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Chapter 303
Chapter 303
Chapter 303
Chapter 303
Joyce came back early today. She reached home before nine o’clock.
She came to Alexzander’s side and accompanied him to do homework for a while. She asked him about his study before she went straight to Christopher and
Yuliana’s room.
“Roe has been growing fast recently. I haven’t seen him for a while and almost fail to recognize him.”
Joyce carried Rowan into her arms and weighed him. He had gotten much heavier and taller.
Children at this stage grew up very fast.
Yuliana smiled and said nothing.
She knew that the reason Joyce came to visit her at this time was definitely not to see Rowan.
As expected, Joyce played with Rowan for a while, then turned to look at Yuliana and said, “Hailey called me this morning and said you plan to take Roe to live at Oceanview Apartment.”
Yuliana nodded. “Yes, that’s my plan.”
Joyce frowned and said hesitantly, “You and Chris…”
Yuliana pursed her lower lips and met Joyce’s eyes. She said frankly, “I’ve thought it through. I agree to divorce.”
Joyce frowned a little deeper. “Do you two need to get to this point? It’s not easy for you and Christopher to get to this point. Don’t you think it’s a pity to give up? Besides, Roe is so young…”
“Is it a pity?” Yuliana thought to herself.
Yuliana didn’t know what to say. She only replied to Joyce, “Even if we get
divorced, Christopher is still his father. This will never change. I won’t object if he wants to see and get along with the child.”
Joyce realized that when Yuliana said that she had thought it through, it meant that she had made a decision, and it was impossible to change it. No one could persuade her.
Joyce kept silent for a moment and asked, “What are you going to do next?”
Yuliana couldn’t go back to school to be a teacher anymore, not to mention that she now had a child. Judging from Christopher’s temperament, Joyce knew he wouldn’t mistreat Yuliana and Rowan after the divorce, but Yuliana couldn’t be tied to Christopher for the rest of her life.
She also needed a life of her own.
Yuliana hadn’t thought about her future direction yet. She shook her head and said. “I don’t know. Let’s go step by step. Anyway, Roe is still young. I have time to think about it.”
Joyce didn’t say anything more. After staying for a while, she left.
After getting out of Yuliana’s room, she didn’t go back to her room immediately but went to Kendrick’s study room.
Christopher was smoking in front of the window when she pushed the door
open.
Hearing the noise, he turned around and looked at the door. Seeing Joyce, he paused, pinched the cigarette, and greeted her.
The smell of cigarettes was heavy in the study room. The ashtray was full of cigarette butts.
Joyce walked to the window, opened it for ventilation, and said, “Don’t smoke too much.”
Christopher didn’t respond.
Joyce sat down on the couch and looked at the coffee in the coffee pot. She didn’t know when the coffee was brewed, but she poured a cup and drank it.
It was already cold.
Christopher frowned slightly and reminded her, “The coffee was made in the evening.”
He was a little sleepy in the evening, so he made some coffee to refresh himself. But then he remembered he shouldn’t drink coffee after taking medicine, so he just left the pot of coffee on the table. Sofia hadn’t had time to clean it up.
Joyce smiled faintly. “It doesn’t matter.”
As Oliver said, she didn’t like coffee in the past. But then, she married Kendrick, who loved coffee. In addition, coffee seemed to be a classy drink for rich and powerful families. Hence, even if she still didn’t enjoy coffee, she took the initiative to study it.
She was a country girl before she became Kendrick’s wife. She and Kendrick were from two different worlds. During the first one or two years of their marriage, she spent every day in terror.
However, somewhere along the line, she started to adapt to Kendrick’s lifestyle and developed habits that initially belonged to Kendrick only.
Joyce returned to her senses and looked at Christopher. “I saw Yuliana just now. She packed up her luggage and said she would move out tomorrow.”
Christopher’s thin eyelids drooped, and there was no emotion on his face as if he didn’t care at all.
“Chris, you should know Yuliana’s character very well,” Joyce said. “If you regret it in the future, she won’t give you any chance to make it back.”
“Who knows?” Christopher sneered and added, “Perhaps it’s the best arrangement for her to take Rowan away from the Solace family and me. Besides, I really don’t have time and energy to take care of Roe and her now.”
“That’s just what you think. Yuliana may not think so.” Joyce felt that men always acted like a know-it- all.
Christopher didn’t continue to argue with Joyce. He just said, “It’s getting late, Joyce. Take a rest early. I still have some things to deal with.”
Joyce stared at Christopher for a while, sighed, and got up to leave before suddenly remembering something. She then turned to Christopher. “The fish has bitten the bait.”
The next morning, Christopher left the Solace residence.
Joyce arranged a car to send Yuliana and Rowan back to Oceanview Apartment and asked Hailey to follow them there.
Yuliana initially wanted to refuse. After all, Hailey was the housekeeper of the Solace family.
Since Yuliana decided to divorce Christopher, she shouldn’t order the housekeeper of the Solace family around anymore.
However, Joyce insisted, “Roe is still young. You can’t take care of him alone. If you find someone else, you won’t trust them. Besides, Roe doesn’t like strangers. He won’t adapt if you get him another caretaker.”
For the sake of Rowan, Yuliana could only agree to it.
After Winnie was discharged from the hospital, Yuliana took Rowan to live in the Solace residence. It had been nearly three months since she moved out from Oceanview Apartment. Although she didn’t return to the apartment these months, the room was very clean. It seemed that someone had been stopping by and cleaning it regularly.
Christopher’s belongings were packed in advance and piled up in the corner of the living room, waiting to be taken away.
Rowan seemed to be a little unaccustomed to the new environment. He had been very restless for two days since they moved back in. He cried hard at night and disturbed Yuliana’s sleep. She was in poor spirits during the day.
Layla knew about the news on the third day after Yuliana moved out of the Solace residence.