The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 128

Regardless of the truth, Maloney couldn't admit that he had deliberately pushed her because he found her too submissive, too accommodating, and too hesitant to voice her real thoughts. He had wanted to force her to bare her heart to him.

If Nora knew the truth, she might not get angry at him, but she would definitely spiral into self-blame.

After arguing for a while, Nora gave up.

There was no point in fighting about it anyway.

"Whatever you say."

Nora turned her head, refusing to look at him.

Maloney wrapped his arms around her from behind, pressing feather-light kisses across her shoulder blades.

Wrapped tightly in a plush throw blanket, Nora buried half her face in the fabric and mumbled, "Are you really sure you don't want kids?"

Maloney was absolute. "I really don't."

"Why?"

"They interfere with my priorities."

"What?"

"The existence of a child severely cuts into our private time together."

That, she understood perfectly.

Nora fell silent for a moment before asking, "Are you joking right now?"

"No, Nora. That's the absolute truth." Perhaps terrified she would get even angrier, Maloney explained with utmost sincerity. "You know this. Ever since we got married, I've shut down every single person who pressured us to have kids. We haven't even been together that long. I refuse to let anyone disrupt our life. Even if you begged for a baby, I'd make you wait. At least five years, Nora. We won't even discuss it for another five years."

Nora blinked, completely stunned.

A memory suddenly clicked into place.

Maloney had indeed consistently rejected the idea of children.

But Nora had never known the real reason why.

Whenever she had asked, he had always dodged the question or teased her, asking if she just wanted 'more' of him in bed.

It had culminated in that awful moment when Nora had accidentally overheard him on the phone with his parents, stating coldly: *"I will never have kids with her."*

That single sentence had shattered everything.

Nora had firmly believed he didn't love her and was planning to leave her eventually—which was why he refused to tie himself to her with a child.

That misunderstanding had been one of the primary catalysts for her demanding a divorce.

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