Escape from Mr. Whitman (Emma and Theodore) novel Chapter 372

He hadn’t left the room, but a moment later, his phone rang.

It was Jared.

“Hey?” he answered, already guessing why Jared was calling at this hour—it was probably another invitation to go out drinking or hit up a bar, but he was ready to decline.

Funny, he thought, how things had changed. Wasn’t it always him who used to drag out nights with friends, finding any excuse not to go home?

But this time, Jared was calling for something else: to have him comfort Cecilia Chambers.

“What did you do to make Cici cry like this?” Jared sounded genuinely baffled, and over the line, he could hear Cecilia’s muffled sobs in the background.

He paused, trying to remember—oh, right, he hadn’t agreed to buy Cecilia that new apartment she wanted.

He let out a humorless chuckle and hung up.

All that talk about someone caring for him, about love being enough as long as he kept her in his heart—he’d never really believed it. Back then, he was simply willing to indulge her.

Five years ago, when Cecilia left, it was right when he and Jared Hanley had hit a rough patch with their startup.

Years of hard work seemed on the verge of going down the drain.

That was when she decided to walk away and break up with him.

He wasn’t stupid—he knew exactly why she left. But he also had enough self-awareness not to drag someone down with him when he had nothing to offer.

Later, he heard the rumors: she’d gone abroad with some rich trust-fund kid.

None of it surprised him.

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