Nancy smiled helplessly, knowing that since she was a part of Charles' life, the rumors about them would never stop.
At this point, Nancy had already accepted that, but this time around, she couldn’t understand what was happening.
While Charles had always been overbearing and arrogant, he had always been kind to her.
She thought back to that one night he was cruel to her.' Had he ever been that awful to anyone else?' she wondered.
Thoughts of Charles filled her mind as she walked towards her office.
Her steps wobbled as she walked. Steadying herself, she decided that it must be because she was tired.
Taking a seat in her office, she turned on her phone and opened WeChat. Browsing through her notifications, she noticed there were many comments from Doris. "Nancy, has Charles abandoned you? Or is Charles just playing around with that woman to spite you?" Doris asked in one of the comments.
She still had no idea what Doris was talking about. As she was typing a message to her to ask, she received a picture from Doris.
In the picture was Charles having lunch with a woman in a restaurant. Nancy was frozen as she looked at the photo. What was going on?
What was Charles thinking?
Charles had always been fond of playing games.
Concerned that Nancy would jump into conclusions and get into trouble, Doris sent her another message.
"Everyone's talking about this, but it might be fake. Try and ask him about it first," she reasoned.
"It doesn't matter what happened. I'm not a child. I won 't go crazy even if something did happen," Nancy explained.
"No matter what happens, I'll have your back!" Doris reassured Nancy.
"For the sake of the children, I won't let anything bad happen. Don't worry about me," Nancy replied with an emoji to lighten the mood.
"I know you can handle yourself, Nancy."
After ending her conversation with Doris, Nancy tossed her phone on the table. She tried to make sense of the situation, the photo of Charles with the woman vivid in her mind.
That woman... Nancy had seen her before.
Picking up her phone, she tried to find out more about the woman. After browsing on social media, she found out that her name was Christine, and that she was a fashion designer.
Stumbling across a photo of her, Nancy scrutinized the photo and scoffed to herself. She tried to remain indifferent but felt her heart sinking.
Nancy continued to look at her photo, her eyes tearing up. Suddenly, her phone rang.
It was a call from Edward.
She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and cleared her throat before answering the phone. "Edward, what's up?"
Hearing Nancy's weak voice, Edward paused before saying, "Are you crying?"
"No, I'm not. I just have a cold," Nancy lied.
"Have you taken any medicine?" he asked, concerned.
"It's just a cold. I'll be fine after I drink a glass of water," she replied.
"Do you have some time to spare?" he asked again.
Nancy glanced at her watch and found out that it was time for her to get off work. Walking to leave, she said, "Yes, I'm about to leave work."
"Wait for me. I’ll come to pick you up," he offered.
She wasn't in the mood to be in anyone’s company, but agreed to him.
After ending the call with Edward, her thoughts returned to Charles. She assumed he was too busy dating other women, so he might not have the time to pick his children up. Calling Hiram, she asked for him to pick up the children instead.
Hiram quickly agreed to her request, not daring to refuse her.
He noticed that something was wrong by the sound of her voice, but decided not to pry.
Recently, he had noticed that their disagreements were becoming more frequent. Even the people around them were growing tired of their arguments.
Edward arrived shortly and found Nancy waiting for him by the door.
"Did you wait for a long time?" he asked. He made his way to the passenger's seat and opened the door for Nancy like a gentleman.
"No, I didn't. I just got off work," she replied weakly. Nancy took a look at Edward's new car. "Did you rent this car?" "I just bought it. Do you like it?" he asked with a smile.
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