The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 218

Julian glared at her with pure venom. "You planned this from the very beginning."

Elara lifted her chin defiantly. "What exactly did I plan?"

"Did I force you to cheat on me?"

"Did I orchestrate your mistress getting pregnant?"

"Or did I somehow scheme to steal your family's assets?"

Elara fired off the four questions in rapid, breathless succession.

"Julian, we were together from high school until now. Over a decade. I have never done you wrong."

"Now you have another woman. Whether it's lust or love, I don't care. I'm stepping aside to give you both room. All I am doing is taking back my own family's money, and you have the audacity to accuse me of scheming? Where the hell is your conscience?"

Julian was entirely speechless.

"Julian, even when our fights were at their absolute ugliest, I held the photos of your affair in my hands and chose not to kick you while you were down. So let's end this with whatever shreds of dignity we have left."

Elara's words were utterly watertight. Even if Julian wanted to secretly record her, he wouldn't find a single flaw in her logic. Every sentence cemented the undeniable fact of his infidelity.

It took a long moment for Julian to find his voice. "Didn't you cheat too?"

A bitter, mocking smile touched Elara's lips. "I never slept with anyone that night."

"Your mistress had the nerve to text me photos of the two of you immediately post-coitus. I wanted revenge. But the male escort I hired saw me crying, and he couldn't bring himself to go through with it."

"A literal gigolo showed me more pity and human decency than my own husband. Meanwhile, you paraded your mistress around and openly flirted with her right in front of my face, time and time again."

"You hit me, you screamed at me, you humiliated me. We are standing here today solely because of what you did."

Refusing to waste another second on his nonsense, Elara turned on her heel and walked out of the consultation room, leaving Julian alone in a storm of conflicting emotions.

It was time for the trial.

In the courtroom, Elara's lawyers meticulously detailed the husband's infidelity, proving the irrevocable breakdown of the marriage, and firmly demanded a divorce, submitting a mountain of undeniable evidence.

Just as Elara and her team predicted, Julian played the part of the deeply remorseful husband perfectly. He swore he was willing to make amends, insisted the marriage was not broken beyond repair, blamed it all on a momentary lapse in judgment, and adamantly refused to consent to the divorce.

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