Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 596

Chapter 596 I Could Not Find You

Charlize slept for a long time. When they arrived at the hotel, Spencer parked the car in the open-air parking lot.

Juliette and the others had long since arrived and had been waiting at the entrance for ages, yet there were no signs of Charlize and Spencer.

Worry swamped Molly. "Could something have happened to them?"

The three ladies looked at each other. After a moment of hesitation, they ultimately decided to give Charlize a call.

As soon as the call was connected, someone picked up. "Hello."

The instant that voice drifted out, Juliette could tell that it was Spencer.

She was briefly stunned. Whoa! It's been many years, but he's still as imposing as ever! Her heart clenched slightly. "A-Are you both not here yet, Spencer?"

"We're here."

"But we don't see you both anywhere."

"Charlize has fallen asleep. You all should leave first. We'll go over tomorrow morning."

Hearing that, Juliette was wholly stupefied. However, she did not dare ask any questions since Spencer was the one who said that. "Okay, sure. We'll be leaving first, then."

No sooner had she hung up than Molly asked anxiously, "What happened? Where are they?"

Juliette let out a breath before she answered, "Spencer said Charlize has fallen asleep. He told us to leave first."

Shanny was promptly taken aback. "What about dinner?"

Molly nudged her. "Isn't it obvious? He's plainly telling us not to disrupt Charlize's sleep!"

By then, Juliette had also comprehended the man's meaning. Envy flooded her. "How unexpected! In the past, he seemed totally unapproachable. But now that he's dating Charlize, he pampers her to the core!"

He could've just woken Charlize if she'd fallen asleep. Yet, he told us to leave first. It's clear as day that he couldn't bring herself to wake her. Tsk-tsk! I'm the one getting married, but even I have never enjoyed such treatment!

The three of them merely gossiped about the matter for a bit. It was already late, and Juliette's wedding was tomorrow. Although it would be at night, the groom would be coming over to fetch the bride at a little over ten o'clock in the morning. Juliette needed to visit the beauty salon for a manicure.

They had planned on catching up with Charlize that night, as they rarely met up with her after graduation. But from the look of things then, that would not be happening anymore.

"Let's go for dinner first. You still have to go for a manicure later."

Juliette felt that it made sense. With that, the three ladies left the hotel.

When they were retrieving the car, Shanny stopped to answer a call. The moment she lifted her head, she was greeted by the sight of Spencer in a white car. She froze for a second.

Juliette pulled over and asked her why she was spacing out instead of getting into the car.

Shanny pointed in the direction across from them. "Look, is that Charlize and Spencer?"

Molly and Juliette cast their gazes in the direction she was pointing.

When they spotted Spencer and Charlize, they were both startled.

Shanny climbed into the car. For a long while, no one said anything.

Following the brief silence, Molly murmured, "Come on. Let's not disrupt them."

A near distance away, Spencer was gazing at Charlize with his head tilted while she remained sound asleep.

He did nothing, but the tenderness emanating from him as he studied her with his head canted was already different than usual.

Meanwhile, after they were out of the hotel, Shanny could not help commenting, "I feel like dating."

Beautiful and graceful, she had never suffered a lack of suitors. Unfortunately, she had no interest in dating or marriage. Moreover, she had a mind of her own despite her gentle and delicate appearance. She had started venturing into personal media while she was in university and had her own studio before she graduated.

Having graduated for over a year then, she was already making six figures annually though she was not all that impressive.

She had both money and time, and she was fond of tending to the plants and flowers in her yard usually, so her interest in dating was practically nil.

At her remark, Molly burst out laughing. "Forget it. It's easy to replace a man, but it's almost impossible to replace one like Spencer."

As someone who was going to get married the next day, Juliette seconded, "She's right."

In truth, she had no issue with her soon-to-be husband. Being a nerd, he was downright good to her. Yet, he was also dense and not a particularly thoughtful man, nor would he do something so casually romantic.

Shanny pondered upon it and felt that it seemed to be the case. "I think I'm not the reason behind my reluctance to date all these years." She pushed up her glasses. "It's because I've never met a man like Spencer."

"Stop dreaming. Even if you did, you'd never dare pursue the man. Do you have Charlize's guts?"

Indeed, they all thought that Charlize pursued Spencer and bagged him.

Discouraged time and again, Shanny gave up. "Never mind. It's pretty good to be single."

"Don't be so pessimistic."

Charlize, who was slumbering deeply, had no idea that she had become an object of envy. While she did not feel all the worse for wear after attaching a motion sickness patch, she was prone to drowsiness in the car. Once she closed her eyes and fell asleep, she would be dead to the world.

She slept for a long time. When she opened her eyes, she found herself inexplicably lying on a bed.

That had her entirely stumped. I've only slept for a while, yet I've gotten someplace else?

The curtains in the room were drawn tightly, and there was little light. As she had just woken up, she could see nothing at all.

She panicked for a moment, fear creeping into her. "Spencer?"

There was no response in the entire room. At once, her mind cleared, and she hastily got up and groped the wall behind her. When her hand came into contact with a switch, she immediately turned it on.

The switch she flicked on was that of a nightlight, and dim yellow light flooded the space. She squinted, only then perceiving that she was in a hotel room.

Spencer was not there. Having woken up to his absence, she felt an emptiness within her. She grabbed her phone and called him while getting out of bed.

The room was a suite, partitioned with a screen. Outside was a small living area with a kitchenette at the side.

She walked out. On the other end of the phone, Spencer answered the call in no time. "You're awake?"

Feeling hollow within, Charlize was a touch anxious. "Where are you?"

The instant she spoke, her voice was colored with a hint of grievance.

"I went to retrieve our luggage."

As soon as Spencer said that, Charlize heard a beep at the door by the hallway. On the heels of that, the door swung open.

Spencer stepped in, wheeling a suitcase behind him. She was briefly dazed, but once she snapped back to her senses, she sprinted over and hugged him. "I couldn't replace you when I woke up."

One's emotions are at their lowest when they first wake up. For that reason, many people are grumpy in the morning. Nonetheless, that did not apply to Charlize, and she was merely disappointed to wake up in an unfamiliar environment with Spencer nowhere in sight.

Now that she had seen him, she was naturally much bolder and more proactive than before.

It was the first time Spencer had ever seen that side of her. She hugged him tightly as though afraid that he would disappear again in the next second.

The door was still ajar. After wheeling the suitcase aside, he wrapped a hand around her, then reached to the back with the other to close the door.

He dipped his head and kissed the woman in his arms. Seeing her bare feet, he frowned and scooped her up in a bridal carry. "Why aren't you wearing slippers?"