Just those two sentences made all the blood in my body run backward, turning completely cold.
It turned out, everyone knew about Conrad and Estelle. Only I was kept in the dark.
I gripped the divorce agreement, my whole body trembling violently. A surge of anger and pain from being toyed with completely swallowed my heart.
Just then, my phone suddenly rang. It was Conrad calling!
In an instant, the private room went silent.
“Ophelia?”
His hesitant voice came through.
I turned around and left without thinking.
He rushed out just in time to see my back. It was familiar enough to make his heart race.
He almost chased after me. But then Estelle’s voice called him from inside the room.
He hesitated just for a second. In the end, under her increasingly urgent calls, he returned to the private room.
I didn’t even know how I made it back to the villa.
All I knew was, the second I stepped inside, Conrad’s call came through.
“Ophelia, I just called you. Why didn’t you answer earlier? Were you not home?”
His voice was still as gentle as ever, yet I could hear a trace of suspicion in it.
I stayed quiet for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone carried a hint of panic.