Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 148

Having heard those words, Martha had a glint in her eyes.
She had expected that Stefan would refuse to divorce her when he learned of the baby, but she had not expected that he would be so shameless.
She instantly clenched her hands on each side of her body, frowning and glaring at Stefan.
"You suck so hard!"
He had given her his word, but he had changed his mind now. How despicable he was!
As a businessman, Stefan couldn't keep his promise while threatening her with her child.
Martha had no doubt that Stefan had sent his men abroad in search of Jimmy, her child.
But he did not know that Jimmy had returned to the country.
But it would not be long before he would realize that Jimmy was in fact the child with whom he had spoken at the airport.
Stefan was not disturbed or angry when he heard Martha scold him. Instead, he smiled and looked at her as if he did not care what she said.
"Whatever you said, I won't divorce you anyway."
"Stefan, you are shameless!"
He apparently refused to let her go. And Martha really didn't know how to deal with him since he was so hateful.
Stefan used to be so cold and heartless. She had not expected him to be so different from his old self.
He even smiled broadly and said in a deep voice, "I only want my wife and child. I don't care about anything else."
Having heard his remarks, Martha was tongue-tied, not knowing how to refute him.
Her eyes grew dim. The past came into her mind. Miserable memories were vivid in her mind. But he appeared to be so impassive. There was a strange gleam in her eyes as she thought of it.
Her face darkened. She raised her eyes and looked scornfully at Stefan. Then she questioned him, "You are in no position to talk about my child!"
Indeed, Stefan was not in a position to do so.
Yet that was the reason he wanted to make amends.
Martha smiled with sarcasm, and she said in a sarcastic tone, "Have you ever fulfilled your duty as a father since the child was born? Did you ever expect his birth before he was born?"
"Stefan, don't forget that you said that you didn't want the baby even if I was pregnant."
She could never forget what he had said back then.
She could not be so forgetful as he was, and therefore could not be comforted by his apology.
Martha's words, no doubt, made Stefan find it difficult to breathe. His heart was overwhelmed with grief and pain.
Indeed, he could not retract what he had said.
He knew that he had made terrible mistakes before. But Martha could not have gone through so much misery if not for him.
Stefan announced her death four years ago, shortly after her surgery. He could tell that she must have been dying when she left.
He could not tell how she had managed to survive at that time.
It must have been painful to give birth to a child.
He owed her so much that he could not make it up to her for the rest of his life.
Stefan's eyes were dark with an indescribable sense of guilt.
He knew that the only thing Martha now asked for was freedom.
She wanted to get away from him and all the past pain.
But he could not let her go.
For the last four years he had been absent from the lives of Martha and her child. He had never known the child's existence before ... Now, how could he continue to make the same mistakes?
For the rest of his life, he would try his best to be good to his wife and child.
But would she ever trust him again?
When Martha mentioned how he had hurt her in the past, her pent-up anger and hatred in her heart were ignited, making her unable to control herself.
She glared at the man who stood before her, and her anger grew.
"Stefan, you are the last person who deserves to talk about the child!"
At that time, he abandoned Martha and the child.
Stefan felt a lump in his throat. He wanted to say something, but he was unable to utter a word.
After a long time, he closed his eyes, and his deep voice was heard in the conference room. "I just want you to give me one more chance."
Martha acted as if she had heard a terrible joke, and she sneered more.
No one had ever given her any chance of survival in the past.
"In the past four years, my child and I have led a good life without you, and we don't need you in the future."
Those remarks simply eliminated him from Martha's and her child's world.
"But the child is ill now, and he needs me to cure him. Is that true?"
Stefan said that in a hoarse voice. He thought of the child's illness on the information. He stepped forward and laid his hands on Martha's shoulders.
At the sound of his words, Martha froze, and her eyes grew dark.
He was right. Jimmy really needed him to cure the disease.
The most important reason for her return to the country was that Jimmy could not wait much longer for medical treatment.
That was just for Jimmy.
As for Martha, she just wanted to end this absurd marriage.
She could not forgive Stefan for what he had done.
Martha raised her head and looked indifferently at the man before her. At last, she sneered and said, "I didn't want to keep the secret about the child. I planned to tell you about his illness after signing the divorce settlement, and then you can fulfill your duty as a father."
"Why do you have to wait until we get divorced?"
Stefan could not understand why she wanted a divorce so much.
At those words, Martha smiled grimly.
She could not understand why he had bothered to ask. What he had done before was enough to be a good reason?
She looked up and slightly curled her red lips. And she said clearly, "That's because I hate you. Being your wife only made me suffer and my life a living hell."
It could be worse than death when one's life was a living hell
And Stefan was the one who had made her suffer mentally.
All of a sudden, Stefan's eyes dimmed. And suddenly he loosened his hold on Martha's shoulders.
What she said was like a sharp knife that stabbed into his heart. Stefan was overwhelmed with pain and sorrow.
It turned out that she already hated him so much.
Martha's eyes grew red. She glared at the man she had loved. Now she hated him. She went on to utter bitter words.
"You forced me to donate bone marrow to Hollie. You also sent me to the operating table when I was pregnant, regardless of my life and that of my baby. You indirectly made my father suffer!"
"All the injuries I have suffered were imposed by you. So you are the person that I hate most in my life!"
What Hollie, Libby and Joann had done was nothing compared to how Stefan had hurt her.
Speaking of that, Martha replaced her hatred with coldness and decisiveness in her eyes.
"You found out that Jimmy was in poor health. But do you know how he got sick? Because of that operation! His life has been in danger since he was born. It's all your fault."
Why should her innocent Jimmy have to bear the consequences of a mistake made by such a heartless father?
She knew how unfair it was to her son.
"You have made so many mistakes. Now, what makes you think you can ask for forgiveness and tell me not to divorce?"
Stefan was stunned. He could not find a word to refute what Martha had said.
Guilt and remorse almost suffocated him.
He was the cause of everything. His child had been sick since birth.