Chapter 10 Widowed Marriage

Ruth's villa was on the other side of the downtown. Arabella specially brought his father's favorite tea and snacks. When she returned home, it was just time for lunch.
Grace Ruth hadn't seen her daughter for a long time. She blamed Arabella for looking skinnier and kept asking her to eat the dishes she liked.
Arabella didn't dare to answer his mother's question directly. Even she was pregnant and didn't know what to say.
She could only smile and say, "I'm doing very well. A few days ago, I went back with Ezra to see his grandfather. He took good care of me."
But now, he is with another woman...
Grace Ruth nodded with relief.
Aden Ruth looked up at Arabella. When his wife sat down, he slowly said, "Arabella, tell me the truth. How is your relationship with Ezra?"
Hearing her father's question, Arabella was stunned.
The memory of the night when Ezra almost strangled her to death suddenly appeared in her mind. The fear of suffocating and dying still occasionally woke her up in her dreams. Now, Aden Ruth's question made her speechless.
"Arabella." Aden Ruth asked again. He looked straight at his daughter and said, "Answer my question."
Arabella lowered his head and nervously tidied her hair. She answered vaguely, "We are good..."
She never told her parents about her troubles in marriage because she didn't want them to worry.
Especially her father, Aden Ruth.
When she insisted on marrying Ezra, he firmly opposed it, so he didn't completely accept their marriage until now.
Seeing that Arabella was being secretive, Aden Ruth sighed and said nothing more.
Everyone said that Ezra was a young talent, but he knew that Ezra was a good person, but he did not love his daughter.
Recently, several projects in Ruth's Group had been cancelled for no reason by the client.
They all agreed to cooperate with Ruth's Group, but they suddenly changed their mind on the same day, they even disregarded the high liquidated damages, and directly withdrew their investment.
He remembered a client who had cooperated with him for many years patted him before leaving, leaving a meaningful sentence -
"Mr. Ruth, every businessman is most afraid of backstabbing. You should take some time to check the people around you."
Who stabbed him in the back?
Aden Ruth's eyes darkened. Other than Ezra, he didn't know who else had the ability to interfere with Ruth's Group's business...
It was evening when Arabella came out of Ruth's villa. People in thin clothes were in a hurry, and only the trees by the roadside were swaying slightly.
Ruth's family's driver drove Arabella home. Along the way, she quietly looked out of the window. The gentle wind blew across her face, occasionally bringing the light fragrance of flowers.
She found that she had not been so relaxed for a long time.
Since Beth Ruth came back, her relationship with Ezra seemed to have changed in an instant.
In the past he only treated her with indifference, now he probably only had disgust and hatred for her...
She didn't know what to do to make Ezra believe her. Everything seemed to be quietly changing.
Suddenly, a familiar shop appeared in front of the window. Arabella's wandering thoughts were suddenly pulled back. She hesitated for a moment, but she still said to the driver, "Ted, please turn right at the intersection in front and go to ACW restaurant."
ACW restaurant was the top private restaurant in South City, and the people who received it were all rich people.
Ezra was very picky about food, but he liked the tea spots in this restaurant. Unfortunately, this place only provided food, and there was no delivery service.
Arabella wanted to solve the misunderstanding between her and Ezra, but it had been a few days since the unpleasant parting, and Ezra had never contacted her again.
Taking the beautifully packaged food box, she decided to take the initiative to meet him.
James' Group's headquarters was located in the most prosperous central business district in South City. It was a magnificent silver building.
The glass curtain wall reflected the afterglow of the evening sun, and the cold momentum made people dare not approach the building.
Arabella rubbed his numb wrist, took a deep breath, and stepped into the reception hall.
All the employees of James' Group knew Mrs James.
Back then, her wedding with Ezra shook the entire Southern City. Ruth's family's elder daughter married James' young successor. Many people were envious of her.
Today, when everyone talked about the wedding that year, their words were filled with envy.
However, who would have known that after marriage, Arabella had practically lived without a husband...
As soon as Arabella stepped in, everyone's gazes fell on her in unison. Their expressions were all different, as if they carried a trace of pity, but also sympathy.
Arabella suppressed the doubts in her heart and quickly walked in.
Occasionally, there would be employees who would respectfully call out "Mrs. James." However, when they passed, some whispers inevitably heard by her.
"Is she going to divorce? That woman is here."
"How pitiful. She probably doesn't know yet, right?"
Arabella's expression changed slightly, and she suddenly had a bad feeling. Especially when she was getting closer and closer to Ezra's office, this bad feeling became stronger and stronger.
Arabella shook off the secretary who wanted to stop her. She was about to reach out and open the door of the office, but when she heard a woman's laughter, she suddenly stopped and gently opened the door slightly.
"Ezra, I surrender. Let me go!"
In the office, Ezra hugged Beth Ruth lovingly, and the smile on his face could not be hidden. His right hand was holding a slice of shrimp meat to her mouth. "Come on. I'll let you go if you have one more bite."
Beth Ruth shook her head coquettishly and put her arm around the man's shoulder. "This is the dinner I brought for you. How can you feed it to me? I'm going to get fat!"
Ezra had no choice but to tap her nose helplessly. "Don't be naughty, you just recovered. You are too thin now."
Arabella stood outside the door and she did not want to continue to listen. She pursed her lips and turned to walk out.
What the eyes of those people just now meant was very obvious. The humiliation that Ezra gave her was no less than a slap in her face in public.
She lowered her head and suddenly felt that the air in the corridor was so sparse that it was suffocating.
It turned out that everyone knew that Beth Ruth was a regular here, and only she, his legal wife, had been kept in the dark.
Her face was pale, and the emotions in her eyes could not be seen clearly.
Suddenly, she turned around and handed the things in her hand to the secretary beside her. She turned around and left without a word.
The secretary was at a loss. After Beth Ruth left the office, she hesitated for a long time before she dared to knock on the door.
"Mr. James, Mrs. James came here just now. She didn't come in when she saw Miss Ruth." The secretary swallowed carefully. "She brought this here. So..."
"Arabella was here?" Ezra asked in surprise.
He paused and glanced at the beautifully packaged food box. A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes, and then he said expressionlessly, "Throw it away."
The secretary was stunned, nodded and left.