Cassius fell silent suddenly and the atmosphere was oppressing. After a while, he asked quietly, “Don’t you really care about the Hughes Group anymore? Don’t you care about Marley anymore?”
Sylvie closed her eyes and the atmosphere cooled down again at once, “I don’t want to become a villain either, but the decision is not with me and it is with you! If you want to take it back, that’s your business, but then again, you just want the money, and the period written on the contract is not finished and you just can’t get it back!”
“Hum hum…” Cassius smiled and his wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes. “Before losing your mind, you are right that the Hughes Group got a big deal this time! Are you so useless that you have to divorce him? What is the big deal with the woman outside? Isn’t that easy to let him have his heart on you with your intelligence and tactics?”
There was no point in keeping a dirty man! Sylvie would not tell Cassius what was on her mind.
“Drink the soup! The successor of the Mccarthy Group is none other than you! I have already made a will and after my death, all of these are yours! Whether to donate it or to carry it forward, it is your burden to care for the survival of the group of ten thousand people and it is your business to take it or not!” Cassius finished his words, stood up, and left!
Sylvie stood dumbfounded in the living room and she felt even more upset!
She didn’t go out for the entire day and during the day, she drew drawings at home, modifying the design as if it was a draft, staying up late at night to make the drawings, and deliver them to Ryan via mail.
Waking up early in the morning, her pregnancy vomiting was again worse. After washing up in the bathroom, she tidied herself up and prepared to go out shopping.
She didn’t have much money left in her account and had to plan well to earn a fortune before the baby was born. She didn’t think it was the right place to live anymore as they all knew where she lived and it would only add to her sadness.
Marley didn’t want a divorce, but she wasn’t either going to let him act in an unrestrained way at the same time. She really couldn’t do such a thing but for the sake of the baby!
The thought of the baby made her sad.
As soon as she opened the door, she met Marley.
He was standing at the doorway with his disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes. His clothes were still the same as yesterday, wrinkled and unchanged as if he hadn’t slept for a long time!
He was standing at her door, but Sylvie was not touched at all.
She no longer read the newspapers or the news so she didn’t feel anything about it and she just wanted to get on with her life. Luckily, the reporters didn’t know about her place, otherwise, they would have come to her for an interview too.
“Sylvie…” When he saw Sylvie, Marley looked entangled and he hesitated for a moment before calling her name.
With a bang, Sylvie closed the door instantly and her heart tightened at that moment. Why did her heart feel sad and she felt suffocated when she saw his haggard appearance?
Why did he come again? What was he doing here? She didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore, didn’t he know that? She had said everything clearly!
She had never known him to be such a loving man. Why was he coming yesterday and today? Was he planning to make another visit?
Marley, who was outside the door, was still a bit shocked to see her suddenly closing the door. He was stunned for a moment before his hand pressed the doorbell.
Sylvie stood inside, she could not restrain herself from looking at Marley with a good face when thinking of all the intimacy between Marley and Jemima. She was so jealous that she couldn’t even restrain the craze in her heart. She was clearly not a competitive person since she was a child, but she was jealous. So she would give him up rather than allow herself to mourn. It was painful to love someone, especially when one could not restrain that growing possessiveness. The doorbell kept ringing which showed how persistent he was.
She suddenly felt so weak that tears fell from her eyes involuntarily when she listened to the doorbell.
She didn’t like to cry as she had always thought that she was strong enough.
Took a deep breath!
Didn’t cry!
She told herself in her heart! Reorganized her emotions, she had to face it! There was no way to run away!
With grit of her teeth, she pulled the door open again.
She struggled to look him in the eye. As the door suddenly opened, there was a shocked face of Marley who thought she would never open the door again.
She slowly bowed her head and said. “Come in!”
Marley was startled and suddenly surprised in his heart as she had let himself in.
However, after coming in, he saw Sylvie returning to the sofa where she had clearly changed her clothes and looked like she wanted to go out.
“Sylvie, let’s go home!” He opened his mouth to utter the words.
Sylvie who sat on the sofa, glanced at him while raising her eyebrows and said, “I have said everything clearly, I won’t be with you anymore. You should stop pestering and let’s get the formalities over with when you are convenient! I won’t say anything nonsense in the meantime and will defend your image for you!”
“Aren’t you done being angry yet?” Upon hearing her saying, Marley’s face turned cold and appalling. With anger, he clenched his fists tightly with the veins on his forehead sprang up. He gritted his teeth, looking at her, and said again, “I say again, I will not divorce!”
“Marley, my patience has run out and I can’t possibly be at your mercy anymore.”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...