Chapter 7 Come Home with Me
Eliana didn’t speak.
But Hannah said. “Come on Amy, how could Eliana knows Professor Nelson? It’s coincidental they have the same last name. There are plenty of Nelsons in the world.”
Layla agreed. “That’s true.”
Amy pulled out her phone and quickly brought up her photos of the professor to show Eliana.
“El look! Isn’t Professor Nelson handsome? Is he your type? I know he’s mine. Ugh, he is gorgeous.”
Eliana looked at the photos of her husband on Amy’s phone. Today he was wearing the navy Armani suit she chose for him with a gray Brooks Brothers shirt. Impeccable as ever.
Maybe it was his appearance of nobility, but no matter where he was, he seemed to command the room.
Her husband was indeed very handsome.
Eliana decided to avoid the topic. “I’m going to the library.”
Her roommates didn’t press further and continued discussing their dreamy man.
Just as Eliana left the dorm, her phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID, it was Samuel’s personal assistant.
Eliana answered without hesitation. The man on the other end said, “Mrs. Nelson, please pack up and come to the parking lot. We’re here to take you home.”
This is a surprise. We?”
is Samuel there too?”
Remembering how he had scolded her last time without asking for the truth, she stubbornly refused. “I can’t come home right now. I need to study.”
The assistant’s phone was snatched away by Samuel, his voice now coaxing, he said, “Eliana, darling, please come home.
Hearing her husband’s voice gently coaxing her, was enough to make Eliana’s anger instantly melt away.
But still unhappy, she said, “I don’t want to come home at the moment, Samuel.”
“Hmm? Is that so?” He asked softly. She didn’t answer,
“Do you want me to come pick you up at your dorm entrance?” he added.
His voice had become even gentler.
Eliana knew, no matter how upset she was, he was irresistible.
She pouted and reluctantly replied, “Oh, alright.”
Putting away her phone, Eliana returned to the dorm to pack her books. Her roommates saw her come back and quickly asked, “Eli, weren’t you going to the library? Why are you back?”
me
While packing her textbooks, Eliana replied, “My family called and asked me to come home.”
Her roommates were envious. “It’s so nice to live locally. You can go home anytime. You’re so lucky, Eliana.”
“El, if there’s a chance, invite us to your house sometime.”
Eliana finished packing and looked at her three roommates with a faint smile, and said nothing.
Her roommates were fun girls, but the house she lived in was Samuel’s. She and Samuel had a secret marriage. So, no, she couldn’t bring them home.
After all, she could actually be divorced at any
any time.
Eliana ran to the parking lot and easily spotted the black Lincoln stretch limo parked there.
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The assistant saw Eliana and quickly got out to open the door for her.
As soon as Eliana got in, she saw Samuel in the back seat, dressed in a navy suit, exu
Samuel looked at his wife, seemingly forgetting their previous unpleasantness.
He slightly furrowed his brow and said in a gentle voice, “Didn’t go to the lecture?”
He hadn’t seen her in the audience.
charm of a mature man.
His wife was more beautiful than the average student, and he could always spot her at a glance no matter where she was.
But today in the school auditorium, he couldn’t find her.
Eliana tumed her head to look out the window, deliberately avoiding his gaze, but still replied, “Didn’t go.”
“Why didn’t you go?” Samuel asked
Eliana couldn’t keep the sulk out of her voice. “Someone who wants to divorce me surely doesn’t want to see me.”
Samuel frowned, a bit exasperated but also slightly amused.
He reached out to hold her. “Still angry?”
Eliana coldly shrugged off his hand. “Mr. Nelson, please show some self–respect.
Samuel was at a loss. This little woman
was
spiky.
He forcefully turned her body towards him and coaxed softly. “Don’t be angry anymore. I came to pick you up from your university, didn’t I?”
Eliana remained stubborn, pushing his hand away again and turning her back to him. “You came to pick me up? You came for your lecture.”
“Then do you know why I came to give the lecture?”
“Who knows?”
Samuel’s tone turned cooler. “If you don’t know, don’t make assumptions. Stop giving me the cold shoulder and turn to look at me.”
He was running out of patience. He had never indulged anyone like this before.
And here she was, growing increasingly dismissive.
Eliana was genuinely upset, but faced with the high and mighty Samuel, sometimes she could only do as he said.
She turned towards him with her head down, looking pitiful. She knew she wanted to cry.
Seeing her looking so miserable, Samuel felt tenderness soften his anger.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms, comforting her gently. “Alright, what happened before is in the past. Don’t be upset anymore.”
Eliana’s response was immediate. “How can it be in the past? You’ve already decided to divorce me, haven’t you?” Eliana thought, “He said divorce was necessary, but now he is being so gentle with her. What is
Does he thinks she is a puppy to be stroked and petted?’
tabo
Samuel continued to patiently comfort her. “If you don’t want to divorce, we won’t divorce now. I never said we had to divorce right away.”
Eliana wasn’t to be shrugged off that easily. “So you mean that someday we’ll still divorce, right?” she asked, looking at him.
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