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“Divorced?” he repeated, his laugh cold and mocking. “I never divorced you willingly. You tricked me into signing those damned documents.”
“Tricked? Just like you who blocked my phone and refused to see me at the hospital?” I met his gaze with
indifference, my patience wearing thin.
“You are the last person on earth that I want to be with Xander. If I could go back in time, I would have never married a ruthless person like you.”
“Baby, listen to me, I was wrong.” His face turned a shade paler as he fixed his
pleading and unwavering eyes on me.
“You killed my baby.”
He was stunned as he stared at me, dumbfounded.
“I..I didn’t… I didn’t know.”
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“You didn’t know what? In reality, you knew everything, you must elated then to know that I have fallen down the stairs.
with nobody to tend to me.
Just like that time when I had a fight with Italian mafia, you were just looking forward for me to die.”
“NO! NO! Never, how can you even say that, Elena? You are the person I love-
For the first time, the usually composed
and aloof Xander sounded like he was breaking down from inside.
“I am sorry that I lived and disappointed you. But now that I am out of the picture. you can very well hold a grand wedding with Diana.
I was never a perfect daughter–in–law for your mother whom I tried to impress so hard, only for her to treat me like a servant. Maybe Diana can be that daughter-in–law which I could never be.”
Xander opened his mouth to speak
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something, but no words came out.
He had lost a significant amount of weight and when his arms clutched me hurriedly, it made me uncomfortable and disgusted as I got up.
“Elena, I never thought about Diana like that. S–She was just like a sister. I lost my sister when we were young and-
“So you give me your sister’s lingerie to handwash when I was wounded and miscarried not even hours ago. Such a pure sisterly bond you have.”
I laughed yet it was so cold that it made
Xander flinch.
“I will be good Elena, I will improve and leave everything for you, please give me one more chance. We have been husband and wife for 5 long years. We used to be so in love.”
“Yes, you are right we used to be. But my past is different from my future, you broke me in ways that I could have never
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imagined. We can never be together anymore.
You can have your Diana because I already have someone whom I owe a lot to. I
cannot imagine anyone else with me if not him.
As expected, Xander’s expression darkened as soon as he heard my words. His face turned stone–cold; his usual composure completely shattered.
