CHAPTER 1 - Let's Get A Divorce

Amelia watched the clock as it stroked at 11 pm still Leo wasn't back. 'Looks like he won't be coming home tonight,’ she thought. 

Her heart sank as she began walking towards her bedroom.

Just then the sound of a light click came from the front door and her heart lifted as she hurried over. “Leo, you are back.”

Leo was wearing a dark cashmere coat and his tall figure looked even more handsome and cold in the cold winter. At the first sight of Amelia, he said, “Amelia I have something to tell you.”

Amelia was stunned and her intuition told her that something was off about Leo tonight. But she placed my hands on her slightly bulging belly and smiled.

“Sure, I also have something to tell you. I prepared your favorite meal, why don't you eat first, then we will discuss it later.” 

“Sophia is pregnant, let's get a divorce!”

“What?” 

Amelia swallowed painfully and her smile faded. It was like a heavy hammer had struck her and she stood there in disbelief.

Leo continued, “She is already three months gone. I promised Damien that I would take good care of her and I can't go back on my word. You have to give up your position as Mrs. Reynold, you have been occupying that position for three years now.”

Amelia felt a tickle in her eyes but she tried to hold back the tears. “No Leo you can't do this to me.” 

“I have been faithful to you, I sacrificed everything for you even my career and now you got Sophia pregnant not only that you want to divorce me. Did the three years I spent as your wife mean nothing to you?” 

Leo's face turned stone cold and he stared at her with no emotion. “It meant nothing to me Amelia, I never loved you and I never will, you are like a pest that has been hard to get rid of. Now that Sophia is pregnant I finally have a reason to get rid of you.”

The tears Amelia was trying hard to suppress finally streamed down her cheeks. She knew Leo never loved her but hearing him say it out loud shattered her heart into pieces.

“I won't divorce you.” She said vehemently, wiping the tears off her face and sniffing.

Leo's face darkened as he strode towards her. He held her chin tightly and she writhed in pain.

“It hurts Leo.”

“I will make life more miserable for you if you refuse. My grandfather isn't alive to save you from my wrath anymore.”

Just then his phone rang and he released her chin.

Leo answered the phone, and his face changed drastically after a few seconds. “What did you say? Sophia had an accident?”

“Take her to the hospital right away. I'll be right there. Make sure nothing happens to her and the baby.” He hung up the phone and was in a hurry to leave but Amelia grabbed him immediately.

“Where are you going? It's so late and you still want to go to Sophia? You can't go.”

Leo immediately shook her off and she fell hard on her butt “Sophia had an accident. Do you want me to sit back and watch her die knowing fully well she is pregnant with my child? Amelia, don't be so heartless.” 

After he finished speaking, he pushed the door and walked out. Amelia's heart sank, and she felt all the grievances she had been suppressing for years suddenly burst out. 

She rushed out and shouted. “I am your wife, Leo, do you want me to just sit back and watch you go to another woman without any reaction?”

Leo stopped, and his next words completely crushed her.

“Have you forgotten how you became my wife? I was forced to marry you. If it weren't for you back then, Damien wouldn't have died. I have put up with you for three years. Not sending you to jail was for the sake of our families’ reputation.” 

Memories of the past flooded her mind and her face turned pale.

Three years ago, Amelia was about to marry into the Reynold family when news broke out that Leo had been in an accident and Damien had died trying to save him.

Afterward, all clues pointed to her, saying she had deliberately tampered with the car to cause the accident, due to lack of sufficient evidence the prosecution did not bring charges against her. She thought that this would prove her innocence, but it turned out that Leo never believed her. 

Amelia's heart gradually sank as tears filled her eyes. “I didn't kill Damien, I have explained this to you many times. And you know how much I love you, why will I tamper with your car? Don't you think this is ridiculous?” 

Leo sneered at her. “It is ridiculous and I ridiculously followed my grandfather's wish and married you, but do you know what I was thinking?” 

“I was thinking about when you would die. Do you know how disgusted I feel every time I see you in the past three years? Every time I see you, I think of how Damien died. I wish you would go to hell immediately and accompany him.” 

As if struck by lightning, Amelia stepped back in disbelief. Suddenly she remembered all the coldness and disgust Leo had shown her over the past few years. She had never understood why, and now she finally had the answer.

“So… this is what you think? You think I'm a murderer, I've explained to you over the past three years, and you still don't believe me?” 

“Yes!” Leo answered without hesitation, looking at her as if she was a stranger.

“In my eyes, you are like a clown jumping around, making me not only disgusted but also not worthy of hating you. Because it would make my hatred for you cheap and dirty.” 

Amelia shuddered violently and her body collapsed completely. They had been married for three years, and she had always known that there was a knot in Leo's heart.

She thought she could influence him with her efforts to trust her even if she couldn't make him love her, they could at least maintain a respectful relationship.

But the result… he not only wanted her dead, but also found her disgusting? 

“I understand now, So in your heart, I am this kind of person. Leo, it turns out that all these years, it wasn't you who misunderstood me, but I who misunderstood you.” 

Tears slid down her cheeks, and her body trembled in pain. 

Leo's eyebrows twisted slightly and for a moment, his heart seemed to soften. 

But the next second his phone rang again. 

“Mr. Reynold, when are you coming? Miss Sophia is bleeding from her lower body, and the baby may not survive.”