Wooing My ex-wife (Gwendolyn and Maverick) novel Chapter 859

“Alright then. You guys shouldn’t tire yourselves out either. Take care of your health. Once I’ve passed my exam, I might be going abroad.”

Jasmine was engrossed in sharing her future plans, but Whitney’s mind had already drifted off somewhere else.

After having breakfast, the Newton family’s driver dropped Whitney off at the office.

After entering the office, Whitney headed in the direction of Charles’ office.

Just as Isaac was about to leave with a stack of documents, Whitney stopped him. “Is he in the office now?”

Isaac nodded. “Mr. Newton seems to be in a bad mood. Be careful.”

After giving a piece of advice, Isaac left with the documents in his arms.

Whitney headed straight for the office and knocked on the door.

“It’s me.”

“Come in.”

Charles was holding a fountain pen, diligently writing on some document. Whitney knew better than to interrupt, and quietly waited for him to finish.

After about ten minutes, Charles finally looked up, pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, “What are you doing here?”

His voice regained its calm and indifference like before.

Whitney suppressed the discomfort in her heart as she smiled and said, “I was worried about your health, so I wanted to come and see you.”

“Are you done?”

Charles didn’t lift his head, his gaze remained fixed on the documents in front of him. His brows and eyes looked serious, and his tone indifferent.

He seemed to be urging Whitney to leave.

Whitney didn’t understand.

It was understandable for him to have such an attitude yesterday. Why is he still like this today)

She couldn’t hold back any longer and asked the question that had been weighing on her heart.

“During the time you lived in the fishing village… was it that girl who took care of you? What… what’s her name?”

As she asked the question, Whitney’s heart pounded rapidly, her palms clenched as she was nervous. She carefully observed Charles’ expression.

Charles’ brows suddenly furrowed, his eyes serious.

The air suddenly fell silent, and Whitney nervously swallowed, unsure of what to say to ease the tense atmosphere.

“How… how has your time been in the fishing village?”

Charles glanced at her. “Not bad.”

Having said that, he put down the documents in his hand and stood up to leave the office.

After much hesitation, Whitney decided to block his path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you think you owe me an explanation?”

He said he was going to date her, but ended up leaving her alone in the country without even telling her.

He disappeared, and she had been worried for such a long time.

They had finally met, but he still had this attitude, not saying a word, nor explaining anything.

Charles wore a stern expression. “Once you’re back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your work. Why must you waste your time on these issues every day?”

Having said that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

The office door was slammed shut. It struck a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart as if it were a sledgehammer.

She knew by now.

Charles wouldn’t give her an answer, but his attitude had already said it all.

Perhaps… someone had already found a place in Charles’ heart before her.

She laughed at herself, realizing that he simply didn’t care about her feelings.

She overestimated her own standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his side.

Before leaving the fishing village, she noticed the way Charles looked at that girl.

That was a look filled with affection and quite special.

She had only seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.