I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 195

That last line was actually something Steven had said to me in our past life.

After *that* incident, as I was drowning in grief, he had looked at me with bloodshot eyes and stabbed me in the heart with his cold, sharp words.

“*Zephyra, I truly regret ever meeting you, let alone marrying you.*”

At the time, it had shattered me. Now, looking back, it felt like a distant memory from a life that was no longer mine.

“What did you say?” Steven’s face was a mask of fury, a vein throbbing in his temple. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward him, a cold, humorless smile on his face. “You’ll regret meeting me if I don’t divorce you?”

I tried to pull my hand away, but he held fast. I looked at his handsome, refined face and laughed, a thrill of satisfaction coursing through me.

“What, you’re allowed to have regrets, but I’m not?”

A flicker of confusion crossed his face, and my smile widened.

I knew why he was confused. This Steven hadn’t yet reached that point with me. Those were words from a future he hadn’t lived.

It was unfair of me to blame him for the sins of his past-life self, but I was reborn, and some emotions were impossible to suppress. And ultimately, this was his fault. If he had just agreed to the divorce, he never would have heard those words.

Before he had asked for a divorce, he probably hadn’t actually slept with Verna. His technique was so laughably bad, it was hard to imagine him having much experience. And once a man gets a taste of it, his desire is impossible to hide. It had been obvious with me—he was constantly trying to get me into bed, seducing or forcing me when I wasn’t in the mood.

As for what happened between him and Verna all those years ago, how she had resisted and eventually succumbed, I didn’t know the details. But I would never believe he was innocent. Not unless he didn’t actually love her.

His eyes darkened, a humorless smile playing on his lips. “You know me so well. Then you should be thinking about how you’re going to move back in tomorrow. Don’t make me use force. After all, I’m a man who would risk his life for a good time in bed. Leaving me hanging like this could be dangerous.”

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