I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 02
After all, I used to be the one desperately calling him, trying to find out where he was.
[Ignore him!
Give him the cold shoulder!
Let him have a taste of not being able to find someone!]
I obediently tucked the phone back into my bag, though I couldn’t quite suppress the smirk tugging at my lips.
Honey, it’s not that I don’t want to reply, it’s that I need you to… fall in love with me all over again.
You’ll understand, right?
I stayed out all night.
The next morning, I came home exhausted and hungover.
The living room light was on. Nathaniel sat on the sofa, his eyes bloodshot, the ashtray by his feet overflowing with cigarette butts.
Seeing me, he lunged forward and grabbed my wrist, his voice hoarse: “Where have you been?!!”
I smelled the lingering scent of Isabella’s perfume on him.
When I didn’t answer, his face was filled with disbelief: “You were never like this before!
You would never stay out all night!”
I looked up, blinking innocently.
“What’s wrong with staying out all night?”
“Nathaniel, we’re both adults. Don’t we each have our own lives?”
Nathaniel was rendered speechless. For the first time, a strange unease and a hint of panic appeared in his bloodshot eyes.
“Isn’t this what you always used to say to me?”
I tilted my head, smiling innocently, “You said you were busy, you said you had social obligations, you said… adults need their own space.”
I threw the words he once used to brush me off right back at him, verbatim.
In truth, my heart was pounding, and my palms were sweating with nervousness.
[Stay strong!
Girl!
Don’t break character!
You’re Queen Lilith now!]
[Yes!
Fight magic with magic!
So satisfying!]
The general comments gave me endless confidence.
Just then, the master bedroom door clicked open.
Isabella emerged, wrapped in a loose silk robe, rubbing her sleepy eyes lazily.
That robe was my favorite one.
In the past, this scene would have been enough to make me go mad with jealousy. I would have wanted to tear her face apart on the spot.
[Here comes the main event!
High-stakes alert!
Remember, whoever gets angry first loses!]
I took a deep breath. Calmness is the greatest weapon.
Seeing me, Isabella feigned surprise, covering her mouth, her voice dripping with a cloying sweetness: “Oh, you’re back, sis?
I’m sorry, I drank too much last night, and Nathaniel was afraid I’d dirty my clothes, so… he just grabbed one of your nightgowns for me. You don’t mind, do you?”
Nathaniel’s expression was also extremely unnatural as he explained awkwardly, “Her clothes were dirty, I just grabbed a random one.”
“Mind?”
I smiled and walked straight up to Isabella. My tone was full of blame, but it was directed at Nathaniel, “How could you give Isabella my old, worn clothes to wear?
That’s so thoughtless.”
I took Isabella’s hand and led her intimately toward the walk-in closet. Under their shocked gazes, I took a brand-new silk slip dress from the wardrobe and pressed it into her hands.
“This one is new, never worn. It’ll suit your skin tone.
Go on, go change into it. It’s beautiful.”
[Holy shit!
Queen behavior!
That’s a soul-crushing move!]
[Isabella looked furious. She thought it was a provocation, but Lilith Wallace just treated her like someone picking up sloppy seconds!]
I ignored their petrified expressions, returned to my room to change into a sharp suit. Bag in hand, I was ready to leave.
As I passed through the living room, I casually took a velvet box from the safe in the entryway.
“Where are you going?!!
And what is that you’ve taken?!!”
