Her Divorce, His Downfall (Sophia and Damian) novel Chapter 18

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“Fine, fine. I’m just twisting it. You two are just friends. Happy?”

She laughed–then tears spilled down her cheeks. Her glare turned

icy.

“Then get the hell out. Don’t let someone as noble as you get contaminated by me.”

Seeing her tears, Damian’s chest tightened.

The Sophia he remembered was proud, stubborn–a spoiled heiress who rarely cried.

The only time she did was when he pushed her too hard in bed.

Now, seeing her so determined to break things off with him, a strange feeling welled up in his chest.

He let her go, frowning. “You’re impossible.”

That lit the fuse. Sophia grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him. “Get out!”

Damian caught it easily, his face darkening.

He opened his mouth to snap back–but his phone buzzed.

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An unknown number. He stepped aside and answered.

Rhea’s tearful voice hit him immediately.

“Damian, Isabelle’s been locked up! You have to convince Eleanor to drop the charges.

“She only pushed Sophia to save you. You can’t just abandon her!”

It was Isabelle’s mother, Rhea.

“Calm down. Tell me what happened.” Damian’s tone softened.

Rhea rambled for what felt like forever, her voice breaking at the end.

“Damian, we’re all family. Why can’t we just talk this out? Why did she have to send her straight to the police?

“Isabelle’s never suffered a day in her life. How is she supposed to handle being in there? You have to do something!”

She broke down again, sobs muffled and choked. Michael’s heavy sighs filled the silence between.

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More sobbing. Michael’s heavy sighs in the background.

That’s when it hit him–he’d been so focused on Sophia’s injury,

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His jaw tightened. But he made the promise anyway.

“Don’t wor

I’ll handle it.”

Sophia heard this and a sarcastic smile played on her lips.

See? When it came to Isabelle, he was always the first to clean up her messes.

After hanging up, Damian turned to Sophia, his eyes probing.

“Grandma had Isabelle arrested for assault. You’re the victim and her sister. Could you maybe write a—”

“No.” Sophia cut him off, already knowing where this was going. She sneered. “Damian, you make me sick.

“I’m still in a hospital bed, and you’re already begging me to let her off? What the hell is wrong with you?”

His precious Isabelle always came first. While his wife was still just out of surgery, he was already rushing to her defense. How heartless.

“Do you have to be so harsh?” Damian frowned deeply, his voice low and cold. “Isabelle is your sister. Why are you so cruel to her?”

“Me? Cruel?”

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Sophia was stunned, a dull ache spreading through her heart.

“Damian, you’ve got it all wrong, haven’t you? She’s the one who put your wife in this state. Doesn’t she deserve to be arrested?”

“But she did it to save me! She pushed you because she didn’t want me to get hit anymore!” Damian narrowed his eyes, his words sharp and accusatory.

“Even your sister cared enough to worry about me. You’re my wife, but all you did was enforce punishment. Sophia, do you even have a heart?”

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“Are you still hung up on Connor? Don’t forget, he’s your sister’s fiancé.”

Sophia could hardly believe her ears.

So, he was blaming her?

But his grandmother was the one who had ordered the punishment.

She finally understood. When you weren’t loved, everything you did was wrong,

She stared at him in shock, but all she saw in his eyes was hatred and cold indifference.

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At this point, what was there left to say? Pain spread through her chest like wildfire.

Sophia lay back down and pulled the covers over her head.

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