The Transactional Marriage That Imploded novel Chapter 132

It was Bianca's first time. Back then, she had already been harboring a secret crush on Mathis for three years. She was both terrified and ecstatic, but once it was over, she had dressed in a panic and fled.

Afterward, Mathis couldn't remember who the woman was. He tried to pull the hotel's security footage, but it had been wiped. Even his experts couldn't recover the files.

Bianca calmly recounted the events of that night, deliberately omitting the fact that she had been in love with him.

Falling for a man like him felt like the ultimate humiliation.

Mathis stood frozen in place, all his usual arrogance stripped away.

He suddenly realized that many things were irrevocably broken.

He had always assumed the woman that night was Cynthia.

When they slept together for the first time after getting married, he had noticed she wasn't a virgin, and it had bothered him for a long time.

But his pride hadn't allowed him to ask. If he had just asked back then, perhaps they wouldn't have ended up where they were today.

Mathis grabbed Bianca's hand. "Bianca, can we start over?"

Bianca glared at him, her eyes red. "No. You make me sick, Mathis. Everything you've done just proves how blind I was. Not only did I waste my youth on you, but it almost cost my grandma her life. I don't need your fake sympathy. Just divorce me. Let me go, and let my grandma go."

Mathis shook his head. "Anything but that. I can give you anything else."

Bianca's voice was resolute. "Then go kill Cynthia Quinn."

Mathis fell silent.

Bianca felt like this was all some absurd joke. "If you can't even do that, then stay the hell away from me."

He stood there, unmoving for a long time, before finally reaching out to wipe away her tears. "Just stay in Austin City," he said softly. "I won't lay a finger on you again."

Downstairs, Milo and the others were waiting anxiously, but Mathis had given strict orders, and no one dared let them up. Since this was a Jagger family hospital, Milo's hands were tied.

Left with no choice, Simon called Theodore and explained the dire situation.

Theodore sighed heavily, realizing his grandson had gone too far. "I'll handle this immediately," he promised.

A quick phone call from the former chairman forced the security guards to stand down. As soon as Simon heard Bianca had been taken to the OB/GYN ward, he knew things were bad.

He tried calling Bianca, but her phone was turned off.

Xanthe asked frantically, "Is Mathis doing something to her?"

Simon's face was etched with sheer panic. "Knowing Mathis, he's probably going to force her to have an abortion."