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in, I wasn’t trying to accuse Millie,” Julianne began. “ I just… I just guessed that it was her from the signs … “‘
Before she could finish her sentence, Irvin snapped angrily “Enough, Julianne! I trust you like family, not for you to treat me as a fool!”
They had grown up together, raised by the same mother. He had truly seen her as his sister. Yet she…
“Irvin, I really…” Julianne tried to explain.
But Irvin didn’t want to hear another word from her. He had someone drag her out.
I had clearly told him that I was innocent, the sufferings I had endured, and how many times Julianne had deceived him over the years.
I also let him know that the reason Julianne had slandered me and manipulated our relationship wasn’t solely because she misunderstood and thought I had drugged her
I had never wished her harm. It was she who couldn’t stand seeing me happy.
Even so, despite knowing everything, Irvin still didn’t doubt what had happened back then because they had grown up together. He firmly believed Julianne hadn’t voluntarily climbed into Phillip’s bed and that the video of her being drugged wasn’t something she had staged intentionally.
As Julianne was dragged away, she shouted desperately, “Irvin, I’m really doing this for your sake! Please don’t give all your assets to Emilia!”
She continued. “If you give everything to her, she might marry another man. Not only will you be left with nothing, but you’ll also be forced to earn money for her and her husband, or even their children in the future! Please think about it, Irvin!”
Although Irvin no longer trusted Julianne as much as before, hearing her words still made his chest tighten and ache uncontrollably.
He didn’t dare think about it. He just couldn’t.
The thought that, in the future, I might be with another man or even have children with someone else was something he could never accept, not even in death.
He was willing to spend the rest of his life making up for his mistakes. He was willing to do anything for me.
But just not that. Never!
He knew how foolish and wrong he had been. He could accept any punishment, but I had to remain his wife. Something crossed his mind, and he lowered his gaze, trying to gather his thoughts before raising his eyes to look at me. There was only sincere regret in his eyes and a desperate need to make up for everything.
“Emi, if there’s no issue, you can sign, and we’ll go through with the divorce , ” he said. “Believe me, all I want now is to see you happy and to make amends.”
Meeting his sincere and remorseful gaze, my heart skipped a beat.
Even though I had forgotten him and my love for him, perhaps my feelings had already been carved into my soul. My body, especially my heart, instinctively and uncontrollably responded to him , moved by him.
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But no matter how much my heart wavered , my rational mind remained firmly in control.
So after confirming again that there were no issues with the contract, I signed it.
And then , we rushed to the courthouse.
When the staff saw our divorce agreement, stating that the husband would leave the marriage with nothing, she was surprised.
Irvin was a good–looking and refined young man. Plus , considering the current policies discouraging divorce, she couldn’t help but try to dissuade us., even though we persisted in our decision to divorce after the cooling–off period.
“Miss, your husband seems like a good man. It’s not easy to find a man like him among so many people in the world. Don’t you want to reconsider?” she asked.
I smiled. “No, thank you.
People only saw the surface. Only those within the marriage would know the condition of the relationship.
The staff then turned to Irvin.
Irvin was even more unwilling to go through with the divorce than her, but he knew that he couldn’t stop it.
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