Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 75

Bonnie was petite, always looking slender. Still, she’d gotten really into working out these past few years and actually felt stronger than ever.

Her stomach, though, was another story. It was always acting up.

Shirley fussed over her, worried as ever. “Tomorrow, I’m taking you to the hospital. You need a check-up and probably an endoscopy. You’re too young to have stomach issues.”

Bonnie just smiled and said okay.

Dinner was mostly peaceful. Every now and then, Bachelor and Shirley asked about her job at the design institute, reminding her to work hard under Nestor. The real estate market might be declining, but since she’d picked this field and this job, she ought to make the most of it.

Bonnie listened quietly, not letting on that staying at the design institute forever wasn’t really her plan.

She still remembered what her mom wanted for her: to study more, see the world, travel to new places.

To grow into the best version of herself.

So now, Bonnie worked during the day and picked up freelance gigs online, tutoring students in quick design tests to save up extra money.

It wasn’t something her parents needed to know. No need to give them more to worry about.

After dinner, Bonnie did the dishes while her parents got ready for their afternoon nap. She waited until they disappeared into the master bedroom, then slipped off to her own room.

The moment she stepped inside, a familiar ache tightened in her chest.

Everything was just as she’d left it. The bedding was new, but every award and ribbon from her childhood sat right where it always had. The glass on the bookcase shone, spotless.

It felt like she’d never left at all.

Bonnie tugged out the pajamas she used to wear in college and held them up to her nose, catching a faint fresh scent. After changing, she flopped down on the bed, stared at the ceiling for a while, then finally picked up her phone and messaged Aiken.

When Bonnie was a kid and brought home a first-place certificate, her grandmother’s only response was always the same.

“Girls don’t need to study. Once you’re married, you belong to someone else. Everything in the White family is Nash’s.”

Bonnie even overheard her grandmother asking her dad to buy Nash a house, insisting that their own family’s property shouldn’t go to Bonnie. Not even a little, because it would end up in another family someday.

Bonnie never understood that. She never felt attached to her grandparents, not really.

So when she heard she didn’t have to go, she actually felt relieved.

Bachelor looked a little put out, probably thinking his daughter should greet her elders since she was home, but Shirley was already pulling him out the door. He just sighed and followed.

At the door, Bonnie could still catch the sound of their argument, voices drifting over from the elevator lobby.