Squatting on the cold floor, Dorothy couldn’t suppress her sorrow.
From back when she was sixteen and Credence had helped her out of her trouble, till now when she was twenty-six years old, Credence had always been her everything. However, everything seemed to have changed in the blink of an eye.
She felt it in her bones that he didn’t love her at all. However, at least he did cherish her as his wife as she had been showing him affection during their four-year marriage. However, she didn’t expect that he had hated her since the very beginning.
At first, she really thought that the reason Credence rushed to Palm City was to take her home. However, it turned out that he just wanted to pass her a divorce agreement that he had already signed.
Their relationship had really come to an end this time.
Dorothy stood up slowly, wiped the tears on her face, and took a deep breath. She held the divorce agreement tightly in her hand and then smiled tearily.
“Credence, I agree to divorce with you. Really, I’m willing to give up any compensation.”
Credence raised his exhausted eyebrows. He saw that she kept staring at the first page of the agreement. Her face was pale, and there was no expression on her face.
“You want to divorce with me that much?”
The man lowered his noble head, and there were self-mockery and helplessness in his eyes. His fair and cold palm slid from her shoulder to her cold face. He said in a low pitch, “This agreement was drafted when you proposed to divorce with me a few months ago, but I haven’t handed it to you. Do you know why? I was hesitating whether to end our marriage or not.”
“To be honest, in the past 29 years, I never hesitated for even a second in making any decision!”
“But you, Dorothy, made me hesitate!”
“In the past four years, I admit that I didn’t care about you at all, and I would like to apologize for it. Since I had come to Palm City all the way from Talco City for you, let’s start all over again, okay?”
The man, who had never spoken sweet words before, lifted his thin lips quickly and tried his best to coax her. He felt that it was more difficult than the intense negotiation in the business field.
Dorothy was stunned and looked at the man softened his attitude in front of her. She had imagined it before. However, she didn’t feel happy at all at that moment.
If she had not found the agreement accidentally, maybe she would have been very happy and rejoiced that he was finally willing to put his pride aside to coax her.
However, at the moment, she was not sure if she was dreaming.
Credence hated her so much and even wanted her to die. How could he treat her well like how he treated Rosalie?
“Credence, if you don’t love me, can you stop telling me lies? I feel anxious hearing that! It’s been four years, and I’ve been suffering every single day. However, no matter how long I’ve waited, you never fell in love with me. I give up now and I admit that I’ve lost. I admit that I’m just a failure and I’m willing to leave you. Isn’t that good? Why do you have to start it all over again? Do you want me to suffer for another four more years?”
She told him everything calmly. There was not much expression on her face. She didn’t want to look at him anymore.
The next second, he held her body in his arms again. The man’s tall and straight body leaned against her completely. He did not kiss her. His thin lips brushed past her pale cheeks to her auricle. He didn’t move his lips away.
His voice was a little hoarse and deep. Every time Dorothy heard it, she could feel a heartache that almost collapsed her heart.
He said, “Dorothy, I have been looking for you for 56 hours, 30 minutes, and 8 seconds. I didn’t dare to close my eyes to rest. I am worried that once I’ve closed my eyes, I would never see you again…”
Dorothy had no idea how other women would feel when facing their beloved men telling them such sweet words.
However, the moment she listened to Credence’s words, she felt as if she was immersed in sweet honey. Her heart beat faster. She was mesmerized by his sweet words. She couldn’t extricate herself from it!
He had been etched in her mind. All he needed to do was to show a little affection, she would be defeated completely and surrender to him.
The influence this man had on her was much more powerful than she had imagined!
But-Dorothy, wake up!
“Have you forgotten a thousand nights of staying alone in your room? Have you forgotten that he forced you onto the operating table to donate your kidney to Rosalie? Have you forgotten that he insisted to abort the baby in your belly no matter how hard you tried to plead to him?” Dorothy thought to herself.
“Every time he abandoned you without any mercy for Rosalie’s sake, every time you were suffering because of him, have you forgotten those pains?”
“No, of course not. I couldn’t forget the pain even in death,” she thought to herself.
Dorothy closed her eyes and her tears started to stream down her cheek. After a long while, when she was emotionally more stable, she raised her head slowly. There were tears in her red eyes as she stared at the man whom she loved the most but had hurt her the deepest, “Credence, I have told you that I won’t go back with you. After I signed my name on the agreement, you can go back to Talco City straight away!
“In the future… My sister is gentler, more considerate and more obedient than me, so she will definitely take good care of you and treat you better than me!”
“Although I don’t really wish for you to marry her, she is the woman who will make you feel happy. So, I wish you happiness,” Dorothy said.
“I’m asking you again. Do you want to go back with me?”
No matter how hard he tried to convince her, she insisted on not going back with him. Credence, who had been cold and indifferent for most of his life, lost all his patience. His perfect features gradually hardened.
“Go back for what? To see you being intimate with Rosalie? I’d rather die of anger than to see that! ”
After coaxing her for a while, he still failed to get what he wanted. He shifted back to his usual cold tone and expression. Oh, she should have given up on him from the beginning. How could she give in because of his softened attitude?
“Dorothy, haven’t you gotten tired of suffering?
“This man doesn’t love you at all. He will push you into the arms of death if he wishes. Why won’t you learn your lesson after being disappointed for so many times?” She thought to herself.
This woman was getting more and more arrogant when confronting him. What kind of attitude was that?
Credence frowned and said, ” The relationship between Rosalie and I is not what you think.”
Almost at the same moment, Dorothy was triggered by his denial, and her whole body trembled.
“Credence, are you still a man? If you dare to do something, then you should dare to admit it! Everyone in Talco City knows that you and Rosalie have feelings for each other. Don’t treat me as a fool again, okay? Is it fun to trick me again and again?
“Think about it. After we get divorced, you and Rosalie will get married and have your blissful life. I will be staying with Juelz. All of us will lead a peaceful life. Isn’t it good for us?
“By the way, you saw it, didn’t you? Juelz was bathing while I was waiting for him in bed. Juelz and I are already living together and sleeping in the same bed. Of course, if you don’t mind that I am dirty and want me to go back…”
Before she could finish her words, the man pinched her pointy chin with his cold fingers and pulled her whole body to his cold chest.
“You want to stay with Juelz?”
The man raised his dark eyebrows, looking devilish, “Dorothy, if you agree to my conditions, I will do as you wish!”
“What’s the condition?”
Her chin was grabbed by him forcefully, Dorothy almost shed tears because of the pain. However, she held back the pain and did not cry. She raised her head slowly and looked at the man who was suddenly full of rage. She let her heart ache.
The man loosened his grip on her chin and pressed on her shoulder fiercely with one hand. He pressed until her whole body was between his legs, and he held the back of her head with the other hand. Abruptly, he aimed her pale face at a part of his pants, which was bulging.
“It will cost you a lot if you want to be with Juelz!”
He lowered his cold eyelids and spoke in a very cold tone. His cold gaze fell on Dorothy’s pale lips, “Use your mouth. I will let you go after I’m satisfied!”