Chapter 287 Cold Shoulder


    After saying that, Crystal hung up the phone.


    She directed the workers, thoroughly tidying the suite in less than half a day.


    After arranging everything, she leaned on the couch to rest.


    In the afternoon, she refused to meet anyone, staying in her private space and reading the diary Henry


    left for her with tears brimming in her eyes.


    She missed him and the rtionship they had.


    At four o’clock in the afternoon, a ck Maybach slowly came to a halt, and Henry got out of the car.


    David and his wife had left the house with the children, so the mansion was so quiet that it didn’t feel


    like Christmas. Henry stopped a housekeeper and spoke in a slightly hoarse voice. “Where’s Mrs.


    Miller?”


    Knowing Henry and Crystal had a fight, the housekeeper hesitated briefly before replying. “She’s


    upstairs.” Henry nodded and slowly headed upstairs.


    He was still wearing the clothes from two or three days ago, unwashed. He should have taken a


    shower before doing anything else as he was a clean freak, but he yearned to see Crystal first.


    Henry found Crystal very soon.


    The sight of her sleeping on the couch under the dim yellow light caused a stir in his heart.


    He stepped forward and noticed the corner of her eyes were glistening with tears.


    Did she cry?


    Gul welled up in his heart. He ced one hand beside her to support himself while bending over to kiss


    her S


    Adltat noment, Crystal woke up.


    Her long eyshes trembled slightly, and she met his gaze the next second. She quickly regained her


    senses and sat up. “You’re back?”


    Henry ensed indifference in her tone.


    He looked around the room and noticed it wasfortably decorated and furnished, clearly meant for a


    long-term say.


    Therefore, he lowered his head and murmured, “You’re mad at me, but you still can’t bear to leave me,


    right? The fact that you haven’t moved out shows that you still care about our marriage.”


    Crystal leisurely closed her book. An icy expression spread across her countenance as she sneered,


    “Mr. Miller, don’t feel good about yourself. I’m only doing this for Skyler. Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten


    about her physical condition?”


    An wy expression spread across her countenance as she sneered, “Mr. Miller, don’t tter yourself. I’m


    only doing this for Skyler Dont tell me you’ve forgotten about her physical condition?”


    Henry was visibly taken aback. Skyler has autism. So, she’s only maintaining this marriage for Skylert


    Crystal uttered softly, “That’s all. You can leave now.”


    She was treating him as if he was aplete stranger. It was just a few days ago that she had sat in


    his car expressing her wish to kiss him with an infatuated look on her face.


    Henry didn’t leave.


    Not only did he not leave, but he also grabbed Crystal’s wrist, preventing her from having the chance to


    escape. He wanted to kiss her, but when he leaned over, she turned her face away.


    “Don’t touch me!”


    Henry insisted on kissing her, but she put up greater resistance,


    Suddenly, her eyes fixed on something, and she pulled a thin, long hair from his shoulder with her


    slender fingers.


    The ck hair strand was clearly not Crystal’s.


    Henry furrowed his brows.


    He hadn’t been with any other woman, so the hair was definitely not left behind by some random


    woman. Lara caught me off guard when she suddenly hugged me at the hospital. Did the hair stick to


    me at that moment?


    Crystal shed a nonchnt smile. “You’re truly disgusting!”


    She knew that was a trick Lara pulled to drive a wedge between her and Henry, but it was only made


    possible because Henry had given Lara the opportunity to do so.


    stal was tired and didn’t wish to deal with that anymore.


    Henry could sense her weariness from the look on her face, so he patiently coaxed her. “I don’t know


    when the hair stuck to me. Please believe me for I haven’t done anything disloyal to you or the children,


    okay?


    He certainly issmart, deliberately mentioning our children in such a casual manner to appease me.


    Crystal curled hef lips into a contemptuous smile.


    Henry found that expression displeasing, prompting him to want to kiss her as he didn’t want that facial


    expresgon to linger on her countenance. She appeared as if she was about to give up on him.


    The next second, a loud p sounded.


    Crystal hand stung. Unable to bear with him anymore, she snapped, “Get out!”


    Henry was stunned.


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    When he came to his senses, he grimaced and stared at her while enunciating, “Crystal, this matter


    concerns someone’s life!”


    She shut her eyes in exhaustion and muttered a response. “You regard her life with such importance,


    but whas about mine and Skyler’s? Henry, do you think I cold-blooded? Is that it? Well, I’ll be honest


    with you. I genuinely hope that she dies! Once she’s dead, she won’t-


    “Crystal”” he interjected sternly, forbidding her from finishing her sentence.


    However, Grystal was unfazed, continuing to speak the harshest words with her gentlest tone. “She’d


    better not step a toe out of line. Otherwise, I don’t mind challenging thew, Mr. Miller!”


    Henry somewhat fathomed her intention.


    He bored his eyes into her, breathing heavily as his chest heaved. He was silent for a few moments


    before replying in an undertone. “Crystal, which is the real you? Take a good hard look at yourself now.


    Where’s the tenderness you once had?”


    Crystal hurled a magazine at him. “In that case, you can consider me an evil woman!”


    Henry gritted his pearly white teeth.


    In the end, he left the room, mming the door behind him.


    Henry returned to the master bedroom to take a shower.


    Frustrated, he took off his coat and noticed the hair clinging to his outerwear.


    Without a second thought, he tossed the hair into the trash can.


    Henry was taken aback when he identally opened the wardrobe, which used to hold both men’s and


    women’s clothing. However, it was half empty now. Only men’s suits and shirts were left, and Crystal’s


    beautiful dresses were nowhere to be seen. She has moved all her things!


    At that moment, rity washed over Henry. Crystal wasn’t joking. She’s still staying in the Miller


    residence, but to her, our children are the only reason she’s still married to me.


    While washing his face and shaving, he looked in the mirror and caressed his face.


    Eser, though they stayed in the same house, the two rarely saw each other, as Crystal intentionally


    avoided Henry


    Whenever he apanied Skyler, she would retreat to her bedroom. Even while she breastfed Remi


    Grystal would politely ask Henry to leave, treating him like a stranger.


    Hepry took the initiative to prepare milk for Skyler.


    When he pushed open the door, he saw Crystal’s serene countenance bathe in a soft glow.


    Skyler was ustled in her mother’s embrace, tightly embracing Crystal while listening to thetter


    reading a fairy tale.


    ?aysta? ? voice was pleasant to the ears, soft but carried a hint of huskiness Listening to it caused Henry


    to


    ably recall the intimate nights when she pleaded in a raspy voice beneath him.


    He couldn’t help but gulp, gently cing the milk bottle in Skyler’s arms.


    Skyler held the bottle and drank from it


    After consuming more than half of the milk in the bottle, she started feeling sleepy and dozed off with


    her head lolling sideways


    Crystal’s voice grew softer…


    Late at night, she patted Skyler’s shoulder while humming a luby.


    Henry leaned closer, whispering. “She’s asleep.”


    Crystal carefullyid the little girl down, kissing her forehead, then got out of bed.


    Afterward, she went to the room next door to check on Remi.


    Remi now slept alone in the baby’s room. At night, two nannies would take turns to care for him. After


    taking a look at her son, Crystal exited the room with Henry treading on her heels. In the deserted


    corridor, he grabbed her hand and pinned her against the wall. “Crystal, how long do you n to give


    me the cold shoulder? Nothing will ever happen between me and Lara!”


    Crystal braced against his shoulder and pushed him away. Then, she walked toward her room.


    Henry once again grasped her wrist. “Let’s talk!”


    Crystal stopped short. Her slender figure appeared even more exquisite under the dim yellow light.


    In just a few days, she had slimmed down significantly and did not resemble a woman who had just


    delivered a baby just two months ago.


    Crystal’s voice was slightly hoarse as she spoke. “Do you think we have anything left to discuss? From


    the moment Lara showed up, I’ve expressed my repulsion and dislike toward her. If you had any


    feelings for me and truly take me as your wife, you would never have made this decision.”


    After saying that, she continued striding toward her bedroom.


    The faint sound of the door closing reverberated in the corridor, much like the sense of loss brimming in


    Henry’s chest.