Love is like two people pulling a rubber band towards the opposite directions. Once the time comes, the one who isn't willing to let go of his/her grip will surely be the one to get lashed the moment the other lets go.
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"Bri..." Molly's voice sounded sad even though she was holding her emotions back. Her face looked pale because of her recent high fever and long mental stress. Even her lips were chapped, thus, making her looked more haggard.
Hand in hand with Ling, Brian walked towards Molly and finally stopped before her. Slightly looked down at her with his intimidating gaze and said, "What are you doing here?" He didn't even conceal how disgusted he was with the lady.
Ling pressed her lips slightly. She looked very noble while wearing her light rosy wool dress and a smoky gray cape. Compared with the charming Ling, Molly could be described as extremely disheveled at that moment. Her pale face, her dry lips, her somewhat messy hair, her peaky appearance... all these looked so incompatible with everything and everybody around her.
On the other hand, Ling looked a little embarrassed. She tried to get rid of Brian's grip but she failed. In the end, she could do nothing but smile and nod to Molly as a greeting. Then she turned her head to look at Brian and said in a low voice, "Bri, loosen your hand."
Brian glanced at her and saw the request in her eyes. Finally, he opened the door of the suite and said to her, "You may wait for me in the room. I've told someone to buy a nightgown for you." Those provocative words came out of his thin lips shamelessly. His voice was deep and magnetic, almost pampering.
It made Ling took a look at Molly worriedly. However, she didn't say anything more when she pressed her lips again and nodded. She then turned around and entered the suite.
The door slammed shut in front of Molly. Just staring at that door seriously made her feel sick. There was this type of bitterness that made its way from her heart to every fiber of her being.
"Say it. What do you want to say to me?" Brian asked. With both hands in his trouser pockets, he looked down at Molly again like she was just a piece of trash. He said, "I don't think it's necessary for you to talk with me anymore if you don't want to sign the divorce agreement. The outcome will be the same anyway whether you sign it or not." He saw Molly raised her face and looked at him when he took a pause. His heart ached and he felt so suffocated when their eyes met. His coldness nearly collapsed with how pitiful she was. However, he chose to stay cold and kept his hard aura. Instead, he said, "I will give Addison's custody to you as compensation if you sign the divorce agreement. However, If you don't sign it, you will lose everything in court. Tsk! You should have known that there is nothing I can't get if I want to. It was bad that you didn't stay longer to see it."
Molly stared at Brian with her unblinking red eyes. What he said were like splinters that pinned her heart on every worst spot. "Bri, why are you taking her here?" she asked.
Hearing that she changed the topic, Brian frowned slightly as his eyes turned dark, "I take anybody I want to take. How dare you question me?"
"I'm your wife!" said Molly. She gritted her teeth to prevent her teardrops from falling. "Even if I sign the divorce agreement tomorrow, I am still your wife at least for today!"
Brian lowered his eyes as a sneer appeared on his thin lips. A few seconds later, he lifted his sharp gaze to look at her again. He said, "Molly, even though you are my wife, you have no right to judge me. Do you understand?"
"No, I don't... Ouch!"
She exclaimed when he suddenly grasped her chin. It hurt so much when he squeezed her chin more with his strong hand. Putting her face between his fingers upwards, he said in a cold voice, "I really doubt about what Shirley told me. How could I give up my life for someone like you?" Looking down at Molly's face, he hissed, "No matter what I did to you before, you were the one who quit... You know what, Molly? Ling is the one I truly love. I took Becky to substitute for her, while you only have a pair of similar eyes to those of Ling's."
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