My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 1012: Overthinking

Chapter 1012: Overthinking

She didn't believe that Preston had something crucial to discuss withher. They had already been clear about their relationship, at least fromher perspective. As for Preston's thoughts and intentions, she didn'tcare and wasn't curious.

Camille remained silent, her expression icy. Her face was devoid of anyemotion as she waited.

Preston asked, "Cami, why aren't you saying anything?"

Camille's gaze remained cold, and her voice was detached as sheresponded, “Is there something you need?"

Her coldness seemed to make Preston's voice slightly tense, but he stillspoke softly, asking, "Cami, have we become distant?"

Camille didn't understand why he was asking this question again. Beingdistant wasn't something that could be changed with words; it was aresult of his lack of honesty.

From the day Preston became her friend, he had carried secrets withhim, leading to this strained relationship.

Camille had always been open and honest with him, even confessingher love for Ayan without reservation. Looking back, she found itsomewhat amusing.

Camille pursed her lips and said, "Are you doing all this just to makeme call you? Well, I've called. Do you have something important to say,or are you only interested in asking irrelevant and unimportantquestions?"

Preston's emotions seemed to intensify, but his voice remained gentleas he questioned, "Cami, do you think our relationship has becomeunimportant to you?"

Camille's reply was straightforward. "Whether it's important or not can'tbe changed by mere words. Don't overthink it, and don't jump toconclusions based on a single word or sentence from me, okay?"Camille's tone showed impatience, which was evident to Preston.

Her coldness was quite apparent, but Preston's demeanor didn'tchange much. He explained, "Cami, I'm not making assumptions, andI'm not asking for anything. I'm just reaching out to you. I want toapologize, and during this period of silence, I've realized a lot of things."Preston had started to reflect on what he had done in the call. Hecouldn't let his selfishness affect others, and he couldn't hold grudgesbased on misunderstandings. It was selfish and not right.

Though he didn't explicitly mention Ayan or the Simpson family, Camillecould read between the lines. Preston was trying to convey that he nolonger held resentment towards them and hoped that Camille wouldgive him a chance to restore their previous friendship.

Preston spoke at length, but in the end, he asked Camille a singlequestion, his voice sincere, "Cami, are you willing to give me thischance?"

She pursed her lips and remained silent, taking several seconds beforeshe spoke slowly, "Preston, since you've gone this far with your words,I believe you must have made a decision and choice in your heart. Youasked if I'm willing to give you this chance, but truthfully, I don't think Ihave the authority.”

"No, Cami, you do have the authority. You've always had it. We'refriends, and it's been so many years. It's just my own selfishness andjealousy that pushed us further apart. I truly regret it. Isn't life aboutexperiencing and growing from it?" Preston was afraid that Camillemight continue to say things that would distance herself from him, so heexpressed his feelings promptly.

Camille simply smiled faintly, showing no signs of being moved oranything else. She replied, "Thank you for being willing to say all this tome, but Preston, opportunities aren't something others give; they'resomething you seize for yourself. So, you don't need to ask me. It'sabout your own choice. If you've figured things out and made up yourmind, I believe everything will naturally follow your intentions.”Camille's response left no room for ambiguity.

The conversation seemed to come to an end at this point. They hadn'tbeen in contact for a long time, and there wasn't much more to discuss.In life, topics diminished when people didn't communicate or spendtime together frequently. Only close relationships led to moreconversations. That's just how life worked.

Before hanging up, Preston extended an invitation, "Cami, do you havesome free time in the next few days? If you can, I'd like to invite youand Mr. Simpson to have a meal together."

Preston's attitude sounded sincere, and every word he spoke conveyedhis earnestness. It was hard to replace anything wrong with his request.However, Camille was somewhat surprised because this invitationincluded Ayan. While inviting her alone would have been normal,mentioning Ayan made it unexpected.

Camille briefly considered the invitation and then replied softly, “Let'sskip the meal. I don't even know if he'll have the time, and I have a lotof things to handle myself, so let's not have the meal.”

Camille declined, but Preston didn't give up. He said, "Okay, we'llarrange it after you both finish your work. Cami, I just want us to have anice meal, address some things from before, and offer my apologies toMr. Simpson as a gesture of goodwill. I don't have any other intentions,so I hope you won't misunderstand.”

Camille replied with a simple "Mmm" and didn't want to continuediscussing anything related to her and Ayan with Preston. Shepreferred not to say another word on this topic, especially in front ofPreston.

Camille changed the subject, saying, "Should I have someone deliverthe phone back to you? Please provide me with an address.”

Preston responded, "No need, just keep the phone. It's a hassle tosend it back and forth. We can take it out when we have dinnertogether another day."

Camille instinctively furrowed her brows and said in a low, serious tone,“It's not necessary. Weren't you already in Hance? I can easily havesomeone drop it off."

She didn't want to hold onto Preston's phone, even though it was just aphone. It felt inappropriate, and she had a strange feeling about it.Camille insisted that someone deliver the phone, and Preston had nochoice but to provide his address. After Camille noted down theaddress, she said, "Alright, I'll have someone send it over later. Pleasemake sure to receive it."

"Okay."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After bidding farewell, Camille promptly ended the call.

In a place where Camille couldn't see, Preston's face turned dark andcold. This conversation with Camille hadn't provided him with anyuseful information, and he could clearly sense her distance andguardedness.

Even though he repeatedly expressed regret for what he did in thepast, Camille remained cold. Preston squinted his eyes, and hisdispleasure deepened. His voice carried a chill as he muttered, "It mustbe Ayan influencing her."

He attributed everything he couldn't accept to Ayan.

In his heart, he silently vowed, "Ayan, just wait and see!"

This phone call left Camille feeling somewhat down. Preston's actionsand responses had raised many questions in her mind.

She silently pondered for a long while and then decided to sendsomeone with Preston's phone to the provided address.

Camille sighed silently and decided to discuss this matter with Ayanwhen he returned in the evening. While it wasn't extremely important,Preston's call and invitation to dinner were somewhat surprising, andCamille wanted Ayan's perspective on whether Preston had otherintentions or if he genuinely wanted to let go of the past.

As for the answer, she would leave it to Ayan to discern. She didn'twant to overthink this matter; it was exhausting.