The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 30

Julian didn't want to hear any of it. He was consumed by an aimless, explosive rage. "Let me tell you this, Elara: you're dirty now, and I don't want you anymore."

"You call me dirty? Are you not dirty? Didn't that bitch beneath you just finish taking someone else too? How clean does that make you?"

Who was Elara?

She was the daughter of the Vance family, the daughter-in-law of the Sterlings—poised, dignified, and proper. He couldn't stand hearing such vulgar, trashy words coming from her mouth.

To him, this was the result of her whoring around with escorts. He completely refused to accept this change in her.

"You open-legged slut!"

"Why don't you just die!"

"Divorce!"

The man cursed furiously, violently slamming his car door shut. With a stomp on the gas pedal, the car rocketed away.

-

The night fell silent.

Elara slumped heavily against her car door, tilting her head back to keep the tears from falling.

But the tears betrayed her anyway, sliding down her temples, soaking into her collar, and vanishing into the fabric.

She had wanted an amicable split, but...

The woman slipped into the car, closed the door tightly, and broke down sobbing.

How had he become like this?

How had *they* become like this?

Where had that gentle boy gone?

-

The man's car pulled back into The Grandview Residences.

The woman was already asleep.

Julian ripped his belt from his waist.

Startled awake by the violent slam of the door, Vanessa rubbed her sleep-filled eyes and looked at him.

"What's wrong, Julian?"

The man raised the belt and lashed it down hard on her body, his eyes blazing with unleashed fury.

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