-Javier?
Diana reacted and tried to force a smile as she ran to Javier.
She wanted to grab Javier’s arm as she had done before, but found him avoiding her hand.
Diana looked incredulously at Javier.
-Javier, don’t you love me anymore?
Panic set in her mind and her lips began to tremble.
Today, as she left the police station, anyone who recognized her pointed a finger at her and children on the road spat at her.
She went to the Espina family’s house and begged at the door for a long time and the maid threw her out the door like she was trash and warned her by telling her that she would call the police if she came again.
“Now Javier had to be added to the list of people who hate me.”
Diana looked at Javier with tears in her eyes.
Before, Javier would give her everything when she made that face. But now, he was indifferent and looked at her with the same coldness.
Diana became even more nervous. Javier had never looked at her that way before.
Although she normally hated Javier’s frankness and lack of understanding, she still knew how to love her with eyes full of love. But now all those emotions she knew so well had disappeared from Javier’s eyes, leaving only indifference.
-Diana, I came to talk to you about the annulment of the marriage.
-What?
With a confused expression, she gasped and grabbed Javier’s sleeve.
-I don’t agree.
She had no choice but to cling to Javier, who was the only person she could trust.
Diana was now certain that she would never find a better man after leaving Javier.
Javier frowned and hesitated for a moment before finally taking her hand ruthlessly away and saying in an indifferent voice:
-Actually, I’m putting it to you rather mildly. I felt that I should at least talk it over with you as a form of respect, but….
He pursed his lips and could say no more.
-But you’re just here to inform me, aren’t you? -Diana finished his unspoken words and let out a bitter laugh, “Javier, didn’t you say before that even if the Espina family didn’t love me, you would still love me and protect me? Doesn’t all that count anymore? Didn’t you say you loved me more than anyone else? How could you lie to me? How could you break your word?!
Javier looked at her calmly as she was going crazy and waited for her to calm down before saying:
-But all this is based on the premise that you are not lying to me.
Diana froze.
-When have I ever lied to you…?
-Always,” Javier uttered the word, making Diana’s fingers tighten.
As if he hadn’t noticed Diana’s expression, the man continued:
-My mother told me you didn’t like me, and I didn’t believe her. But I seem to have realized that only recently.
He fixed his eyes on Diana.
-You only like the background behind me, not me as a person. Even if we’re dating, I’m just an alternative in your eyes, and if someone better comes along, you’ll replace me at any time, won’t you?
-No, it’s not like that… -Diana explained anxiously.
Javier interrupted her.
-Umberto is a good example. Before he said you approached him, I didn’t believe him and I tried to convince myself later to believe you. But that recording in the program, in which you yourself told your grandmother that you approached Umberto, but he didn’t speak a word to you before you desisted, that’s when I chickened out.
-No, you’ve got it wrong, I….
Diana was desperately trying to find a way to round it off, half-heartedly before she said:
-I don’t like Albina, I only did it to provoke her and her husband.
Javier looked down and scoffed.
-Unfortunately, I don’t want to hear it now. Diana, the person you are now is really very strange to me, you are nothing like the person I knew before. And I’ll be honest with you, I like a kind and gentle Diana, not a Diana full of evil and with a ruthless mind.
When he finished, he put his hand to his watch and said to Diana:
-It’s getting late, I have to go.
Seeing Diana’s desperate attempt to grab his arm, Javier suddenly said:
-This house must be the only place for you to stay.
Diana stopped abruptly and looked at Javier with an incredulous expression.
“Are you threatening me, Javier is threatening me?”
Diana’s face filled with anger.
-Javier, aren’t you afraid that people will talk about you if you call off the marriage with me? You were so good to me before, and now that I no longer have the Espina family, you immediately turn your back on me. People will think you are heartless and ungrateful.
Javier wanted to leave in peace, but when he saw how relentless Diana was, he got angrier.
-Diana, don’t you realize what a reputation you have now?
Diana froze. How could she not know? Even children spat at her as she walked down the street.
She was afraid to turn on her cell phone after being released from custody, afraid of facing so much abuse.
Javier was the only one she could trust now and she just wanted to hold on to him no matter what.
-With your current reputation, not only will I not be talked about if I back out of the marriage with you, but I will be praised.
Javier analyzed her carefully without any emotion on his face.
-The reason I was engaged to you was not because my family was thinking about the interests of the engagement between the Espinas and the Romeros. What I valued more was the bond between us, my affection for you. But now, you are not of the Espina family, and the Espinas are still at odds with you. If I marry you, there is no guarantee that the Espina family will not turn against the Romero family. Second…
Javier looked at Diana with a complicated expression.
-I don’t like you anymore. Not only I don’t like you, but I even squirm inside when I think of the times in the past when you put on a show in front of me, pretending to be kind and gentle. I feel a little sick that for almost two years I was in a relationship with a girl as disgusting as you.
Diana was stunned that Javier had used the word “disgusting”.
Her heart sank to the bottom, and darkness spread before her.
-I have given you respect, so don’t bother me or blame me for not being polite.
When Javier said this, Diana was completely sure.
“He doesn’t have a shred of affection for me anymore. “