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80. Failed again
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Be a wife After Five Years Apart 81. Cowardly man, cause of fragility
Emery and Benitto, who had just arrived at the shop, had questioning looks on their faces when they saw the three female waitresses trying to calm the crying Amelie. Emery immediately approached them, concerned that Amelie had been harassed by men since working at her father's shop. "What happened to her?" asked Emery with a questioning and worried look. Benitto's arrival behind his daughter drew Julie and Anne's attention to give a reckoning to the shopkeeper, who had made their friend cry. "Mr. Jonathan Hayes has made her this way, sir," Julie said without Benitto asking. The man looked around with a frown on his forehead. Was it true that the son of a prominent Auckland figure who had recently become an informant on his wife's death had come to his humble shop?Benitto's gaze stopped as he caught sight of the figure the waitress had told him about. "You should try asking him what he's up to, Father; I'm worried about him bothering Amelie." A look of panic was evident on the f
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 82. Fighting with an ex-brother-in-law
Dusk was falling, the day would soon change, and the darkness of night would soon take over. At the end of his working hours, Gideon did what he secretly did without Amelie's knowledge, watching her leave the shop and stalking her on her way home to make sure she was okay when she arrived.It had been a habit ever since Amelie asked him not to appear in front of her anymore. Gideon started the engine of the red Mustang he had borrowed from a friend, as it would make Amelie suspicious if he used her car. She and Axel were very familiar with his car. The man drove the car at a low speed, matching the speed of Amelie and Axel, who were on foot. But surprisingly, a black shapphire metallic car suddenly approached Amelie and Axel. Gideon frowned. Who was the person driving the car in front? But Amelie seemed to respond with a cold look on her face. Is someone trying to get back at her?Amelie leered with a questioning look as a car approached her. Feeling a little suspicious, she raised
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 83. Meeting Father
Jonathan rushed out of the crowd as soon as he saw that Amelie and Axel were no longer there. The man approached his car at a slight jog while looking around but did not find Amelie and her son among the pedestrians there. Wasting no time, the man got in and slammed the car door. He started the engine and hit the gas pedal at 40. His two blue beads did not stop combing the streets he traveled. He felt a sigh of disappointment when he arrived at an intersection. Amelie was nowhere to be found. The sound of other vehicles honking annoyed Jonathan as it interrupted his concentration on whether to turn right or left. "Shit!" he swore as he looked back through the rearview mirror. A man stopped his car right behind Jonathan's, poking his head out of the window."Hey, man, you're in my way." The man gave him a middle finger, which instantly annoyed Jonathan."Save your energy, Jo; you have important things to take care of! You'd better turn left," Jonathan monologued as he convinced him
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 84. Take care of yourself, Axel
That afternoon, Axel, who was in a group of other students, smiled broadly. Axel was unusually cheerful today. "Hey, Axel, throughout the lesson, I saw you keep smiling. You even followed the lesson happily," asked Lolita, who was walking on Axel's left. Nora, who had similar thoughts with Lolita, nodded in confirmation. "Yes, what Lolita said is true. You've been smiling all day. Look over there," Nora pointed to a spot where Amelie usually stood, waiting for Axel to get out of class. "Usually you'd be sad when your mom hadn't come to pick you up." "That's true. But this time, my dad picked me up." Axel replied proudly. Nora and the other kids were stunned and looked at each other. "Really?" asked Nora with a look of disbelief. "Yes, it is." Axel nodded in agreement. The children who were in the same group as Axel looked around for the male entity Axel was referring to, but they felt familiar with the faces they encountered."Which one is your father?" asked Nora impatiently.
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 85. Teach me to be like you, Father
How does it feel to survive in the shadow of regret? Can you still feel peace when the bitterness of regret seems to suffocate you and force you to end the day right then and there? Jonathan was stunned, with both hands in his pants pockets. His eyes gazed at the view of Auckland from the top of the company building. The weather was a little hot, and the sun was shining brightly enough to make him dazzle. He almost closed his eyes, but he was reluctant to go into his room. He needed time to be alone at the moment.An elderly man walked up to Jonathan with a proud smile on his face. He didn't think the decision to give Jonathan leave was the right one. The proof was that Jonathan was in better shape and as productive as ever."I'm proud of the walking target you achieved this month, Jo. I didn't expect you to rise so quickly." with both hands in his pants pockets, Edmund said. Staring straight at the young man, who did not even turn to look at him,."No need to overdo it, Father; it's
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 86. Speak well
Sometimes, silence comes without the intention of torture. Silence comes to teach you that you have to savor every moment of togetherness before it brings regret for the moments of togetherness that you have neglected. Jonathan sat back in his oversized chair. The day seemed passionless. The man twirled the chair he was sitting in lazily; all the wheels on the chair's legs seemed to swing to give him comfort, obeying where the man's legs pushed them to roll.A month had passed by by the time Jonathan returned to Auckland. Not a single word had come from Axel and Amelie. He stared at the black phone screen on the table and reached for it. Not a single notification had come in, as if the silence was laughing at him. Jonathan opened the lock screen on his smartphone and searched for Amelie's name in the contacts. The man's thumb stopped scrolling when it came to Amelie's name. He wanted to call the number, but his heartbeat seemed to prevent him from having the courage to make a phone
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 87. Good night, darling
"So, what are you going to do after this?" Marie asked while looking straight at Jonathan. He looked much calmer than when they first met. "I'll try to win she back, Gran." Jonathan's hands twisted together on his lap. "After winning my granddaughter's heart, what will you do if one day a much more beautiful woman comes to you?" Marie's eyelids, full of age wrinkles, narrowed, staring intently at the man in front of her as if interrogating. "I promise I will ignore that woman. Parting with Amelie made me lose half my life." hyperbole in Jonathan's parable. "If I knew she would fight that hard and choose to keep our child, maybe I would have chosen to go with her from the beginning. Regardless of my mother's decision not to consider me as her child after that," "Even if you live in hardship with Amelie after that? What if you were living on the streets after that?""Yes. It's much better than losing her and Axel." Jonathan replied without hesitation. His earnestness was so visible
Be a wife After Five Years Apart 88. Jealous
Amelie woke up and was surprised to find that her body position had changed. Amelie and Jonathan had their arms around each other. She immediately threw off Jonathan's burly arms that were hugging her body. "How can you hug me that easily? You pervert," Amelie grumbled as she walked to the toilet. The sound of the water tap and the cold temperature of the water touching her skin instantly brought her full consciousness back. She stared at her reflection in the mirror. Amelie patted her face and instantly groaned as the pats stung."Aw!" The pain she felt made her realize that the night she had spent with Jonathan was not a dream; it was a reality. Even the slap on her cheek left a red mark. Amelie's eyes were closed, with both hands supporting her body on the edge of the sink. A question that niggled at her heart arose. Was meeting Jonathan again a destiny?Amelie sighed as she walked back to her room. But when she arrived at the door, she heard Jonathan talking to someone on the
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