You Looked Down on Me Once, Now You Look Up. novel Chapter 39

“Claire, I’ve made up my mind. I still can’t get over Theo.”

Right under her message was a screenshot of a return flight ticket.

Theo’s throat tightened. He stared at the image, his eyes full of emotion he couldn’t quite hide.

He and Ruby had been childhood friends—inseparable for as long as he could remember. For years, he thought marrying her was a given, the next step everyone expected. But then Patricia showed up and everything changed.

He’d figured he and Ruby were over for good. He never imagined things would circle back like this.

Patricia tucked her phone into her bag. “If we don’t get divorced, how else are you going to make room for your darling childhood sweetheart?”

Theo took a slow, heavy breath. “Patricia, I never thought we’d end up here.”

She didn’t miss a beat. “Don’t give me that. You saw this coming, but you just didn’t care enough to stop it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have cheated, right?”

“If it weren’t for—”

“If it weren’t for me being too much, you wouldn’t have gone looking for someone else? Seriously, Mr. Newton. You’re not some clueless kid. You went to the best schools. Don’t you think using that excuse is a little pathetic?” Patricia cut him off, not interested in hearing any more of his half-baked justifications.

Every extra word felt like an insult to her ears.

There was nothing left to say. Theo knew he was cornered.

If they didn’t split, Patricia would leak those pictures of Kelly, and the scandal would hit the company anyway.

If he gave her what she wanted, at least he could buy some time, keep the divorce quiet for now.

“Fine. We’ll get divorced, but you can’t make it public right away.”

“Two hundred million. That’s my price for keeping quiet,” Patricia said calmly.

Theo just stared, the defeat written all over his face.

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