When She Turns Her Back (Teresa and Charles) novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79

If I tell Charles about this, hell definitely find a way to stop Jason from putting pressure on Hector, Teresa thought.

But the moment she finished speaking, her nerves kicked in.

To her surprise, Naomi’s voice came through the line. “Charles, look. There’s a shooting star. Quick, make a wish.

The line went silent for a moment, but then Naomi’s voice returned. “Charles, what did you wish for?”

Charles replied softly. “It’s a secret

His answer was brief, but the way he said it was unmistakably doting-

Even through the phone, Teresa could sense the flirty tension between Charles and Naomi.

Naomi laughed and said, “Yolanda spotted some crabs. Want to go catch them together?”

Charles answered without thinking. “Yeah, let’s go.”

Suddenly, he remembered Teresa was still on the call and asked, “Wait. What were you saying just now?”

He hadn’t caught a single word Teresa said.

Teresa didn’t respond right away.

After what felt like forever, her voice was barely above a whisper as she asked. “Where are you?”

It was something she’d asked him plenty of times before.

But this time, Teresa wasn’t doing it to keep their marriage together.

Charles paused for a moment, then asked. ‘Are you checking up on me?

Teresa said, “There are some things I want to tell you face-to-face

Charles replied with a hint of indifference. I’m busy right now. Let’s talk next time.”

Teresa had heard that line way too many times.

‘But when is the next time?’ she wondered. To him, next time usually means never

She was just about to tell Charles why she called, but he hung up on her.

Listening to the busy tone, Teresa lowered her phone, feeling like someone had pulled the plug on her soul.

For two whole days, Teresa didn’t reach out to Charles again. But Hector was suddenly unreachable.

And just when things were getting tense, Troy’s gifts showed up every single day, rain or shine.

Teresa didn’t even bother to open any of the jewelry boxes piling up.

With Troy, one could bet that nothing he sent was cheap.

Teresa knew it was all a waste, but Troy never stopped sending them, one after another.

1/3

Right now, with everything going on, Teresa couldn’t even spare a thought for Troy; she was too busy worrying that something might’ve happened to Hector.

She waited an entire day, but Hector still didn’t reply to any of her messages. She just couldn’t sit still

Teresa made up her mind to track Charles down herself, no matter where he was.

Teresa texted Charles: [Which city are you in? I need to talk to you face-to-face. It’s urgent.]

But after she hit send, her message might as well have been tossed into the void-no response at all.

The next day, Teresa checked her phone again-still nothing from Charles.

anymore.

Teresa opened up a video app and pulled up YatesDaily’s account. The IP address showed they were in the neighboring city,

Kinsea

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