Claudia's lips trembled as she clenched her fists even tighter. I did not doubt that if there were no outsiders here, she would have punched me. Claudia stood alone behind me in silence for a while. I did not know what she was thinking, but I could tell from her demeanor that she had finally calmed
"Ariana!"Claudia's eyes flared with fury as if she wanted to burn me to ashes in an instant. Infuriated, she shrieked, "Do you think you're safe just because you're pregnant?"She was so enraged by me that she was practically hopping mad, but she couldn't do anything else aside from clenching her
Terrified, Claudia shook her head vigorously and denied everything. "N-No! It wasn't me! It was her—she fell on her own!"Already on the edge of losing my voice, I cried out, "How could I ever harm my own child? That's my baby!"I sobbed uncontrollably, my body quivering as Nicholas cupped my cheeks
Nicholas's eyes were thick with emotion. "Let's go to the hospital. I will give you a satisfying answer."My vision was blurry, but I felt like I actually understood the look in his eyes for the first time ever. I trusted that he was truly going to give me a satisfying answer this time. Gazing at h
I lowered my gaze. When I looked up again, my eyes were flaring with determination. "I am voluntarily filing for a divorce," I whispered. Nicholas fell silent. The staff patiently asked, "And you, sir?"Nicholas didn't answer her. Instead, he turned toward me, and his eyes began reddening. I fel
I met Nicholas's gaze and spotted the palpable grief in his eyes. I could tell that he was struggling, but it was probably because his hope to build his own family had been shattered. This was something he'd been longing for since he was young, after all. He said that I was ruthless because I faile
An hour later, a 60-second video of Nicholas and I bidding our farewells in front of the court made headlines. People online even commented that the scene where Nicholas's coat billowed about in the wind as he watched me leave surpassed those in tragic films. "Just how desperate was she to file fo
Nicholas's face emitted a ghostly, pale glow under the overhead light. Just his gaze and one fleeting sentence from him were enough to render me powerless and desperate. He didn't even have to do anything else. "Nicholas, we can have one last meal together if you'd like. But the rest is off the tab