All Chapters of Ex-Husbands, I'm Back: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"Was that what she was looking for earlier? How clumsy?" Dante remarked casually, shrugging right after before making a quick turn to leave the room.The moment he tried stepping out through the opened door, he bumped into the incoming figure of Lyra, her head slightly brushing against his chest."Oh…Oh sorry." She mumbled awkwardly, waving apologetically.Dante, who had been equally startled at first, soon regained himself, stepping back and waving back slightly to say,"It's fine."Then, after a small, uneasy pause, Lyra fumbled with her hands and asked without exactly looking at his face."Still hungry? Because I made you some noodles."Dante raised his brows. "Noodles? Is that the only thing you know how to cook?"Lyra's gaze met his own for a moment, then she hurriedly looked away again, making a sharp, furtive gesture."Not really... You didn't seem to have much at home. I only prepared what was available."Dante sighed tiredly and walked out measuredly, heading for the dining

The next morning, it was precisely 7:30 a.m., which was a Saturday. Lyra sat up on the bed abruptly and grasped her phone, dialing the number of the manager of the makeup store Dante had given her, informing her of her session with them that day.A few minutes later, after she had gotten fully dressed, she came out of her room and proceeded to the sitting room downstairs, hoping to meet Dante, but surprisingly, she bumped into the figure of Marcus, his assistant, waiting for her on the couch. He stood up at once when he saw her."Morning, madam, my boss told me to come pick you up for your session; he left quite early this morning.""Oh, he is not in?" She asked, looking up again."No, he is not." He answered, looking mildly surprised."You didn’t know?" He asked slightly, pushing up one brow."Never mind." Lyra waved. "Can we go now?" She asked further."Sure sure." Marcus nodded.~~~"Mrs Cooper you're here already?" The manager said this with a confident smile as Lyra and Marcus c

"Felix, please not today," Lyra said, stopping him with one of her hands rigidly held out."Can you hear that rumbling?" It's about to rain. You know I need to get home as soon as possible; it's late already." She added.Felix ran a hand over his hair, looking like someone who had just lost a rare contract. Then she shrugged and said,"Alright, maybe next time then.""Yeah, yeah, next time," Lyra replied in a hurry, going close to him and hugging him briefly."We'll see some other time, okay?" She whispered, before limping out of the room, leaving Felix, who was still unmoved and expressionless, gazing straight at the wall like a statue.The rain was beginning to trickle down little by little by the time Lyra got outside. She quickly flagged down a taxi with urgency in her tone as she described the junction located a few meters close to Dante's estate, the same one she stopped the other time, knowing that none of them would agree to drive into the estate itself.Lyra climbed down fro

The first thing Lyra did after waking up the next morning was to rush back to Dante's front door, knocking even more persistently than she did the previous night, but he still didn't respond nor open up. She sighed tiredly and returned downstairs proceeding to the car park to look for him, but his car wasn't there when she came down. She stood there and fumbled with the ring in her hand for some time before she went back inside. As soon as she re-entered her room, her phone instantly beeped to a message from Lyra. "Hey girl remember we still got some shopping to do today. Catch you later." Lyra smiled after reading through. She took off her gown and made for the bathroom.After taking her bath and getting dressed. She rushed out of her room again and breezed into the kitchen quickly preparing a breakfast of broccoli and stuffing it into the lunch bag, she zipped it up and turned around to leave the building with hastened footsteps. Outside the estate, she hailed a cab driver

The following day, Lyra awoke from sleep quite late; the pillow next to her head was wet with tears, and her eyes were red and swollen due to all-night crying.She sat up slowly on the bed and picked up her phone to call Felix's number again, but it didn't ring at all this time; his phone was no longer reachable.Her head was pounding vigorously; she was in a struggle not to read meaning into Felix's sudden unavailability after yesterday's call."His line hardly ever shuts down,” she reasoned with questioning eyes.When no clear explanation seemed to be forthcoming, she finally rolled down from the bed lazily, lacking the willpower nor strength to begin the new day. However, she still had to try; she had to push herself, knowing the kind of boss she was working under. Secondly, it was obvious her days in Dante's house were already numbered, and she was aware that her only means of subsistence should the worst come to worst would be her job; Felix wasn't exactly working at the moment