Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 162

Listening to Tessa's story, Madeline finally understood why her friend had stayed single all these years. Her heart had already been claimed. It was just a shame that she was fighting a one-sided battle of unrequited love, and Madeline wasn't sure if that was a blessing or a curse.

"Cyrus has always been the standard I strive toward," Tessa admitted softly. "You have to understand where I'm coming from, Madeline. I just want to wait until I reach the top of my career before I confess my feelings to him. Can you keep this a secret for me?"

Faced with Tessa's sincere plea, Madeline agreed.

After Tessa left, Madeline got into her car and headed straight for the Whitman Estate.

She was going to demand a divorce from Arthur.

The car pulled into the ancestral grounds.

When the butler heard it was Madeline, he immediately came out to greet her, lowering his voice. "Is your leg fully healed, ma'am? Ever since you fell that night, the elder Mr. Whitman has been wanting to visit you himself. He kept pressing Mr. Whitman for the address of the overseas hospital, but he couldn't provide one, so the visit never happened. Now that he sees you're fully recovered, he'll be relieved. He was actually planning to go see you today, but since you're already here, I'll take you to him."

His words sounded full of concern, but Madeline knew it was nothing more than polite, hypocritical lip service.

Where was Arthur when she was barred from the ambulance? Where was he when Lucius blackmailed her and nearly cost her her doctor? And where was he yesterday when she became the laughingstock of the financial world at her own bell-ringing ceremony?

Besides, even when she miscarried, Arthur hadn't bothered to visit her once.

It was all a shallow performance.

Madeline just nodded. She had planned to see Arthur directly anyway.

She walked into the living room.

She was silently demanding that Madeline show some tact and get out.

Madeline ignored the hostility and cut straight to the chase. "Arthur, I'm not here about my leg. I remember you made a promise to me. You said that if Lucius couldn't correct his behavior, treat this marriage with respect, and continued to cheat on me, you would agree to let us divorce."

"Well, Lucius has crossed the line again. Yesterday, at my company's bell-ringing ceremony, his mistress crashed the event and announced she's pregnant with his child. If you do the math, that baby was conceived right after you made that promise to me. I came here today to make my stance clear. Since Lucius insists on doing this over and over, I'm more than happy to step aside and let him be with his mistress."

"Arthur, you promised me that if this happened again, you would authorize the divorce. I expect you to honor your word today."

Millicent could hardly believe her ears.

Her wrinkled, cloudy eyes snapped toward Madeline in utter shock. "Are you out of your mind? You actually dare to divorce Lucius?"