Marriage Beyond Redemption

Chapter 157

Chapter 157 You Were Indifferent

Peyton was surprised. She didn’t expect Nolan to come and pick her

1. up.

Although Peyton had already handed over everything to Phillip, she still felt a bit nervous when she got on the car. She felt like Nolan would be able to see through her soon.

As soon as Peyton got on the car, Nolan asked a strange question.

“Did you have fun?”

“I’m fine. The escape room game was a bit scary, and Eric got scared and cried.” Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Peyton spoke, her face still calm. Nolan slowly averted his gaze from her face.

Nolan thought that deliberately making Peyton play with Eric and Rene, Peyton would become as cheerful as before.

The fact proves that besides the relationship between Nolan and Peyton, there is also Peyton who is different.

Once upon a time, when Nolan and Peyton sat together, Peyton would hold Nolan’s arm and talk a lot, her mouth hardly ever getting tired.

And now, Peyton sat up straight, her fingers gripping the armrest, her eyes gazing out of the window.

Nolan asked a question, and Peyton answered. When Nolan didn’t speak, it felt like there was a Pacific Ocean between them.

The atmosphere in the car was so silent that it suffocated Nolan. He stopped talking.

Peyton could feel Nolan’s gaze on her. She felt very nervous. Had Nolan already noticed that Peyton had quietly slipped away?

After all, Nolan had sternly warned Peyton just last night. He agreed to develop the small island while ensuring the living conditions of the residents on the island.

He had only one condition. He did not allow Peyton to see Phillip again.

Peyton agreed with Nolan, but today she met with Phillip instead. Peyton also didn’t know what Nolan would think.

Nolan didn’t speak, his gaze falling on Peyton felt like he was judging her.

The car kept driving back to the Dalton’s mansion. Peyton felt relieved when she saw that Nolan didn’t condemn her.

Nolan said expressionlessly, “I’m not coming back for dinner tonight.”

“Okay, I got it,” Peyton said as he pushed open the car door and was about to get out.

She suddenly felt pain in her wrist, and then she was immediately pulled back by Nolan. Her body fell into Nolan’s embrace, with her palm pressed against his chest.

Peyton looked up at Nolan with confusion. She didn’t understand what he was doing.

“What happened to you?”

With an angry expression, Nolan said word by word, “Peyton, I said, I

was going to have dinner with the Chase family.

Peyton nodded. “I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t call to rush you.”

Peyton remembered that in the past, she had severe mental illness due to excessive anxiety. Whenever Nolan didn’t come back by six o’clock in the evening, she would constantly call him.

As a result, Nolan felt bored and turned off his phone.

Peyton would repeatedly heat up dinner, anxiously pacing back and forth in her room, like an ant.

She would daydream.

Peyton found that kind of behavior annoying to remember, let alone Nolan.

Back then, she was the rightful Mrs. Dalton, and she had the authority to urge Nolan to come home. Now, she has realized her identity, so she will no longer bother Nolan.

In the past, she felt that even the air was murky, making it impossible for her to breathe.

Now, when Peyton didn’t care so much about Nolan anymore, she only felt like she had regained her freedom.

However, Nolan was not accustomed to this kind of life. In the past, there was a period of time when Peyton was too anxious, and she didn’t even allow Nolan to have normal social interactions.

As soon as she heard that Nolan was going out to attend a banquet, she would anxiously look at him with a worried expression on her face. She would hold his hand and beg him to spend more time with her.

Now, Peyton’s face was calm, as if she didn’t care at all,

Nolan couldn’t help but grip Peyton’s wrist tightly. Peyton winced in pain.

“My hand hurts! I didn’t stop you, what were you doing?” Peyton said unhappily.

Nolan said in a low voice, “If I stayed somewhere else overnight, would you also not care?”