Seth was constantly busy, leaving early in the morning and returning late at night. During the day, Ondine hardly saw him at all.The villa was a short drive from Lustrous Medical Center, so she spent half of each day with her mother and the other half working on her graduation thesis.Lately, her phone had been blowing up with texts and calls from unknown numbers. It was Ellis, using other people's phones.noveldrama[Ondine, why did you block me?][You know everything, don't you?][I'm so sorry, baby, I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make it up to you. Don't ignore me.][Baby, I know I lied about being poor, but my feelings for you are real. Can you please give me one more chance?][Just talk to me, please? I'm going crazy.][I'm begging you. Just talk to me.][Ondine, you can't just write me off like this. Please, I'll do anything you ask. I'll spend money on you, I'll marry you, just please, please talk to me.][Ondine, it's snowing. I miss you so much.][Ondine, where are you?][I just found out my mom came to see you. Don't listen to her nonsense. You're the one I love. I'm not marrying Chantal. I only want to marry you.][Ondine, I dreamed of you again last night. When I woke up and realized it was just a dream, I felt my heart break for the first time.][Ondine, we were together for over two years. How can you be so cruel as to just cut me off?]Ondine blocked each number as it came in.Finally, fed up with Ellis's relentless persistence, she changed her number.One evening, after finishing her thesis proposal, Ondine massaged her sore shoulders and went downstairs for dinner.Cara was just coming out of the Check latest chapters at find⁂novel.netkitchen with a bowl of soup. "MrmetThorne, you're down! was about to come get you. The dining table was set for two.Ondine paused. "Is Seth coming home for dinner tonight?""Yes," Cara replied. "He called a little while ago to say he'd be back."Ondine nodded. "Did he say when he'd be here?""He should be here any minute."As if on cue, Seth walked in, bringing a gust of cold air with him.A heavy snow was falling outside, the flakes swirling in a furious, howling wind. The weather was so bad that Ondine had assumed he wouldn't be coming home. Zaria had once mentioned that Seth's office had a resting suite as large as his bedroom at home, complete with a bed and bathroom, and he often slept there when he was working late. Seth took off his coat, and Ondine instinctively took it from him to hang it up. "Seth, you're back."He grunted in acknowledgment.Only then did Ondine notice two containers of fresh tortellini on the dining table.Seth walked toward the dining room. "I was going to bring Yvaine over for dinner but the weather is too foul had some tortellini sent to her instead." He was so thoughtful. Ondine's lips curved into a small smile. “Thank you."So he had come home specifically to have dinner with her?That warm feeling returned, a gentle current flowing through her, like the sound of ice melting in the spring.Suddenly, Ondine realized that Seth wasn't nearly as cold as he appeared on the surface.