The Regretful Ex-wife by Iced Coffee
Chapter 8

Chapter 0008

“Sorry, I need to take this call.” Cecilia held up her phone, looking apologetic.

“It’s alright.” Sean smiled.

Cecilia answered the call. On the other end of the line, Tina’s voice

rang out. “What took you so long to answer, Cecilia?”

“Huh? Did you call me before this?” Cecilia looked surprised.

“Yeah. I already left a few missed calls earlier.”

Cecilia checked her phone. Indeed, there were a few calls that she hadn’t answered. She stuck out her tongue and said guiltily, “Sorry, Tina. I was too busy to notice.”

“I just knew you had to be busy with work.”

“How did you know that?”

“C’mon, I know you better than that. Have you taken care of everything?”

“Yep. Did you call to tell me about something, Tina?”

“It’s nothing, really. I just wanted to let you know that I got divorced.”

“Divorced? What? Why’d you suddenly get divorced?” Cecilia asked in

surprise.

“Don’t even ask. I can’t believe I was blind enough to marry someone. like him. I treated him so well, yet he cheated on me mentally!” Tina

said.

“Cheated on you mentally?”

“This is what happened…” Tina gave Cecilia the rundown on Sean

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forging love letters to himself, albeit an exaggerated version.

She even told Cecilia that Sean leeched off her throughout their marriage, even going so far as to demand that she give him a million- dollar allowance each month. She’d only decided to divorce him

because she couldn’t take it anymore.

“Oh, my God! He’s such a jerk!” Cecilia didn’t know the truth. She was furious after hearing Tina’s version of events.

“Forget about him. It’s all in the past now. I was just calling you to

vent a little. I suppose the heavens still favor me, though. They

allowed me to meet Wayne,” Tina said.

“I’m really happy for you.”

“Oh, right. Do you still remember the pink butterfly hair clips we bought together when we were kids?”

“Of course! Why are you suddenly asking about it?”

“I came across mine when I was doing some cleaning today, and it brought back so many memories. It’s a symbol of our friendship, after all!” Tina said.

“Uh-huh. I’ve always kept my hair clip safe and sound.” Despite Cecilia’s words, she couldn’t help feeling diffident. Her hair clip had actually gone missing when she was a kid. She’d just never said anything about it because she didn’t want Tina to get mad.

Tina’s suspicions were cleared when she heard that. It looked like Sean hadn’t cheated on her with Cecilia. She trusted Cecilia. Besides, there was no way Cecilia would be interested in a loser like Sean.

“That’s all I was calling about, really. I’ll leave you to it, okay?” Tina said.

“Okay. Don’t be too upset, alright? I’ll always be by your side,” Cecilia said encouragingly..

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“Okay.” Tina hung up.

Sean’s heart jolted. He’d heard Cecilia mention something about a hair clip. This meant she really was the little girl from 15 years ago! He couldn’t hide his agitation.

“Are you okay?” Cecilia asked when she saw how agitated he suddenly was.

“I’m fine. I just… suddenly thought of something. Was that your friend on the line?”

“Yeah, my best friend. She’s just gotten divorced.” Cecilia didn’t hide it

from Sean.

“Divorced?” He pretended not to know anything.

“Yeah. God, the guy is such a jerk!” Cecilia started getting mad again.

“Uh…” Sean smiled awkwardly. “Maybe you could tell me more about

it.”

“It’s like this…” Cecilia told him everything Tina had told her earlier. The more she said, the angrier she got. “I can’t believe there are such jerks on this earth! It’s bad enough that he’s so shameless. How could he cheat on her mentally?”

“Ha ha… Yeah…” Sean said awkwardly. Could he tell her that he was the jerk she was talking about? Tina had obviously slandered him, though.

The situation with the love letters was real, albeit twisted, because of a misunderstanding. But the part about him demanding Tina give him. a million dollars as his monthly allowance was absolutely fake. Tinal had deliberately made him look bad to cover up the fact that she was the one who’d had an affair!

Cecilia didn’t know the truth, so she could only look at Sean angrily.

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You think so, too, right? if I were the one to meet a man like him, and if he’d done those things to me, I’d wait until he was asleep, and then

“And then?” Sean raised an eyebrow. He had an ominous feeling.

Cesilia held up a hand and mimed sdipping something.

Hahana That’s a little extreme, isn’t it?” Sean’s scalp tingled. He suddenly felt a little chilly around his groin.

Cecilia seemed to realize how bold her actions were. She stuck her tongue out a little and said, “Well I wouldn’t have done it, really. I was just too angry. It’d be great if all the men in this world were like

Sean chuckled awkwardly. “Yeah, I guess.”

‘No, I mean it!” Cecilia thought he was being humble. She stuck her head up proudly. “Oh, right. I still don’t know your name. Tina’s phone call interrupted us.”

“Uh, well … You can just call me Mr. Lakeworth for now.” Sean figured it was better not to reveal his identity for the time being. He didn’t want Cecilia to snip him anywhere.

“You really are a humorous guy.” Cecilia smiled. She couldn’t help feeling that Sean was different from all the other men she’d met. “I’ll address you as Mr. Lakeworth, then.

They continued chatting until Cecilia’s father called. Only then did they part. She reluctantly bid Sean farewell at the cafe’s entrance. This is my number, Mr. Lakeworth. I really enjoyed talking to you today, and I hope we’ll have the chance to meet again in the future.”

“Me, too. I’ll see you later.” Sean smiled.

“Eve, then.” Cecilia gave him one more look before getting into her BMW 3201. She slowly drove off.

Sean watched her leave. He could tell from their earlier conversation that she was an optimistic, righteous young woman. He just didn’t know how she would react when she found out he was the creep Tinal

had told her about.

He hoped she wouldn’t really snip his groin.

Sean shook his head with a smile. He believed there would be a day when all the misunderstandings were unraveled. But before that, he had other more important things to do.

He had to return to the villa to retrieve the hair clip. Since Tina wasn’t its owner, she didn’t deserve to have it with her.

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