Chapter 7
I thought it was the food delivery I had ordered, so I quickly hung up the phone and went to open the door.
However, when I saw Allison standing there, I froze for a moment.
“What do you want?” I hadn’t expected her to show up so suddenly.
She glanced around the room with disdain, then walked in while pinching her nose.
“Eric, you’re so sloppy,” she said, her tone filled with contempt. “When we got divorced, you acted so carefree, saying you didn’t want any shares of the company. I honestly thought you had some big shot backing you and were about to hit the jackpot. But look at you now, holed up in this tiny pigeonhole, wallowing in mediocrity. Good thing I never made our marriage public, or it would’ve been so humiliating for me.”
I didn’t respond and only stared at her coldly before repeating my question, “Why are you here?”
I had just moved into the place and hadn’t had time to organize everything. Plus, I’d been genuinely exhausted these past few days. The gas
