Chapter 470

Jonathan didn’t leave . He stood at the door , talking to himself , “ I lost my cool earlier . You paid back all the money . I wanted to see you , but you wer saying there’s nothing left for us to talk about .
“ Then you went out to eat with that guy Thomas, and even went to a hotel with him . You came back so late . I stood out here in the rain , just waiting wondering when you’d come home . Do you have any idea how that felt for me ? ”
Teresa remained silent .
Jonathan said , “ Get some rest . I’ll come by again tomorrow . Looks like it’ll rain again , so just stay in , okay ? ” With that , his footsteps slowly faded away .
Teresa was up by seven the next morning . She got ready and headed out for work . When she got downstairs , she saw Jonathan’s car already parked outside .
“ Can we talk ?” Jonathan called out .
“ There’s nothing to talk about . You’re always right , aren’t you ? ” Teresa snapped , shaking off his hand and getting into her car .
Jonathan noticed she didn’t even bother adjusting her seat before driving off . He stepped back and said , “ Alright , go ahead . Just drive safe , okay ? ”
But Teresa had already started the engine and sped away .
Still worried , Jonathan followed her car at a distance all the way to her company . Once Teresa went in , she didn’t come out again .
Jonathan tried to see her , but the receptionist told him Teresa didn’t want to meet and asked him to leave .
When work was over , Teresa drove straight to Miriam’s place .
As soon as Teresa walked in Miriam’s , Michael ran over and threw himself into her arms . “ Mom , what took you so long ? I’ve been waiting forever ! ”
Teresa ruffled his hair , apologizing softly , “ Sorry , kiddo , I’m late .”
Just as they were about to leave , Miriam’s phone rang . She cleared her throat and went into her room to answer it .
When Miriam came back out , she pulled Teresa aside and whispered , in her ear , “ Jonathan’s looking for you . ”
“ I’m not seeing him , ” Teresa said firmly .
“ What’s going on with you two ? He even tracked you down to my place , ” Miriam asked , looking curious .
“ Nothing . I just can’t be bothered to see him or talk to him ,” Teresa replied , her face blank .
Miriam sighed . “ I don’t know what happened between you two , but if you don’t want to see him , I’ll just tell him you’re not here .”
“ Forget it , don’t make it so obvious . He already knows I’m here , or he wouldn’t have called you , ” Teresa said .
“ So what should I do then ? Just do nothing ? ” Miriam / asked .
“ I’ll stay at your place tonight . I’ll leave after he’s gone , ” Teresa said .
Miriam didn’t mind at all if Teresa stayed over .
But early the next morning , Edward was coming over . They’d already made plans yesterday to spend the whole day at the water park together .
“ I’m just worried Edward will show up and see you at my place . And Mike’s here too , ” said Miriam .
“ It’s fine . I’ll head out early and go to the office , ” Teresa replied .
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Miriam didn’t buy it . “ How early can you even get up ? ”
“ I swear . I’ll be up by five , Teresa promised , but Miriam looked like she’d never believed that in a million years .
That night , Teresa stayed over at Miriam’s . Every time she pulled back the curtains , she’d spot that all too familiar car parked outside Ancored yanked the curtains shut again .
Miriam was a total gossip woman . Since Teresa wouldn’t spill what happened between her and Jonathan , Miriam figured Benny might know , so she called him up to ask .
Benny was completely baffled . He had no idea what was going on . He thought , ‘ Are they not speaking again ? Or is it another fight ?
“ I thought you’d know , ” Miriam said . “ I’ve never seen Teresa so fed up with Jonathan . She won’t even look at him .”
“ Let me check with him . If there’s anything we can do to help , we’ll do it ,” Benny said before hanging up .