Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Some of the neighbors that heard Audrey’s cry had called 911.
The cops slammed the man to the ground and put him in handcuffs.
Then, an officer came to them.
“The man has a criminal record. He pretends to be homeless so he can stalk beautiful young ladies before taking advantage of them.”
Bloody hell! He must have seen Audrey cleaning the house this afternoon.
The officer’s words reminded Audrey of the man’s terrible face. She shivered in fear.
As the bad guy was dragged away, his face was swollen and bloodied.
He licked his lips at Audrey and sniffed.
“Hmm… Beautiful… You smell good…”
Goosebumps prickled Audrey’s skin as she felt sick in her stomach.
Cornell picked Audrey up and walked directly to his car. After strapping her in, he wanted to turn around to slip into the driver’s seat, but she grabbed his wrist and said pitifully, “I left something in the house.”
“Don’t worry. We will come back for it tomorrow,” he said, patting her hand gently.
Hearing these assuring words, Audrey didn’t say anything more. She just leaned back and closed her eyes. Her heart was still beating hard though.
Cornell wanted to drive back to Ardlens. But now that Audrey was clearly not feeling well, he changed his mind.
He found a hotel nearby.
As soon as he walked into the room, Cornell frowned. The interior was worse than any hotel room he had stayed in his entire life.
However, he could only make do with it because this was considered the best in town.
He asked the staff to change the toiletries and all the beddings into disposable ones.
Then, he ran Audrey a hot bath and told her to take a good soak.
Audrey stood at the threshold of the bathroom door. She didn’t want to be alone in the bathroom. The lingering fear made it impossible for her to think straight.
With her shaky fingers, she tugged at Cornell’s shirt and asked something she would never have in the past.
“Cornell… Can you bathe with me?”
The fear in her eyes was evident.
Cornell squinted and asked, “Are you sure?”
Audrey was in a daze. She neither nodded nor shook her head. But right now, no one else could comfort her like Cornell.
She remembered when he held her in his arms and his chest felt warm against her face.
It was the sort of feeling that she longed for.
A hint of ambiguity quietly grew in the air. Audrey was scalded by Cornell’s intense gaze. It was now too late to withdraw her hand.
Cornell held her and then reached behind her to unzip her dress.
After stripping her naked, he picked her up and took her into the bathtub.
As she got soaked in the warm and soapy water, Audrey held his hand and said with a flushed face, “I can do it myself.”
Cornell gently pushed her hand away and insisted in a hoarse voice, “Relax, I won’t step out of line.”
To prove that he had no ill intentions, he kept a straight face the whole time.
This made him look more like a gentleman.
But every time his hand touched her skin, it felt so caressing and a little hard at the same time.
Audrey’s head was drawn back as she sat in the tub. She didn’t even look at him. After bearing it for a while, she couldn’t take it anymore.
“Well, that’s enough.”
Cornell raised his eyebrows. When he saw that she was serious, he helped her out and dried her body with a clean towel before putting a night robe on her.
After taking her to the bedroom, he went to take a shower.
By the time he emerged from the bathroom, Audrey was already lying on the bed peacefully.
It was hard to tell whether she was pretending or not.
Cornell gently lifted the blanket and got into bed. He pulled her into his arms and rested his chin on the crown of her head.
When he felt her shudder a little, he raised a corner of his lips and uttered softly, “Audrey, the baby is mine, right?”
There was a conspicuous level of certainty in Cornell’s tone.
Luis had told him there could be miscalculations in the conception dates of some women.
Although the test result wasn’t out yet, he could feel it in his guts that the child was his.
He firmly believed that Audrey would never cheat on him, let alone conceive a child for another man.
In the past few years, he knew everything about her. Audrey not only followed the rules but also cared about his feelings. He was aware that she loved him.
He rubbed his chin against her head and said in a magnetic voice, “”Audrey, I was such a fool in the past. I’m sorry for not treating you right. Let’s start all over and live a good life together, okay?”
These were the most affectionate words Audrey had ever heard from him.
Her heart began to race.
At this moment, her mind was in a mess.
He had just touched a soft spot.
Although she was deeply hurt by his nonchalance toward her, she couldn’t stop loving him no matter how hard she tried.
After all, this was the man she had loved for ten years.
He was her source of joy and sadness.
Her love for him was so deep that it hurt a lot.
At this moment, she curled up slowly like a pangolin, not knowing how to respond.
Two voices were arguing in her head. One was saying that a child needed to be raised by a father and a mother.
The other one told her to be sensible, “Wake up, Audrey! Don’t fall for those cheap sweet words. He’s not into you. This man is just possessive. Do you want to be dumped again? Say no!”
Despite the war going on in her head, Audrey began to feel sleepy for real.
Yet, Cornell was not sleepy at all. His affectionate eyes were still open.
In the middle of the night, Audrey screamed and woke up sweating all over.
She had been having a lot of bad dreams lately. Perhaps it was due to the pregnancy.
This time, she dreamed of that scary pervert chasing after her while saying, “Come, beauty. You smell good!”
“What’s wrong?” Cornell turned on the bedside lamp and turned her face to him.
Audrey bit her lower lip with tears at the corners of her eyes.
Since she was holding back her wail, she couldn’t help but whimper every few seconds.
Her pitiful look made Cornell sad. He pulled a piece of tissue and wiped her tears gently.
“Do you feel sad?” he asked.
“Yes…” Audrey sobbed again.
Audrey covered her mouth in a hurry. Her ears turned red instantly and her eyes glistened.
It was embarrassing to cry like a child. But she couldn’t help it.
Cornell looked at her affectionately and asked in a soft voice, “Can I help with that?”
By help, Audrey thought he meant patting her back to comfort her so she nodded and whimpered again.
Under the warm light, Audrey looked so angelic and innocent. Her earlobes looked so pink and tender as if they were screaming to be nibbled on.