The word ‘divorce’ had slipped through Sean’s lips once again. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect himself to divorce the woman in front of him—the one whom he had once been madly in love with. As my dreams gradually come true, I have to admit that my feelings have changed and that I have fallen in love with Myra. I have no idea when it started, but I have been suffering since Myra isn’t mine. Somehow, I have started to feel excited about the slightest news about her. Besides, I would even lose sleep over the small things involving her. However, I am also not sure when it started, but I no longer harbor the feelings I once had for the woman now standing in front of me.
“Divorce?!” Lyla’s body stiffened straight away. It was such a simple term, but it felt like thousands of poisonous arrows piercing her heart. She stumbled a couple of steps backward while staring in disbelief at the man who was in front of her. “Sean, what did you say?”
Nevertheless, she shook her head violently right after asking that. She stammered incoherently, “N-No… No… Say no further. I know that you were merely joking earlier…” She packed her bag before turning to leave. “Sean, I suddenly recalled that I have something to attend to. I’ll leave now.”
Just as she was about to leave, Sean’s large and strong hand grabbed her right arm.
His eyes were blazing with determination, making him look almost defiant. “Lyla, you know very well that I am no longer in love with you. Besides, you are no longer the woman I once loved. Instead of dragging each other along for the rest of our lives, it’s best to get a divorce as soon as possible. You will be free to live a new life whereas I can live the life I want.”
“Instead of dragging each other along for the rest of our lives, you say?” Sean was grabbing onto Lyla’s right hand tightly, so she could not release herself. She was devastated after listening to what he had to say.
Initially, I might have been aiming to marry into the Hart Family and I may have agreed to marry into the Chase Family later due to my greed, but I truly am in love with Sean. That is why I agreed without any hesitation when Tony suggested this option. The feelings I have for Sean over the years have never changed. In fact, I’d miss him even when I was in the United States. But, what did he just say to me? He wants us to get a divorce. He claims that if we were to remain together, we would be dragging each other. He even wants the two of us to start afresh and live separately…
Lyla suddenly turned and hissed through gritted teeth, “Sean, who gave you the right to decide for the both of us? You married me for the Hilliville project, so how could you divorce me simply by claiming that you aren’t in love with me anymore?! What do you take me for?!”
“You have lied to me about many things—haven’t you harmed Myra with all you have?” Sean merely frowned in disdain when he saw Lyla’s sour expression. He released her hand, but he sneered. “You are not a good person—you did not marry into the Chase Family for me. Since that is the case, there is no need to consider other issues, regardless of whether we are married or getting a divorce. Everything we did was consensual.”
“Wow, that’s a great play on word usage!”
When I felt Sean’s suspicious gaze and learned about Sean’s feelings toward Myra, coupled with the incident when he came forward to clear Myra’s name when others accused her, I had a vague sense that this would have happened sooner or later. I just did not expect it to happen so soon. He has been delaying the wedding he once promised me due to his hectic schedule at work. Well, right now, it looks like it is not due to his hectic workload. I suppose he has wanted to divorce me from the get-go.
“Sean, do you think that Myra would return to you just because you divorce me now?” Lyla’s expression contorted into a snarl as her rage and agony made her eyes bloodshot. “Dream on! The first option is an old flame who has been torturing her whereas the other is a new lover who spoils and loves her. Who would you pick if you were in her shoes? You should forget about Myra because she will never return to you! She told me that herself! She doesn’t even care about you anymore. She can’t even be bothered about what you did to her in the past!”
“That is because I have been fooled by both you and Tony!” After listening to Lyla, Sean recalled that Myra refused to recently answer his calls. Anger started to boil in his chest and his gaze was dark with rage. “If it weren’t for you and Tony pulling strings in the dark, Myra would not have treated me badly! I will explain everything to her!” He tightly clenched his fists.
Lyla inhaled sharply when she saw the determination in his gaze. Sean is going insane. He is really planning to get Myra back!
“You are insane!” She wanted nothing more than to slap the man in front of her. “Did you claim that I have lied to you? If you hadn’t ignored Myra and treated her cruelly for the past two years, why would she leave you? Do you need me to remind you of every woman that you have slept with? You even got one pregnant and she tried getting rid of me in order to marry into the Chase Family!” Her gaze glinted with sarcasm when she was reminded of Elsie.
Sean tightened his fists while glancing at Lyla. He recalled what she had said to Eve the other day and his voice dropped to an icy tone, “Do you think that I do not know who made you abort the unborn child all those years ago?”
His voice was calm, but it felt like a struck of lightning in Lyla’s heart. She then asked Sean in a trembling voice, “W-What do you mean?”
“Huh! What do I mean?” Sean laughed mirthlessly, but he was staring at Lyla unblinkingly. He wasn’t even bothered to conceal his rage. “I heard the whole conversation between you and Mom at the hospital that day… Lyla, my mom made you abort the child, but you told me Myra did it. You blamed everything on Myra. If you hadn’t done that to me, why would I hurt her?!”
Once upon a time, I used to be happy with Myra. At the time, I was devoted to protecting her with all I had and I wanted to make her happy. However, that did not last long and I have regretted it ever since.
“Since I now know what kind of woman you are, how could I possibly be with you? You have done countless things to Myra ever since you’ve returned. I have proof for some of them, but I don’t for the rest. However, that is fine because I will gradually get hold of them.” He gave her a cold look. That man snatched Myra from me and I must snatch her back!
Lyla felt goosebumps all over her body. Sean has just admitted that he overheard my conversation with Eve in the hospital the other day… That day, I made Elsie miscarry and I had an argument with Eve outside the hospital room. We were talking about each other’s shortcomings at the time. If he had heard them…
Her expression drastically changed and she reached out to grab Sean’s hand. “Sean, you have to listen to me. I was merely mad at Mom, which is why I said all those awful things to her. Most of the things we said that day were not true…”
“Which of them isn’t true? Was it the part where you made Elsie miscarry or my mom made you miscarry your unborn child?” His gaze was as dark as the night when he stared unblinkingly at Lyla. The cold ruthlessness in his eyes made her chest heave painfully.
Lyla shivered reflexively. “Didn’t you request Mom to make Elsie abort her child? I was just lending you a hand.”
