Chapter 61

I drove the car around the neighborhood for a spin. This car is similar to the one I had before. My previous car was worth millions, but after my family went bankrupt, I had to use it to pay off debts.

When I came back from driving, Reynaldo was smoking at the door. He lazily leaned against it, with his sleeves rolled up, revealing his strong forearms. The smoke filled the air, and a hint of mistiness appeared on his handsome face. It was not until he stood up and walked towards me that I realized, to my surprise, that he seemed absent-minded. I quickly turned off the car engine and got out.

“How do you feel?” he asked me.

“Very well,” I said truthfully.

He smiled and said, “It’s good that you like it.” After a pause, he added, “Leave work early tomorrow.”

My heart trembled slightly. Tomorrow night, could he possibly want to go on a date with me?

Just as I was thinking this, I heard him say expressionlessly, “Tomorrow evening, the Humphrey family is going to host a birthday banquet for my grandmother. You will come with me to the Humphrey family’s ancestral home.”

“Me?” I looked at him in surprise. “But we no longer have any relationship, I…”

“Huh, it doesn’t matter?” Reynaldo laughed mockingly.

I hurriedly explained, “What I meant was, in the eyes of others, we have already divorced and have no relationship anymore. Would it be inappropriate for me to go?”

“There’s nothing appropriate or inappropriate,” Reynaldo exhaled a smoke ring, his tone indifferent.

I exclaimed anxiously, “There is definitely a distinction between what is appropriate and what is not. In a situation like this, it is definitely not appropriate for me to go, but it is suitable for Kimberly to go.”

Reynaldo glanced at me coldly in an instant and sneered, “Did you really think I was taking you to have fun? Now that you’re down and out, I’m only taking you to the banquet to humiliate you. Don’t forget, you used to mock us, the Humphrey family, with such a proud attitude. Now that your family has gone bankrupt, do you think they wouldn’t want to take the opportunity to humiliate you?”

“So, you took me to the party just to let them humiliate me?” I asked him, looking into his eyes.

He turned his face away and sneered, “So what?”

A pang of pain flashed through my heart in an instant. It seems that I was being overly romantic again. Just now, I even thought he wanted to go on a date with me. Regarding the matter of the banquet, I even thought that in his heart, I was more important than Kimberly, which is why he insisted on taking me. But originally, I was nothing. Indeed, I really couldn’t have any illusions about this man.

I lowered my gaze and said, “Don’t worry, I will come back as soon as I finish work tomorrow.”

Reynaldo didn’t speak and didn’t look at me, but there was a shadow of gloom and irritation between his eyebrows. In front of me, he always seemed to be in a bad mood. I couldn’t help but wonder if during those three years of marriage, I always had a poker face in front of him.

I didn’t say anything else and went upstairs by myself. After taking a shower, I looked down from the window and noticed that he was still standing in the yard smoking. The light stretched his figure long. He seemed to have something on his mind, but he never told me. Maybe it has something to do with Kimberly. Well, between him and Kimberly, where could I possibly fit in?

Reynaldo returned to his room in the middle of the night, with a hint of alcohol on him. He pressed on top of me and kept kissing me. I was abruptly awakened by him, and I was so angry that I cried out, “Reynaldo, what are you doing? I want to sleep.”

He rubbed his forehead against the nape of my neck, his deep and hoarse voice carrying a hint of injury. He said, “Can you please coax me? I am angry, and you never coax me.”

In the darkness, I couldn’t see his face, but I could imagine the expression of pain on it. Did he mistake me for Kimberly? After all, during those three years of marriage, I treated him so poorly, yet he never showed the slightest sign of being hurt in front of me. In this world, only Kimberly could make him so sad.

Lost in thought, Reynaldo suddenly kissed me haphazardly. I exclaimed, “Reynaldo, stop messing around, I am really tired.”