Aria lowered her gaze and calmly recounted every single detail of Gideon's brutal assault.
"Even if my son put his hands on you, you are his wife," Eveline scoffed. "Is it really necessary to get the police involved over a little marital spat? Every married couple fights!"
Aria stared at her, completely deadpan. "You aren't the one who was getting choked out. It's really easy to play the saint when it's not your neck on the line, isn't it?"
How could a human being even say something so vile? When normal people said couples fight, they meant arguing over groceries, not literal strangulation!
"What do you want to make this go away?" Aldous asked, cutting straight to the point.
"A divorce," Aria stated, not bothering to sugarcoat it. "I filed the paperwork a month ago. The mandatory waiting period ended today."
As long as she got that divorce certificate in her hand, she had no real interest in going to war with the Evernight family.
Eveline was genuinely stunned that Aria was actually demanding a divorce. With Lilith dead, there was no one left in their social circle who could realistically compete with Aria's credentials. Aside from her complicated family background, Aria was a top-tier catch. But what gave her the delusion that Gideon would ever beg her to stay?
"You really think you're that special?" Eveline sneered. "You couldn't even keep a baby! Do you honestly believe we're going to cling to you?"
"Are you absolutely set on this divorce?" Aldous asked quietly. "What if I transfer the entirety of Gideon's assets directly into your name? Would you still want to leave?"
Eveline's eyes nearly bugged out of her head. "Dad! She is a walking curse on this family! Everything bad that's happened to Gideon is because of her—"

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