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Chapter 223

Author: Rina Novita
"Therefore, I've decided to accept my parents' condition to take Irene as my second wife."

Erica, who had been holding her breath to hear Arnold's decision, now found herself struggling to breathe. She couldn't believe Arnold would make such a decision.

Angry? Of course, she wanted to be angry. But, would she be selfish if she couldn't make Arnold happy? She wasn't a perfect woman anymore. So, what should she do now? She couldn't possibly rebel. All this time, Arnold had never known her feelings.

"Erica, once again, I'm sorry!"

Seeing Erica silent and expressionless, Arnold felt guilty and then took his wife's fingers and kissed them repeatedly.

"Yes, from the beginning, I left this decision to you. After all, our marriage was because of my father. It's okay. It doesn't matter if you really want to marry Irene. After all, I did this for my father." Erica tried her best to keep her tone as normal as possible. But she knew that soon, those tears would fall from the corners of her ey
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