Maeve had no intention of hiding the truth from Sergio. Calmly, she said, "I hope we can proceed with the divorce as soon as possible."
Sergio felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if pierced by a thousand needles, making it hard to breathe.
"Does it have to be this way?" he asked.
Maeve paused, her back turned to him. She told him a cold, hard truth. "Sergio, I don't love you anymore."
She didn't love him anymore.
The simple statement shattered his heart. Unconsciously, Sergio clutched his chest.
As the head of the Brooks family, he had lost so much over the years that he had forgotten what heartache felt like.
But those words brought the sensation rushing back as if his heart was stabbed through. The pain was excruciating, rendering him almost breathless.
Maeve walked away, her expression gradually calming.
Before uttering those words, she recalled the first time she met Sergio, how he held her hand and led her forward.
Maeve admitted that she had truly loved Sergio in her previous life, but that was in the past. Fate had given her a second chance, a rebirth. She wouldn't repeat her mistakes, and her love for Sergio had long vanished along with her resentment from her past life.
The Maeve who once adored Sergio was gone.
"Mr. Brooks, are you alright?" Larry approached, noticing Sergio standing still, his gaze fixed on the empty corridor. Following his gaze, Larry spotted no one.
"Mr. Brooks?" he called again.
"Do you think what's lost is lost forever?" Sergio asked.
"Yes, I did, and I'll keep my word."
"Then why are you bringing me here?"
"I want you to expose Serena," Maeve responded.
"What?" Cathy frowned. "You told me yourself that her family is powerful. Doing this would be the end of me!"
Maeve smiled. "I know, but I'll cover your penalty fees. You can't rely on Serena."
Cathy looked at Maeve skeptically. "You? Do you have that money?"
"Believe it or not, you have no choice now but to trust me."
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