The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 260

"Why don't you go to work first, and we can have our date when you're done."

"You teased a date and now you're bailing?"

"Huh?"

In the end, the date didn't happen.

Mr. Hudson called Maloney three times in a row, urging him to get to the office.

Right before walking out, Maloney patted Nora's head. "Wait for me to get back."

"Mhm," Nora replied, still half-asleep.

The sound of the door clicking shut echoed in the room.

Nora's eyes instantly snapped open.

Not a trace of sleepiness remained in them.

Maloney had been acting weird yesterday.

In the morning, he looked like he was biting his tongue, but by nightfall, he was putting on a massive show of total sincerity.

For anyone else, that kind of behavior might be perfectly normal.

But for Maloney Jameson, it was entirely out of character.

He was always calculated and completely unshakable.

If it was simply a matter of David crossing a line, and Maloney deciding to put an end to him, which was why he didn't want Nora seeing him.

He could have just said so.

There was no need to drag it out from morning until night.

Unlike his vague, dancing-around-the-issue routine, David doing something shady wasn't exactly a forbidden topic.

There was absolutely no reason to wait until the dead of night to make a grand, emotional confession.

Nora had a sneaking suspicion that David was just a convenient tool Maloney was using to divert her attention.

An excuse he had spent the entire day piecing together.

His rare moment of panic that morning had been a cover-up for something else.

This exact feeling brought Nora right back to two years ago.

Two years ago, just before their wedding, the investigation into Nora being drugged at Alistair Sinclair's birthday banquet had officially closed. Bella was exiled from the capital, Vivian locked herself away in her home, and the Cole family completely vanished from the social scene.

At the time, Nora thought it was the perfect conclusion.

She hadn't dared to ask for more.

She understood the value of knowing when to stop.

Society relied on checks and balances.

But then, completely out of the blue, Diana sought Nora out and warned her to enjoy her peaceful life and stop fighting a losing battle.

Nora had been utterly bewildered.

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