Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Putting On A Show Together

“Yeah, men are all shit. Most women will meet at least one scumbag in their lifetimes.” Holly grabbed a nearby pillow and settled down more comfortably on the couch.

Erin raised her eyes to look at Holly. “Aren’t you and Eugene divorced? Why was he here?”

Holly, who had been staring at the ceiling, turned to look at her. “He told me that it’s his grandfather’s 80th birthday next month, and he needs me to put on an act with him so his grandfather doesn’t find out that we’re divorced. His grandfather is an old-fashioned man and definitely won’t allow our divorce.” she said hopelessly.

“But your divorce has nothing to do with his grandfather!” Erin was surprised.

Holly smiled bitterly. “It’s not just his grandfather; we haven’t even told our own parents about it.”

Erin’s heart sank. Her divorce was also the same—she hadn’t told anyone besides Holly about it yet, not even her parents.

But her situation was worse than Holly’s. At least Holly had managed to get a proper divorce and was a free woman now. The same couldn’t be said for Erin. The issue of the five million dollars was giving her a splitting headache.

“Where were you last night?”

At Holly’s sudden questioning, Erin mumbled, “Oh, I met someone from our university yesterday and completely lost track of time, so I slept at her place.”

Holly shot up and narrowed her eyes. “Liar! Do you really think I’m that dumb? Didn’t you go to pick up your suitcase last night? Where is it, then? Don’t tell me you got back together with Ian?”

Erin said helplessly, “I really can’t hide anything from you. I did sleep over at someone else’s house yesterday, but it wasn’t at Ian’s. I don’t want to talk about why I don’t have my suitcase, but I will never go back there again. It’s not a big deal; I’ll just buy new stuff. I already took out my passport and account books, so it’s not like there’s anything important left.”

in Erin’s eyes. She probably had a fight with Ian, so Holly didn’t ask her any

said that you were sick. You don’t look so well; I’m already doing much

stood up. “I’ll help

“Okay, let’s go.”

before she turned the lights off and settled into bed. She glanced at her phone, but there was no message from that man,

day. It really was great being young; her body could recover from illnesses so quickly. She went upstairs to check on Holly and was about to ask her if she

just go to work. I called a secretary from

when she remembered, “Oh right, how was your

no big deal. She only strained her back and needs to rest for a month,

go now.” Erin was still

put her hands together in a mock prayer. “I’m begging you, just leave! It’s not like I’m

now. I’ll buy you some good food

…

only took Erin five minutes by foot to reach the subway station. Just as she got on the subway, she got a call from

let’s have dinner together tonight. My mother is here.” Ian spoke into

with her

she’ll definitely want to stay for the night. What would she think when she realizes that we don’t live together?” His

paused. Her ex-mother-in-law wasn’t great to her, but she also didn’t give her a hard time. It was just that now, with

that I’m

He was using his mother’s visit as an excuse to get her to stay at his house, but

are you fucking out there for you not to want to return home?” His tone

was furious. “How could you say that with a straight face? Think about it—who

was the true root of the problem. Even if Ian had absolutely no shame, he couldn’t deny that he was the

you, you’re not completely innocent in this matter. Is there any benefit in bringing up the

There isn’t. If you had finalized the divorce earlier, we wouldn’t even be having this

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