Chapter 96

Ugh, so annoying! It's been over an hour since Charles took Julian out to talk, and he still wasn't back. Anna felt like some poor lamb waiting to be judged. What if his dad really hated her now and pressured Julian into divorcing her? Would he actually go through with it? Overthinking wasn't gonna change anything. To distract herself, Anna decided to take a nice hot bath—whatever came up, she'd deal with it then. When Julian finally got back to the bedroom, another thirty minutes had passed. He pushed the door open and paused. The room was quiet and empty. Lights were all on, but the girl who should've been lying in bed was nowhere in sight. Not even a hint of warmth in the air. Where the heck did she go? Frowning slightly, he was just about to head downstairs when a sudden yelp came from the bathroom. "Ahhh!" His body reacted before his brain did—he had already opened the bathroom door before even processing it. Steam filled the room. And there, half-flopped over the edge of the tub,