Chapitre 188: Unknown callers (2)

He stiffened when he heard the confirmation. Why would Lucy call him? It was definitely not simple. "What do you want?"

"To have a word with you." She sounded like she wanted to hang up, as though she had been forced to give him a call.

He didn't want to speak to her either. "Is there a good reason why I should 'have a word' with my ex-wife who dumped my ass and didn't say a word to me for two decades?"

She went silent for a while and he was starting to think that she was going to hang up when she spoke again. "Don't be so full of yourself, okay? It's not like I'm trying to crawl back into your life."

She was mean, just like he would imagine. "It's not like I would let you crawl back into my life even if you wanted to." He returned the remark.

She was silent for a few seconds. "I just wanted to apologize. I'm sorry."