Leaving You Bereft (Willow and Julian) novel Chapter 26

In the other corner of the room, Julian leaned forward and stubbed out his cigarette.

With his perfect side profile and slender fingers, he looked charming even when he was just doing those simple movements.

Then, he stood up and walked over to the group. Julian placed one hand on Willow’s shoulder lightly.

“It’s time to go home, Willow.”

A heavy silence lingered in the air.

The others did not expect Julian to be so affected by this. They all assumed that he did not care that much about Willow.

Besides, Jeffrey had not overstepped his boundaries. He merely said something ambiguous. It was not as though he had actually

stolen something precious from Julian. Yet, Julian had reacted this way.

Even back then, he had never acted so defensive when it came to that person. It seemed like being officially married did make a

lot of difference.

Everyone thought that Willow would surely listen to Julian and follow him home since he had given in first. She would most likely

go back to being the good wife and choose to turn a blind eye to the scandalous gossip and news involving Julian. (1)

To their surprise, Willow blatantly rejected him.

She pushed his hand off gently and said in a soft voice, “It’s my friend’s birthday, and we’re still in the middle of a game. You can

head home first if you want.”

Julian’s eyes hardened.

The others sat in complete silence. They had noticed the telltale signs of Julian being close to losing his temper.

Although they were all longtime friends, Julian was still considered different from them in terms of his background and status. The scale of Nebula Group’s business was pretty much unparalleled in Brindley.

Furthermore, despite his disarming good looks, Julian had always been very cold and ruthless when it came to work. No one had

ever dared get on his wrong side.

Yet, there was an exception tonight.

Jeffrey leaned against the couch and twirled the king card around with his fingers. He smiled slightly. “You should join us,

Julian.”

Julian directed his gaze to Jeffrey.

The gold pen Willow had given Jeffrey was placed in the pocket of his suit. It was so annoyingly dazzling. Jeffrey was practically issuing a challenge to Julian, who was Willow’s legal spouse.

Julian reckoned that Jeffrey had lost his mind. With how tightly their work and family businesses were connected, Jeffrey should

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As the two of them walked to the door in that awkward state, Jeffrey’s calm voice came from behind them. “As a divorce attorney,

I’ve been meaning to ask this. Willow, why do you want to divorce Jullan?”

Silence reigned. Everyone was briefly stunned.

Jeffrey had a solemn look on his face. It was as though he was discussing the fate of a couple in court instead of hosting a lavish party to celebrate his birthday.

Everyone thought that Jeffrey had completely lost it. Yet, none of them knew that he had followed Willow the other day.

He saw Willow, who was hunched over the side of Grace’s bed in the hospital. He saw her going into the villa and coming out with a dejected look on her face. There were red marks on her cheek. He saw a prideful woman in one of her most pathetic, devastated

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Jeffrey did not go up to her since he was afraid of hurting the last bit of pride she was holding onto.

He had thought about it for a long time. In the end, he’d asked for Natalie’s help to invite Willow to the party anyway.

It was not like Jeffrey had not considered the possibility of Julian showing up and the consequences of him incurring Julian’s

wrath. Yet, none of that seemed to matter whenever he recalled how frail Willow looked from the back….

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