those rotten emotions get to her, not to be too fragile, that nobody could hurt her.

But the person who could possibly hurt her had appeared and that was none but Harrison.

At that moment, because of his stubbornness, because of his words, she didn't even feel like working. Her emotions were totally messed up by him.

Why did he say she was naturally cold? Was she cold? She tried but couldn't figure it out.

"Roxanne, have you gone through the pricing list for the international station? Can I set the prices now?" The one knocking on the door was the new operations hire.

The company was newly established, everything had to start from scratch, and there was a ton of stuff to do, so everyone was swamped.

Roxanne suddenly realized that she had been there all morning and hadn't done anything.

"I'm sorry, I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. Hold on, I will get back to you as quickly as possible," She had to get her act together and get to work.

What could be more tangible, and more comforting than making money?

It was probably around noon when she finally finished her work.

"That's Roxanne's office, do you want to take a look?" The person speaking was Chloe.

She led Dominic to the door. Roxanne stood up, staring blankly at Chloe and Dominic.

Chloe quickly explained, "Anne, Dominic lives in the same neighborhood as me. He helped me take the kids to the hospital this morning and then brought me to the office. He just wanted to come in and take a look."

Seeing Dominic again made Roxanne's feelings even more complicated than before.

She glanced at Chloe, "Chloe, you go out first. I want to talk with Dominic alone."

Chloe tactfully exited, softly closing the door behind her.

"How's your leg?" Roxanne glanced at Dominic's leg.

"It's alright," Dominic walked over.

Roxanne pulled out a chair for him and politely told him, "Sit."

"No need. I just dropped Chloe off and thought I'd pop in to check out your new company. I'll be out of your hair in a second," Dominic didn't want to intrude.

They fell silent. Roxanne was flooded with memories.

Memories that she hadn't forgotten but forced herself to let go of.

Dominic gave her a lingering look, then awkwardly smiled and said, "I should get going."

He really wanted to stay, to steal a few more glances at her, to hear her voice a little bit longer.

Even if she didn't say anything to him, just being alone with her in the same space, even for an extra second, felt like a gift from heaven.

But at that point, she was someone else's wife. Dominic had to suppress his feelings no matter what.

As he turned to leave, Roxanne called out, "Dominic, I want to talk to you."

"Dominic, I'm really sorry! I'm married now. Knowing all this, I can't give you anything."

His heart felt like it was being tossed by a storm with her few words.

He really wanted to turn around, hold Roxanne tightly, but he couldn't do that because of the situation.

Hadn't he chosen to hide everything in the hope that she could meet a good man and have a better life?

Dominic took a deep breath, suppressing all his regret and helplessness, quietly wiping away his tears.

Turning around, he smiled and said, "The person who should say sorry is me. I once promised to take care of you for the rest of my life, to protect you from anyone who would bully you, but I couldn't walk with you in the end."

It felt like there was a thorn in his heart. It was hard to breathe.

Even though Dominic had been fighting his illness for the past few years and was used to the feeling of life coming to an end, he still couldn't let go when facing Roxanne.

He could only use his smile to cover up the pain and dissatisfaction in his heart as he went on, "You're doing well now, married to a good man."

Roxanne lowered her head, smiling, also hiding some pain in her heart.

"Harrison is amazing, comes from a good family, and is really handsome. He's like the cream of the crop. I mean, him marrying an ordinary girl like me, it's like I won the lottery. But..."

She choked up, unable to continue. It was probably better that she didn’t air her divorce in public.

She looked up at Dominic, giving him a candid smile and said, "Dominic, Harrison was my first and he'll be my last. I'm sorry for everything in the past. I hope you'll be okay."

Dominic was about to ask about her divorce from Harrison. But from her words, he figured that they probably made up.

After all, all couples could have fights, right? Maybe they just had a little tiff and patched things up afterwards.

But the next day, Harrison still sent Roxanne a text about the divorce, [Get all your papers in order. Anthony will pick you up. Be ready!]