I Divorced You Now You Beg (Thalia and Darion) novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Fourth Wedding Anniversary

On their fourth wedding anniversary, Thalia Coleman told her husband, Darion Blackburn, she wanted a divorce.

“You want a divorce just because I was with Miya on our anniversary? Thalia, don’t you forget we’ve been in love for eight years?” Darion frowned, utterly confused.

Thalia nodded. “There’s more to it, but this is the last straw.”

The previous night, she had asked the housekeeper to prepare a special feast and bought fresh flowers and carefully chosen gifts, all for a romantic anniversary night with Darion.

It had been their tradition for four years. They had never missed celebrating their special day.

Thalia had even put on her new lingerie, excited and ready for an unforgettable night.

But as she was about to take it off, Darion’s phone rang.

Thalia clearly heard a woman’s sobbing voice on the other end.

Darion immediately froze, climbed out of bed, and headed straight for the bathroom.

Thalia lay on the bed, her cheeks burning, as she listened to the sound of running water from the bathroom.

When Darion finally came out, she whispered, “Can’t you stay? Do you have to go?”

Darion was already dressed, his sharp features clouded with worry. “Keith has a fever. I need to go check on him. I’ll be right back.”

With that, he left. Thalia waited the entire night, but he never came home.

She sat there until dawn, until at last her phone lit up with a message from her sister-in-law, Miya Coleman.

It was a photo, showing Darion holding Miya’s son, Keith Blackburn, in a hospital bed, his eyes soft and full of care, as if he were the boy’s own father.

And under the photo was another text from Miya.

[Lia, you’d better go to bed. Darion’s truly worried about Keith. Maybe it’s because he even flew overseas to be with me when I gave birth. He cares for Keith like he’s his own son. He won’t be coming home tonight.]

Thalia read the message again and again, stunned, unable to believe what she was seeing. ‘He was with Miya when she gave birth?’

After Emely, Darion’s elder brother and Miya’s husband, passed away suddenly, Miya had said she needed a change of scenery and went abroad. Not long afterward, she’d found she was pregnant and stayed overseas for her entire pregnancy.

It suddenly dawned on Thalia that during the month Miya was due to give birth, Darion had been away on endless business trips.

‘He flew all that way to be with her when she delivered?’ Thalia wondered, her heart sinking.

Tears blurred her vision and fell onto the screen. She closed her eyes tightly, her heart shattering.

‘He’s been taking care of Miya and her son since way back then, Thalia thought, her heart aching.

No wonder every time Miya called, Darion dropped everything and rushed to her side, no matter how late it

was.

His excuse to Thalia never changed. “Keith is Emely’s only child. Now that Emely’s gone, it’s my duty as Keith’s uncle to look after him. You understand, don’t you, Thalia?”

Thalia kept telling herself that Darion was only doing this for Emely’s blood.

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