chapter 1725
chapter 1725
"It’s fine; he can leave whenever he wants to," answered Charmine to Chris, her response audibly aloof. "It has nothing to do with me. I’ll make breakfast."
With that, Charmine walked into the room and changed out of the dress she put on for watching the sunrise. She slipped on a simpler dress and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Chris stood still, silently, seemingly lonely as he stared at the torn letter.
The plan of watching the sunrise with his parents and Chloe was canceled.
What a heartbreak, this was.
Plopping himself to sit on the sofa angrily, he mumbled furiously, "What a douche-dad. He always leaves when it’s important! If Mommy goes back to her extreme mindset like before, I won't call him Daddy anymore!
"He left as he wanted to without even telling us. He didn't even ask if Mommy wants to go back with him! What a douche-dad!"
Inside the kitchen.
Charmine remained calm as she tried giving herself the pep- talk, that Anthony had his free will to leave and that it would
not affect her.
Still, she could not help herself from spacing out.
She forgot to add salt to the porridge, and she even forgot to add condiments to the dishes.
The entire kitchen was in a mess. It took her over an hour to finally complete making the breakfast.
Bringing out the food to the front yard, she only brought out Chris' bowl, saying, "Momo, come out for breakfast."
"Coming!"
Not wanting to sully Charmine's mood, Chris tried his best to act normal. Taking up his bowl, he then noticed that only one bowl was left.
"Mommy, you forgot to get yourself a bowl," Chris pointed out.
"It’s alright." Charmine looked at him calmly. "Mommy isn’t hungry. Carry on with breakfast."
Pausing for a moment, Chris blurted, "Mommy, are you upset because Daddy left?"
This made Charmine pause before replying, "No, it has nothing to do with him. I'm used to drinking warm water in the morning."
"Alright, then." Anthony did leave all of a sudden, after all. Charmine must have been affected, but he did not know how to comfort her.
What Anthony did was too mean. Chris wanted to help him out but did not know where to start.
Chris was similarly affected and did not have an appetite as well. He only had a few bites before he placed his spoon down. "Mommy, I'm full," he said.
"Alright, then." Charmine stood up and cleaned up before saying, "Mommy will go and help out at the site later. Go play with Chloe." i
Charmine sounded calm and unperturbed, as though Anthony's departure had nothing to do with her.
"Alright, then." Chris nodded.
Charmine tidied the house and sent Chris to the village chief's house before she headed to the construction site. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.
Sporting a white shirt and a black blazer on top, she paired her outfit with high-waist suit pants, showing her lean, long legs.
At the site, Charmine was a sight to behold: haughty yet professional.
She donned the safety helmet and focused on work.
She professionally instructed the workers on what tasks to focus on and what needed to be worked on.
When she noticed that they did not have enough staff, she went and helped out in carrying and lifting things.
As Charmine bent to place down what she was carrying, she unconsciously noticed a tall figure standing not too far away and halted.
Her mind instantly brought up one person-Anthony.
She even thought that he had come back.
When she turned to focus on the individual, she realized that he was just a worker at the site.
Charmine looked away and smiled self-deprecatingly before she placed down everything at hand. Noticing that there were bricks needed to be moved, she went over to help out, too.
She tried to rid Anthony off of her brain, but ever since his name crossed her mind, it was like an unrelenting tidal wave, one that swept her off her feet and overtook her.
Thunk!
As Charmine was stacking up the bricks, she did not retrieve her ring finger in time, causing her finger to be stuck under a heavy brick.
"Argh!" Charmine cried out in pain and quickly retrieved her finger.
Her pale finger instantly turned purple, and blood oozed out of her nail folds.
Charmine furrowed her brows in pain as she felt that sharp, stinging pain coming from the tip of her finger. The pain stretched out to her heart, so much so that even her heart was in agony.