Chapter 272
Brayden paused for a while.But in a few seconds, he came back to his senses.
He closed the thermos, covered it, and put it aside.He took the tissue and used it to clean the small table.
Then he went into a room to wash his hands.
After that, he came out and sat on a sofa.
“Olivia, sit down.’’ Olivia had been waiting for him to speak.
Now that he finally said it, she did not feel relaxed either.
Olivia sat on the sofa and looked at Brayden.
Brayden also looked at her.
“You just said divorce.I want to know what you think.”
He looked at her seriously, as if he was discussing something with her.
He was serious and focused.
Olivia nodded and said bluntly, “We’re not suitable for each other.’’
“What’s not suitable?”
“It was not suitable in all respects.”
The atmosphere was quiet.
Brayden stopped asking.
But he kept looking at her as if he wanted to see into her mind through her eyes.
With his hands crossed and pressed against his lips, Brayden looked down for a moment and then looked up at her, “Olivia, let me tell you what I think”
Olivia paused and said, “Okay”
“We are husband and wife by name now, and it is a concrete fact no matter what happened.”
“And now if you divorce me, what happens after that? You don’t need to live anymore?”
“You need to live, you need to work, you will meet men in your life and in your work, you will have contact with them, they will have a good impression of you, they will pursue you.And after Everett finds out, you will hide again, so you want to spend the rest of your life hiding?”
Olivia clenched her hands.
Brayden looked into her eyes and continued, “We don’t get divorced.We will live like normal couples do, during which Everett may do things bad to us.But so what?”
“Can he kill me or your parents?”
“Impossible.He won’t do that.Since he won’t do that, why are you afraid?”
Olivia shook her head, “You can live a better life.You can live happily without getting hurt.’’ Brayden smiled, “Happy? What is happiness?”
“Is it happiness to lie on the same bed with someone you don’t love and remain silent? Having dinner with someone you don’t love at the same table, without any warmth, is that happiness?”
“If you think it’s happiness, then I don’t think so.I think it’s pain.’’ Olivia was silent.
Brayden took her hands, placed them in his palm, wrapped it up, and looked at her in an affectionate manner, “Olivia, the happiness in your mind is not the happiness I want.The happiness you think is not the happiness I want either.Do you understand?”
Olivia looked up, her clear eyes were clouded with confusion, “But what happened that night made me feel ugly.I can’t forgive myself for allowing such a thing happened in my marriage.”
She really couldn’t forgive herself.So, after she married him, she…couldn’t make love to him.
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