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The room fell into a stud vilence.
Telix frowned, rubbing his tragiles in frustration. “Don’t joke about this.”
Jule? I looked at the handsome man before me, my heart filled with hitterness. Thad been his partner for five years and knew every me. I remembered the passion of that desperate night two months ago, the sincerity in his proposal when the peegiumry test name hack positive, and Bin distant smile during mu courthouse wedding. All those memories had uner cousinced me that there was some affection in our
werks shattered that illusion.
My eyes reddened, sadness flooding my entire being. Driven by a sadden, reckless impulse, Laded, “Felix, did you know… I love you‘?
Felix free, his gare locked on my tear filled eyes. After a long pause, he looked away, saying flatly, “If I had known. I wouldn’t have married you.”
It felt as if someone had hollowed out my chest, leaving only searing pain.
Though I had expected this answer, I could no longer maintain my composure, and a tear slipped from my eye
The room tilted on its axis. Felix’s cologne–that damne cedarwood scent he’d worn since our MIT days–clung to my throat like drowning hands. i wondered if this was hove my father felt when the experimental aircraft failed, when everything he’d worked for came crashing down
Felix’s heart skipped a heat as he watched me. The unfamiliar feeling made him want to turn away. “I have things to do. You should rest,” he said. turning to leave.
As he reached the door. I stepped forward, grabbing his arm, desperate for an answer. “Tell me, when you proposed to me, did you truly feel nothing for me?”
Telix looked down ignoring my grip as he pulled his arm away. “Tou’re still pregnant. Think carefully about the divorce. With that, he walked out of the house.
The clock ticked closer to midnight.
Isar alone at the table, unmoving.
My phone rang repeatedly until I finally lifted it, seeing my mother’s name on the screen. I closed my eyes, hesitated, and answered.
“Drielle, your stepfather’s real estate project needs more funding. Tell Felix to send more money! My mother’s entitled tone let me too drained to even feel angry.
Trepied quietly. “There’s no money.”
“What do you mean no money? Drielle, just because you married into a rich family, don’t think you’re above us One day, you’ll need your Emily’s support..” Her voice carried the same manipulative edge it had developed since she remarried.
“I won’t give you anything. We’re getting divorced, and everything you took before–you should give it all hack out my mother off
“What? What’s going on? Did Felix find someone else? My mother’s shocked voice soon shifted her tone turning scornful. “All rich men are like that. You’re so useless–already pregnant and still can’t keep a man! Get as much money as you can before the baby is born. That’s all that matters”
I let out a silent laugh, and as I laughed, tears beganto fall. My hand went slack, letting the phone drop to the floor with a thuil, shattering my last glimmer of hope in family support.
The next day, as soon as I arrived at work, I felt the weight of curious stares. Faint whispers floated around me,
“Did you hear? That slap sounded solid.”
“If I were her. I wouldn’t have the face to keep working here.”
“Come on, she’s already suffered enough, Not only did some consultant steal her project, but she even took a slap for it..”
The sympathetic tone cut deeper than any mockery. I forced a bitter smile, clutching my bag tightly as I walked to my desk.
Moments later, someone approached, placing a document in front of me. “Drielle, thus is your mother’s request for another transfer. She says it’s
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urgent for your stepfather’s new venture, Mr. Reed needs pater signature for approval.”
I shot them a cold look. “Tran’s sign that Have Mr. Reed handle it himself –
The person’s smile deepened with an unreadable glint in their eyes. “Alright, Tirielle.” They then turned and walled coward’s fier
A while later, relix emerged, talking quietly with the staff meisher, their stance intimate and professional.
then, commotion erupted near the elevator.
1 hurried out, stunned by the scene before
My mother was storming forward, and with a load “slag,” she struck the consultant across the fare
“You scheming woman! Seducing my son in lawt Shameless! my mother shouted.
My face turned pale as I rushed forward, grabbing my mother. “Mom, what are you doing?!
“You useless thing! My mother shook off my grip and turned to Felix, grabbing his arm. “Son in law, 1 demand an explanation today My daughter js- carrying your child, yet you’re here flirting with this consultant. If you don’t kick her out right now, this woe’t endi
The bombshell echoed through the air like thunder.
Everyone present looked at one another in shock, disbelief written all over their faces
“Mr. Reed and Drielle.. are married?!”
