Chapter 74 Phone Calls

(Sybil’s POV)

The day after the meeting with John and our lawyers, I wasn’t really in the mood to talk to anyone or go anywhere. Emma had taken me to Darcy’s as promised yesterday, which was a nice distraction, but I knew that it was only temporary and that I couldn’t run away from my problems forever.

I couldn’t stop thinking about the way that John had looked at me at the meeting. His eyes had been full of hatred. I knew that he was hurt by what he assumed to be true. I couldn’t blame him for feeling that way, but if he had just given me a chance to explain that what the article said about me wasn’t true, maybe we could have talked things through. Then he wouldn’t have signed the divorce papers impulsively.

Or would he still have refused to believe me?

Probably, knowing him.

He could be very stubborn at times, not willing to change his way of thinking, even when there was actual proof that he was wrong.

Still, I would have liked an opportunity to at least try to clear up the misun