I Chose Me Over My Marriage novel Chapter 125

Aria smiled nervously. "It was just... you were going through a rough patch back then, so I was comforting you. Max, what's wrong? Did someone say something to you?"

Faced with her cautious probing, Maxwell suddenly found it all laughable.

The lies were so full of holes. How had he never seen through them before?

"Aria, even now, you still won't tell the truth?"

Maxwell abruptly stood up, glaring down at her, his eyes blazing with fury.

Startled, Aria's eyes immediately welled up with tears as she slowly rose to her feet.

"Max, I..."

She seemed at a loss for words to explain herself.

She also didn't realize just how pathetic she looked to Maxwell in that moment.

Years of affection, treating her like a precious treasure, sacrificing everything for her.

Only today did Maxwell finally understand the phrase, "Won't you regret it?"

It turned out that what he had so desperately yearned for had been a mistake from the very beginning.

And he had paid the ultimate price for it.

"Max, I really don't know what you've heard, but we've been through so much to get here. If we give up now, wouldn't all our efforts be wasted?"

Aria walked around to stand beside him, grabbing his hand with a tone more subservient than ever before.

"We're in the same boat now. We share every victory and defeat. Besides me, no one else is going to stay by your side. Even Lyra, who used to love you so much, didn't she abandon you the moment you lost your standing?"

If she hadn't mentioned Lyra's name, Maxwell might have kept his composure slightly better.

But every single word she spoke struck the most vulnerable nerve in his heart.

"Enough!"

Maxwell suppressed his rage, though the fire in his eyes only burned brighter.

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