Chapter 5
The days at home passed quickly.
I deliberately blocked out all news related to Caleb Coleman.
I focused on preparing for my overseas
move.
A week before I was set to pick up the divorce papers at the County Clerk’s Office, Caleb Coleman sent me a message.
“Where are you?”
I pretended not to see it.
After a while, another message came through.
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“Don’t forget the time to go to the County Clerk’s Office.”
I still didn’t reply.
Ever since that day when he turned and left with Ivy Rogers, there had been nothing left to say between us.
Silence was the best reply I could give him.
Because of an important document, Caleb Coleman returned to the villa.
Looking around at the empty house, he felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
Scarlett Lewis had married far away in San Francisco, and here, she had no family or friends.
Since the first time he had gone to the Lewis
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family home to explain things about Ivy Rogers, even when she was angry, Scarlett had never left the house.
So Caleb Coleman never worried–he knew Scarlett Lewis loved him and would always wait for him at home.
He reassured himself that she was just out for a while and that he would wait for her at home.
He took out his phone and texted Scarlett Lewis, “Where are you?”
But before he could send it, he received a call from Ivy Rogers.
“Caleb, where are you?”
“I had to go back to the villa for an important document. Why?”
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“I made soup and brought it over, but there’s no one home, and I can’t get in.”
“Ilt’s so cold outside. When will you be back?” Ivy Rogers‘ voice came through the phone, laced with a hint of concern.
As the evening sky darkened and the night descended, Caleb Coleman knew he should turn her down.
But listening to Ivy Rogers gently telling him how much trouble she’d gone through to make the soup, his heart softened.
Scarlett Lewis still hadn’t replied. The last conversation we had was the one from our accidental encounter at the hospital.
That day, when Caleb Coleman was preparing to return, Ivy Rogers had told him
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there were paparazzi near the hospital and stopped him.
Looking at the chat history, Caleb Coleman realized he hadn’t returned that day, nor had he notified Scarlett Lewis.
So much time had passed since then, and now he didn’t know how to explain anymore.
Scarlett Lewis was a bit forgetful in her daily life and likely had already forgotten it.
Worried that she might have forgotten the date to pick up the divorce papers, he sent another message while heading back.
“Don’t forget the time to go to the County Clerk’s Office.”
Sitting in the car, he scrolled through their chat history.
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Before the divorce, Scarlett Lewis used to send him countless messages every day, sharing every little detail of her life.
He had enjoyed listening to her, feeling the deep love she had for him through each message.
It was fine, he’d just wait a bit longer. Once they remarried, he’d make it up to her, and everything would return to how it once was- close and intimate.
Caleb Coleman put down his phone, trying to reassure himself.
But what he failed to realize was that a heart that had been deeply wounded could never go back to how it was before.
And once disappointment had piled up
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enough, people would leave.
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