Chapter 4

After a long pause, Luna responded.

"Take me to see Felix. I'll divorce him. I’m sure that’s what you want more than anything, seeing us divorced. If he’s not Orion’s father anymore, he won’t have the right to decide what happens to his body."

Luna spoke as blood poured from her mouth, soaking the front of her clothes.

Stella looked at her, shocked, as if she had seen a ghost. She had expected Luna to lash out, maybe even fight her.

Luna saw right through her. "I’m not going to cause a scene here. I’ll change my clothes, and then you can take me to Felix."

At Riverview Villa, Stella led Luna to the second floor and opened the door. "Felix, Luna insisted on seeing you. I had no choice but to bring her here."

Luna stepped into the study, shut the door behind her, and locked it.

Stella sneered, "What? Afraid Felix won’t want to see you and might take off? Guess you know your place."

Luna looked at Felix, who was sitting at his desk. No one could imagine the cruel heart that lay beneath his charming face.

Was there hate? Revenge?

Her gaze was cold, just like Felix’s had been when he first sought his revenge.

"You say my father killed your mother. How did she die?"

Felix stood up, his fists clenched. "She died in prison."

"And that was my father’s doing?"

"Yes! It was him!"

"What was she convicted of? How long was her sentence? And why did she die in prison?"

Felix took a deep breath as he watched her come closer, step by step. There were no signs of the grief she’d shown the day before. Her eyes were dry and lifeless, as if the light had left them.

Felix closed his eyes tightly, staying silent for a long moment before finally speaking. "Your father framed her for embezzlement and bribery. She got three years. In the third year, she was murdered in prison."

Luna nodded, saying, "So my father probably framed her and was afraid she’d reveal the truth once she got out of prison? So he killed her to silence her?"

Felix stared at Luna’s cold indifference, shocked that she was accepting it so easily.

"Luna!"

Luna nodded again, saying, "Felix, you’ve probably heard the saying, and you understand it well. 'The child pays for the sins of the parents.'"

Felix’s expression darkened as Luna continued. "When I was 13, I was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a fortune from my father. He nearly went bankrupt to pay for my release. But after they got the money, they tried to assault me and planned to kill me. You saved me. I’ve owed you for that my entire life. Even after we got married, and you treated me terribly, I believed I deserved it because I owed you.

"You wanted revenge on my father, and you used me as your weapon. You made me love you, even though you hated me. Every time you hurt me, it felt like you were hurting him. That’s how a child pays for the sins of the parents. Through my suffering, you felt like you were avenging your mother.

"Let’s end this today. I’ll divorce you. Just give me my son back."

Luna was eerily calm, far too composed for someone negotiating something so serious.

A faint smirk appeared on Felix’s face. "Didn’t you once say you’d never divorce me, not in this lifetime?"

Luna shook her head. "I want your name erased from Orion’s birth certificate as his father. You claim you’re not his father, so let’s make it official. I won’t fight it. You never deserved to be his father anyway. You have no right to decide what happens to his body."

Her tone, which had started steady, began to falter, each sentence coming out weaker as she struggled to breathe.

Mentioning Orion made her think of the horrible things Stella had said. Even in death, she couldn’t allow Stella to mistreat her son’s body.

Felix’s grin widened. "You want a divorce just to save that worthless little brat’s body?"

Luna felt like her lungs were on fire, as if she couldn’t get any air. Her brain was starving for oxygen. She forced a mocking smile. "What’s the matter? Have you really fallen for your enemy’s daughter? Or are you just too attached to our twisted love-hate dynamic to go through with a divorce?"

Felix scoffed. "There’s still a lot of debt left unpaid. You really think you can trade a divorce for your son’s body? What a joke."

"I haven’t forgotten what I owe for my father’s sins. I’ll pay it all back," Luna said, her eyes flicking to the Swiss army knife on Felix’s desk. She had noticed it the moment she walked into the room.

She grabbed the knife, quickly opened it, and in one swift motion, turned and stabbed Stella four times.