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While Miguel was speaking, Ezequiel was looking at the woman’s photo on the screen. She was wearing black business attire, looking capable, confident, and proud.
Ezequiel couldn’t help but recall her previous looks.
She had been embarrassed, frustrated, and fragile before. And today, she tried to please him but couldn’t bear the humiliation and ran away in panic.
Somehow, Ezequiel felt a bit regretted.
He thought maybe he had been too harsh to her earlier.
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Guadalupe got up at past nine in the evening. When she was making supper in the kitchen, her phone buzzed.
It was a text from Miguel.
Last time, Guadalupe asked Miguel about Ezequiel’s measurements, and Miguel hadn’t replied to her since.
But this time, he sent her a few sets of numbers.
Miguel: “Mr. Hodge wants you to compensate him with a new suit. Afraid that you may feel troubled when buying one, he specifically asked me to tell you about his measurements.
Looking at this message, Guadalupe felt very confused, thinking, “What the hell? What does this mean? So… He
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changed his mind and will give me a chance?”
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But the next second, she threw that thought out of her mind.
She told herself that she shouldn’t be overconfident about herself. After thinking about it, she thought maybe Ezequiel was just trying to prevent her from using the excuse of buying him a new suit to go to him again, so he struck first to warn her not to play any tricks.
She thought if she really bought a new suit and went to Ezequiel, Ezequiel might take that chance to ridicule her again.
She indeed wanted that job very much.
But she didn’t wanna exchange her dignity for it.
So, she cautiously replied: “OK. Got it. I’ll buy a new suit and have the express deliver it to Mr. Hodge asap.”
Getting the reply, Miguel reported to Ezequiel, “Ms. Melton said she got it and would have the express deliver it to you as soon as possible.”
With silver–rimmed glasses, Ezequiel was reading a book. When hearing the word “express“, he slightly narrowed his
eyes.
He responded lightly and turned another page of the book, looking a bit indifferent.
Miguel knew Ezequiel actually wanted to give Guadalupe a chance. Besides, Miguel also felt a bit of sympathy for her, so he asked directly, “Should I give her some hint?”
“Since she doesn’t want it, there’s no need for that,” Ezequiel
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Miguel couldn’t help but wonder, “How do you know she doesn’t want it?”
Though he felt a bit strange about Ezequiel’s words, he didn’t say anything more.
The next day, Guadalupe went to buy suits.
As soon as she got out, a car secretly followed her from behind.
Later, Guadalupe visited several shopping malls in Freyburgh, repeatedly comparing and selecting according to Ezequiel’s smoky gray suit based on style and workmanship.
Two hours had passed, and Guadalupe already felt sore in her legs, but she still hadn’t picked one.
It was not that smoke gray suits were scarce, but it was hard to find one whose workmanship was as good as Ezequiel’s.
Sitting on the outdoor bench, Guadalupe imagined that when Ezequiel got the suit, there would definitely be disdain in his
eyes.
“Well, never mind. Just pick one, and the task finishes!” Guadalupe sighed.
After resting for a while, she decisively rushed into a store she had just visited and picked a smoke–gray suit with similar colors and materials. As the clerk picked up the suit according to the size Guadalupe provided, she said to Guadalupe enviously, “Your husband has a perfect figure. Is he a model?”
Guadalupe thought, “A model? Well. If Mr. Hodge heard this,
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he would probably take this as a humiliation.”
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After she got out of the store with a bag, she sent a text to Miguel, asking for an address.
Just as she was sending the text with her head down, not far away, the person who followed her out secretly took a photo and sent it to Desmond.
On the other hand, Desmond had just come back to his office from a meeting.
He kept thinking of the woman’s figure he saw at the golf course yesterday. He felt it was too much like Guadalupe’s.
The most important thing was that there was a man in front
of her at that time.
In Desmond’s mind, he could pretend to have an affair with another woman, but Guadalupe couldn’t. He couldn’t stand to see other men touching her. He wouldn’t allow it.
In his eyes, Guadalupe was his private property, and she could only have him in her eyes and heart. Even if he died, he would drag Guadalupe down to accompany him.
So, he had people follow her secretly.
Just as he sat back in his chair, he received the report from his man. Guadalupe went shopping for three hours, bought a men’s suit, and then went home.
Knowing this, Desmond felt joy in his heart.
He thought, “She went out to buy me a suit? Seems like she has thought it through and decided to apologize. Good. She still knows what’s good for her and wants to keep being a
good wife of mine.”
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Guadalupe originally wanted to deliver the suit right after coming out of the mall.
However, she had waited for a long time yet still got no reply from Miguel. Having no other choice, she went back home first. After casually throwing the bag onto the sofa, she directly went upstairs to take a shower.
In the afternoon, she had been packing up her things.
There were only 8 days left.
Looking around the house she had been living in for years, she couldn’t help but feel a bit sad.
This house was designed according to her idea, and everything was picked by her. There was even a baby room reserved.
Back then, she thought Desmond was the one who she would spend the rest of her life with. But now, she had to leave him.
In the study, Guadalupe found an old USB drive in the corner of the drawer. With curiosity, she plugged it into the computer and found that it contained photos of her and Desmond from high school and college. Desmond looked so clean and handsome in these photos.
These photos recorded their many precious moments, and they seemed to have brought Guadalupe back to that youthful time.
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At night, Desmond went home for dinner, which was quite a rare thing.
But Guadalupe didn’t prepare his meal. Nor did she want to.
So, she pulled out a box of instant food, which seemed to have expired for over a year, and threw it to him.
Desmond was speechless.
“Or perhaps you can eat out,” Guadalupe said, thinking that Desmond preferred things outside, such as the woman outside and the bed outside. Anyway, as long as it was not her or hers, he liked it.
Desmond was stunned by her attitude.
He felt like Guadalupe was trying to kick him out.
His original happy mood instantly became down, and he snapped, “Other people’s wives always prepare fresh and steaming meals for their husbands while waiting for them to come home, while all I get is instant food?”
Guadalupe sneered in her heart, “I’m already kind enough not to have prepared you some poisons.”
But she didn’t wanna argue with him, so she just said lazily, “I’ve only got a pie with some tomato sauce. You want it?”
This time, Desmond went furious, asking her, “You forgot it? I never ate tomatoes!”
Guadalupe patted her head, saying, “Oh, I forgot.”
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Desmond’s face was extremely gloomy. After gazing at her for a while, he turned out of the kitchen and went upstairs with a sullen face.
On the other hand, Guadalupe took the pie, went to the dining table, picked an amusing variety show, and began to eat while watching.
In the study, Desmond was still angry.
He just didn’t understand it. Guadalupe spent three hours picking a suit for him. Why did she change her attitude as soon as he came back?
He didn’t inform her ahead that he would come back for dinner. But he thought she should go out to buy groceries to make some food for him when she saw him back.
And what irritated him more was that Guadalupe had forgotten about his food preference!
Desmond’s mood was extremely down now.
After a while, he got up and went to the wardrobe, wanting to see what kind of suit Guadalupe had chosen for him.
However, he had looked around and didn’t find any new suit, so he turned out, wanting to go downstairs to ask her. But just as he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped and turned around.
He looked at the wardrobe and suddenly realized that a lot of Guadalupe’s things were gone.
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