Chapter 139

Josh had barely stepped out of the house when another car—an unfamiliar one—came to a halt behind the car that was parked in front of the house. The one in which Josh had planned to drop Caleb at school first, followed by heading straight to his office.

But before any of that could happen, confusion crossed his handsome face when he caught the person stepping out of this new car.

Her similarity with his dead wife almost left him dumbfounded for a good minute.

For a moment, he couldn’t tell if he was awake or dreaming.

“Josh!” The woman came rushing to him, her eyes and cheeks reddened to a deep shade of red, as if she had been crying for a long while. The look of grief upon her beautiful features cut straight through his chest, making him breathless, and hurt, and broken.

“Oh my God!” The woman cried, hands on her mouth, as if she was just as startled to see him as she was. “This is really you.”

She hugged him. Glad to see him after so long.

How long has it been? He wondered quietly, s