First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Love and Lovelessness

The banquet tonight had been going on for nearly two hours, but Caleb Lockwood hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol.

Serena Jennings suspected that Caleb Lockwood’s stomach issues were acting up.

These past few days, she had been fighting with Caleb about their divorce, and she hadn’t brewed the Chinese medicine that she used to meticulously prepare for him every day. Caleb probably hadn’t taken it, either, because only she knew the exact proportions and timing for the brew.

Let Caleb be in pain and die—this thought flashed through Serena’s mind.

But in the end, she couldn’t be that cruel.

Serena took out her phone and wrote down every single detail about Caleb’s stomach medicine, from the names of the medicinal ingredients to the proportions and brewing methods. Before sending it, she hesitated over whether to add some polite greetings, pleasantries, or explanations...

She typed and deleted several drafts, but in the end, Serena sent it off without adding a single extra word.

The WeChat message was received on Caleb Lockwood’s phone, but it wasn’t Caleb who opened it.

Claire Shaw turned away, quietly memorized the content Serena had sent, and then deleted it all cleanly.

Over on Caleb’s side, he was still socializing.

Although he had come tonight with Claire Shaw, there were many people here who knew him, and socializing was unavoidable. But he hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol, as his stomach pain had reached its limit.

This left his entire aura much colder, as if he was dissatisfied with everything about the evening’s banquet.

"Caleb..."

As the banquet was about to end, Caleb saw Claire Shaw bringing over a steaming bowl of herbal soup for him.

The fragrance of the medicine was familiar to him, but back when he dated Claire Shaw, his stomach had been fine.

"How did you know I have stomach issues? And about this medicine..."

Caleb glanced over in Serena’s direction.

"I know your health issues well, and I got this prescription from an old Chinese doctor, guaranteed to be effective."

Actually, Claire had Owen Warren and Lily Sutton buy the ingredients according to the recipe Serena sent. Without time to brew it, they just quickly mixed the herbs, hoping it would help somewhat.

"It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been so willful back then, you wouldn’t have had to be taken care of like this over the years..." Claire Shaw’s eyes filled with tears.

Serena smelled the herbal fragrance, turned her head, and just happened to see Claire Shaw resting against Caleb Lockwood’s shoulder, while Caleb was feeding Claire a piece of red velvet cake.

Red velvet cake—she had baked it for Caleb Lockwood many times.

Caleb had a sensitive stomach, couldn’t eat spicy food, and couldn’t eat things too sweet.

He wasn’t fond of sweet foods in general, but he had a particular liking for red velvet cake.

Serena practiced hard to bake red velvet cakes with just the right sweetness to suit Caleb’s taste, but Caleb was never truly satisfied.

Now she realized.

It wasn’t the red velvet cake he was dissatisfied with—it was her.

On the way home, Serena kept thinking about how she could divorce Caleb Lockwood.

Yet before she could finalize the divorce, an issue arose with her work at the juvenile detention center.

"It’s like this: Your husband contacted us and has changed your start date for the job. I’m calling to confirm this with you."

Serena was already at the downstairs entrance when she received the call from the detention center, and this is what was said.

In her sight, a black Maybach approached, and Serena knew it was Caleb Lockwood’s car.

Hanging up the phone from the detention center, Serena saw the car window lower, and it was Caleb Lockwood driving, not Mr. Miller.

"What do you mean by this?" Serena questioned.

"Get in the car."

Caleb didn’t say much, obviously having no intention to explain.

Serena looked into Caleb’s deep eyes but couldn’t gauge his thoughts.

She didn’t get in the car.

"It’s the family gathering today."

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