Reborn Before The Divorce

Zane’s temper had frightened Pippa, who stared at him in shock. She didn’t expect Zane to get so angry.

“Zane, what are you doing?” Mrs. Porter was displeased. “If you have something to say, say it nicely. Don’t bring your work attitude home!”

“Isn’t it basic manners to not talk behind people’s backs? I didn’t say anything wrong.”

Mrs. Porter was so angry that she wanted to hit her son, but she held back.

“Let’s not talk about this. Let’s eat first.”

Pippa’s parents looked at each other, and both saw confusion in the other’s eyes. They found Zane’s attitude towards Pippa strange. In their eyes, Zane and Pippa were a couple, but Zane didn’t seem to have any affection for her at all.

After dinner, Magnus Wagner thought it was a good opportunity to clarify things.

“Zane, it wasn’t right for Pippa to come see you yesterday without warning, but she told me that you denied in front of everyone that she was your fiancee,” Magnus said after some consideration.

Everyone’s expressions changed at his words, including Zane’s parents.

“Fiancee?” Mrs. Porter was surprised and looked at Pippa in disbelief. “Pippa, what’s going on?”

“I’m sorry. Yesterday, I saw Nydia in Zane’s company, so I said we were engaged.”

Both families had that intention, but Pippa and Zane were not engaged. They weren’t even boyfriend and girlfriend.

“I’ll say it now since we’re all here,” Zane said, his face expressionless and emitting a cold aura. “Pippa and I don’t have any romantic feelings for each other. I only treat her as a regular friend.”

Magnus and his wife froze, and Pippa’s face turned pale. She bit her lip, on the verge of tears.

She didn’t expect Zane to say that. He only saw her as a regular friend, not even sister. This was a huge blow to her.

“I’m sorry to disturb you. We’ll leave now,” Pippa said, not wanting to endure any more humiliation. She got up and left.

“This…” Zane’s parents didn’t know what to say for a moment. Mrs. Porter glared at Zane, but he ignored her. However, when they arrived at the door, they found that it was pouring rain and they couldn’t leave.

“The rain is too heavy now. Let’s wait until it’s lighter before we leave.”

As a result, they waited until eleven or twelve at night. The rain had eased a little, but it was still falling, and the disaster had already occurred. It was not safe for them to go back. The Porter family decided to let them stay for the night and see how the situation developed tomorrow.

After settling the Porter family of three, Mrs. Porter went to look for Zane.

“What’s going on?”

“I don’t like her!” Zane was very straightforward.

“If you don’t like her, why didn’t you say so before?”

Zane paused for a moment and a figure flashed in his mind.

“I didn’t care before.”

Mrs. Porter’s eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested. “Do you have someone you like? Who is it?”

“You don’t need to worry about it. I’ll take care of it myself.” Zane pushed Mrs. Porter out.

“Don’t push me. You’re not young anymore. If you have someone you like, bring her back quickly. Don’t hesitate. Be brave and take the initiative.”

After closing the door, Zane sighed.

How to be brave? How to take the initiative?

He felt exhausted just thinking about that person.

There was a knock on the door not long after, and he thought it was his mother returning. When he opened the door, he said, “I told you not to…”

But the person standing at the door was Pippa in her pajamas.

She had just finished taking a shower, and her cheeks were still flushed and wet. But Zane looked away with just one glance.

“Can I come in?”

“It’s not convenient.” Zane said coldly.

Pippa bit her lip. “Zane, have you fallen in love with someone else?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Zane was about to deny it, but he realized that it was a trap. He immediately said, “Pippa, I’m sorry. I’ve never liked you. I told you that before, so I’ve been avoiding you. Now I think we should make things clear.”

Tears immediately fell from Pippa’s eyes.

She had always thought that Zane liked her and that she had him in the palm of her hand. How could things suddenly change like this?

No, Zane must have changed his mind. He must have fallen in love with someone else. Who was it? Was it Willette?

At this time, Willette’s car was stuck halfway and was completely destroyed. She couldn’t even get out of the car because the rain was too heavy, and there was too much water on the roads. She was afraid that if she got out of the car, she would be swept away in the muddy water. She had to call Barclay for help.

“Barclay, can you come pick me up? I’m trapped here and can’t go back!”

“If you can’t go back, then just die there!”Barclay shouted and hung up the phone.

He was extremely frustrated at the moment, desperately trying to salvage the goods in the warehouse.

“Mr. Evans, there’s no other way. They’re all soaked and ruined!”

“Don’t waste time talking. Hurry and try to salvage as much as possible!” Barclay went over to help as well.

However, they found out too late that the warehouse had already been flooded, and it was a significant amount of water. Currently, half of the goods had been lost, and if this continued, they would likely lose two-thirds of them.

“Mr. Evans, the other warehouse is in a terrible location and all the goods have been soaked.”

Barclay was so angry he wanted to kill someone.

“Notify the workers to return to the factory and work overnight!”

“But it’s raining so heavily now, and the traffic is paralyzed. The workers probably won’t be able to come back.”

“Offer five times the salary for overtime work. Those who don’t come back will be fired immediately!”

The workers were immediately notified. Many of them were enticed by the five times salary increase, and some were compelled to return to work to avoid being fired.

Willette never thought that Barclay would shout at her like that. She was completely stunned. The Barclay of the past was so good to her, which made the current Barclay seem even more terrible. She even wondered if the previous Barclay was just pretending.

She could only call her parents.

“Willette, don’t cry. Mom will find someone to pick you up.”

“There should be a rescue team now. Keep an eye out for them. We won’t be able to help much since it’s already nighttime.” Cade was more rational, and he knew he wouldn’t be of much use in this situation.

“Dad, can you have someone bring a small boat to pick me up? We can’t drive a car here.”

Cade went to contact someone, but they weren’t prepared, so they didn’t have a small boat readily available.

Willette thought for a moment and decided to call Nydia.

“Hello, Nydia, I’m stuck here…”

“I’m Jesse.”

Willette was stunned for a moment and immediately said, “Jesse, can you come pick me up? I’m trapped here and can’t go back home.”

“Maybe this storm is holding a funeral for you,” he said, then hung up the phone.