After some hesitation, she had decided to call Lionel. To her surprise, he had said he would bring Hannah personally, whichplicated her ns slightly.


    The coffee shop was owned by a good friend, and she had already arranged for the security cameras to be turned off. Her n was to thoroughly humiliate Hannah, and without any evidence, Hannah''sints to Lionel would be useless. She could even turn the tables and im Hannah was the one who had insulted her.


    But on second thought, Lionel''s presence wasn''t necessarily a bad thing. After all, she knew he was on her side.


    So she had waited and waited. Half an hour had passed with no sign of them, and she finally couldn''t resist calling him.


    "Hannah''s busy today," Lionel said, his tone heavy. "Next time you want to meet, you need to ask her when she''s free and let her set the time. You can''t just decide on your own."


    He felt a pang of guilt as he said it. He had taken Hannah''s easygoing nature for granted. She had always been someone who didn''t like to argue over small things, and he had grown ustomed to it, assuming she would just go along with it.


    Sandra was stunned by his reprimand.


    Was Lionel scolding her? ming her?


    No... that couldn''t be right. This was... absurd.


    "But she has weekends off, doesn''t she? Saturday should have been fine. And I didn''t have a doctor''s appointment today, so I thought this time would work for both of us," Sandra said, trying to defend herself.


    But her excuses no longer held any weight with Lionel.


    "She''s not avable. Next time, you ask her and let her decide," he said, cutting


    her off before hanging up.


    "That''s not... Hello? Hello!"


    The dial tone buzzed in her ear. Sandra stared at her cracked phone screen, tempted to smash it again. But the chatter of other customers around her brought her back to her senses.


    This was a public ce. She had to maintain herposure.


    Hannah, you little snake, she thought, her hands clenching into fists. You''re deliberately making this difficult for me. Fine. You got Lionel to take your side today, but what about tomorrow And the day after? Let''s see if you can keep him on your side forever!


    A wave of anxiety washed over her. They were so close to the divorce date, and now Lionel was defending Hannah. Were they actually re they actually starting


    to reconcile? If they did, would they catt off the divorce?


    The thought terrified her, and a cold sweat broke out on her palms.


    After a moment, Sandra picked up her phone and called Hannah. "Hannah, are you still angry with me? Is that why you didn''te?"


    Hannah was lounging on a rocking chair on her balcony, sipping tea and enjoying the view. Hearing Sandra''s pathetic, whiny voice, she chuckled: Don''t tell me you''re actually waiting for me at the coffee shop."


    "Yes, I''ve been waiting for a long time."


    "And you werete, weren''t you?"