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Chapter 30

Author: Hauling Treasures
Ted's silence all but confirmed it. Stanley felt his mood lift. He smirked. "Let me buy you a drink."

"Not interested," Ted rejected the invitation.

Stanley continued, "If you want to pursue her, go ahead. We're divorced, so you have every right to try. I don't know if you'll succeed though." His last words dripped with confidence, as he believed Iris had rejected Ted because she still loved him.

All his frustration had faded away. "I may have gone too far that day," he admitted, his tone softening.

Ted was not an unreasonable person. They had been close friends for years.

"You're the one who said I could pursue her. Don't you regret it," Ted said.

It was indeed inappropriate for him to be in love with someone else's wife before this. He could overlook what happened that day, but he wanted to gauge Stanley's current stance.

"Go ahead," Stanley reiterated.

Satisfied, Ted responded, "We'll put what happened that day behind us. Let's go." He opened the car door and climbed in.

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