[95]

CHRISTY:

“Are you only saying this because you don’t want to get a divorce, Everette? You don’t want to be disowned by your family. You don’t want to lose the inheritance.”

Everette knew my mind was already set on divorcing him and it wouldn’t change even if he would do anything.

“N-No, Kitten. I wanted to be with you. This has nothing to do with my family anymore. ”

My eyes darted to the necklace in his hand. It was pretty.

“I’m sorry, Everette. I cannot accept your necklace.” His face fell. “My mind has already been set on divorcing you. You cannot change my mind anymore,” I said. “Let’s sleep for now. I’m already sleepy.”

How could I sleep when there had been a lot of things going on in my mind?

I laid on my bed, my back on him.

“What will I do to change your mind, Kitten,” he whispered.

“You cannot change my mind anymore, Everette.”

“Why? I promised to love you, Kitten.”

“Because I’m going to divorce you.” Did he think that promising to love me will change anything? What was