When She Turns Her Back (Teresa and Charles) novel Chapter 274

Chapter 274

Charles had planned to head for the stairwell, but in the end, he found himself standing on the rooftop.

For some reason, he felt all kinds of restless unease stirring inside him.

Even though the wind was howling outside, the wall offered just enough cover for him to barely manage lighting a cigarette.

As soon as he exhaled, the smoke was whisked away by the wind.

After finishing one cigarette, he immediately lit up another.

For some reason, Teresa’s face kept flashing through Charles’s mind.

He couldn’t quite name the feeling—just a quiet ache, like he kind of missed her already.

She’d barely been gone

moment, and yet he felt as if he already missed her.

He told himself again and again not to think about her, but the harder he tried, the more his thoughts drifted her way.

In the end, Charles couldn’t help himself–he grabbed his phone and shot Teresa a message.

“Are you home yet?”

Two minutes ticked by before Teresa finally replied, “Yeah. Home.”

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Staring at those terse words, Charles couldn’t help but think of the Teresa he used to know.

If she were still her old self, Charles figured she’d be flooding his phone with messages right now.

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She’d be telling him every silly thing she saw, everyone she bumped into, maybe even sharing those little stories about haggling with street vendors…

Even with something as simple home!”

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getting home, she never waited for him to ask she’d always be the first to text, letting him know, “I’m

Still holding his phone, Charles couldn’t help himself. He typed out a moge: [Wanna video chat?]

Teresa’s message came back almost immediately: [?]

As Charles looked at that lone question mark, he couldn’t help but smile

to

himself.

Then he replied; [I want to see you.]

When Teresa saw that message, she couldn’t help but chuckle to herself. She typed out, “What? Don’t you trust me?”

But in the end, she didn’t send it after all.

She hesitated for a moment. These next few days were crucial with the divorce coming up—she couldn’t risk making Charles upset.

So, in the end, she compromised and just replied: “Min.”

Charles stared at that single “Mm“, waiting, but the video call never came.

So, a bit puzzled, he messaged her: “Still not sending the video?”

Seeing his message, Teresa clenched her jaw in annoyance.

But in the end, she sighed to herself and gave in yet again.

When she finally called, Charles answered almost instantly.

As soon as the video call connected. Charles saw Teresa’s face fill his screen.

He let out a little laugh and blurted, Tm out on the bak ony

Teresa was caught off guard for a second, but then she quickly recovered and just said, “Oh.”

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Seeing that Teresa was already lying down, Charles asked curiously, “Are you about to go to sleep?”

Teresa nodded. “Mm.”

At that moment, Teresa was stretched out on her bed, one hand poking out from beneath the covers to hold up her phone.

She let out two weary yawns.

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But Charles didn’t look like he was about to end the video call. Instead, he switched gears and asked, “Have you ever regretted it?”

Teresa’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Regretted what?”

Charles got straight to the point. “Aborting our second child.”

She almost blurted out, “Never“-it was the truth, right on the tip of her tongue.

But she stopped herself.

She knew that just one careless word could set Charles off, and right now, with the divorce at its most critical stage, she couldn’t afford to risk ruining it.

After a long, uneasy silence, Teresa finally spoke, carefully weighing her words: “It’s all in the past. Talking about right and wrong–or regret—doesn’t mean anything now.”

Charles looked pretty upset, the wind still roaring behind him as he fixed his gaze on Teresa through the screen. “If I’d known you were pregnant, I definitely would’ve wanted you to have the baby.”

Teresa was stunned for a second when she heard that.

just remembering the way she’d almost died giving birth to Yolanda–that whole amniotic embolism scare—still made her shiver.

But whenever Charles talked about having a second child, he never once brought up what she’d gone through back then.

He said “have the baby” like it was nothing, but she’d be the one risking everything.

Thinking about all that, Teresa felt a wave of relief wash over her. Thank God she hadn’t kept the second baby.

If she had, and had to go through all of that again… She was terrified she really wouldn’t have been able to survive it.

After a moment, she finally said to Charles, “But the world doesn’t work on “what ifs.“”

Charles fell silent, not saying anything more.

As his second cigarette finally burned out, Charles spoke up again, his voice unusually gentle. “There’s a party this weekend. Why don’t you come with me?”

Charles was never the type to ask Teresa to go to events with him.

But lately, she was always on his mind.

Teresa didn’t give a straight no. She just said, “Let’s see about it when the weekend comes.”

But Charles wouldn’t give her a chance to dodge. “Alright, I’ll come by and pick you up this weekend.”

Teresa didn’t reply to that. She rubbed her eyes, pretending to be sleepy. “Charles, I want to sleep now.”

Charles had already noticed how tired she was. Though he was reluctant to let her go, he softened his voice and said, “Alright. Goodnight.

After a moment. Teresa replied, “Mm.”

Just as she was about to tap the red hang–up button, Charles suddenly said. “Wait.”

Teresa paused, a bit puzzled. “What?”

Charles watched her on the screen looking a bit awkward as he said. ‘Give me a kiss?”

Teresa wondered if she’d just imagined that.

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But Charles only kept his gaze fixed on her, silent, as if waiting.

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