MY GORGEOUS WIFE IS AN EX-CONVICT

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Claire left and went about her work, oblivious  a figure who was standing in one corner witnessing the scene.

In the news agency, reporter dylan was watching the news about audreys visit to the Sanitation Service Center to offer her apologies to the sanitation workers.

It wasn’t the kind of fluff piece he wanted to cover, but she’d been the city’s darling, and his boss had set him on the story so he covered it.

When he saw a dark-haired woman appearing on the screen, he started to frown. He found this woman familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen her.

“Who is this woman? Why does she look so familiar?”dylan watched the news footage over and over again, and then he

finally noticed that some other details popped out to him.

First aydrey’s hands clenched the gift box and her smile turned brittle when this woman exited the center and approached the press conference Second, the woman bore none of the excitement that her coworkers had. On the contrary, she looked positively resentful to be there. Which was odd, considering every employee that participated in the beckett Dumpster Fire he laughed at his own pun for audrey’s social media debacle had been thrilled to receive the compensation check and luxury apparel Not this woman though.

Then he noticed that in the background, Sean had visibly paled and began to look very uneasy the minute this woman appeared.

Lewis, dylan seemed to have thought of something and he started to search through the internet.

After a while, he found a piece of news that had been reported three years ago. A picture of the woman who had received the gift from audrey. Only she looked beautiful, vibrant in a way that he was shocked it was the same woman.

“This is too much of a coincidence dylan exclaimed.

Three years ago, that woman had been lewis’s girlfriend. Fast forward to today, and the successful attorney was sweeping the streets? That was a hell of a tumble. And this woman just so happened to be receiving a gift from audrey’s current girlfriend as an apology?
Dylan  rubbed his hands together. If he’d had a mustache, he would’ve given it a twirl. He laughed to himself as his excitement grew There was a story here.
A juicy one.

Where others had missed this one integral detail, he’d seen it. And he was going toast on it.

He dug into forming his story and drafting it.

Although there were more salacious ways to capitalize on the direction of his thoughts, he kept to the facts. With a story like this… it wouldn’t matter. He was fine to let the public speculate.

That would just encourage more people to read.

When he handed his work to the editor, the editor rejected it and told him to rewrite it.

“Why must I re-write it?” dylan asked unhappily. To be frank, he was offended. He’d done a damn good job catching this anomaly and building out the story around it. “Seriously, why do you want it rewritten? This is a slam dunk. You have to see that this is headline-worthy.”

“The management has passed down instructions that we’re not to approve any write-up about claire gray the editor replied.

Dylan asked in amazement, “Is the mayer or beckett family.

behind this?” It didn’t make any sense to him. When he had written about audrey earlier on, the editor had approved his news.

However, he was not allowed to write anything about claire.

“It’s not them. That’s enough, don’t ask any more questions. In any case, if this piece of news gets released, not only will you lose

your job as a reporter, but I will be sacked as well!” the editor said.

Dylan rubbed his eyes. To say he was shocked was an understatement. What the editor had said… seemed too much of an exaggeration.

Claire is merely a sanitation worker. Who would want to protect her?”

“You’re too young. In this world, there are many things beyond your imagination,” the editor replied with a sigh. He was also puzzled about why Mr.Landford was out to protect claire.

Meanwhile, as isaac  watched claire putting away the utensils, he said, “I heard that the woman who told you to search for her ring has gone to the Sanitation Service Center to offer her apologies.”

“Yes claire replied, “but I have given her gift to anna.

“Did you see lewis? I saw from the news that he showed up with his fiance audrey As he talked, he watched claire carefully for her reaction.

“Yes, I saw him claire replied. She looked calm, as though she was talking about someone who was of no concern to her.

Isaac crossed the room toward her. “How do you feel? seeing hendrix again make you sad?”

When claire heard the question, she lifted her head to look at him.

“I think I know what you’re getting at.” She smiled softly isaac are you worried about me? Don’t worry. Please. I promise you, I would not grieve over such a man.”

“Worried? Isaac ’s gaze deepened. Other than being worried about her, there was something else claire lifted her hand to stroke his head. Recently, she had been doing this more frequently. It was a tender gesture, and he’d be lying if he didn’t say that he liked the feel of her hands on him.

Even if it was a touch so innocent as tucking his hair back.
Isaac , hendrix is nothing to me. I will not be sad over someone who doesn’t love me. If I were sad, it would mean I still loved him.”

Isaac  searched her eyes for any tell that she was just saying what he wanted to hear.

“Truly,” she said. “I’m glad I no longer feel anything at all when I saw him. And I’m even more glad that I didn’t marry lewis back then.”

“Oh? Wouldn’t your life have been much easier if he’d supported you? You might be married to him right now and not have to work a day.”
“That’s not a benchmark for happiness,” she said. “And I don’t mind work. What I meant was claire said, “if my emotions could fade, then they were not that strong to begin with.”

“Hmm.”

Her statement rang true to him. And hearing her assert that her emotions had not been strong for hendrix filled him with a sense of relief.

“The accident and everything that transpired…it revealed lewis’s true nature. And for that, I am grateful. It was a blessing to know that he was not the man for me.”
Isaac  reflected on her words for a moment. Conflict, hardships, loss…they were what defined us. Claire had been dealt a terrible hand, but she’d risen above it. Maybe not financially, as she was strapped to a low-income job and living in a low-income apartment, but she was determined to be positive. And happy.

That was more than he could say for most of the people who ran in his circles.

They had money and opportunity. Most of them squandered it with selfish decisions or idiocy.

Still, something of what she’d said had him wondering… “Sister, will you feel sad for me one day?”

It wasn’t fair he realized, but he couldn’t help it. He wanted to possess her attention-even her negative emotions.
Claire was shocked by the question and she was at a loss for words.

“Will you?” he asked as he bent down, moving closer to her.

As he crowded her, he watched her pupils dilate and the way her pulse skittered at the base of her neck. She sucked a tiny breath.
When her gaze fixed on his, he could see her attraction-and her uncertainty.

“I… what I meant earlier was, if I loved a person, I would be sad. However isaac you’re my brother claire replied, her mouth dry.

“Can’t you love your brother? Isaac  asked. “We are, after all, family…”

He used his knuckles to lift up her chin, and he angled closer to her so she’d have no doubt of his intention.