She was shocked and just stood there without saying a word. She couldn’t smile anymore at this time. After a long time, she asked him, "What... What are you talking about?"
Antonio looked her up and down seriously, as if he wanted to check whether she was telling a lie. After a long time, he suddenly laughed loudly.
Adelaide didn’t understand why he laughed.
"Adelaide, don’t waste our time. It’s the best for us to start our new life by divorcing."
He leaned slightly on the sofa and looked very lazy. So she felt that he wasn’t sad when he said he wanted to divorce.
Adelaide also wanted to divorce before. Every time she felt tired because of him, she wanted to divorce him and let him go. However, she knew in her mind that no matter how much she wanted to get a divorce, it was impossible for them to divorce if Antonio didn’t agree.
No matter whether she loved him or not, she had to stay together with him. She had no right to decide whether they could divorce.
She held the remote control tightly, and her nails were deeply embedded in the flesh of her palms. She didn't react until she felt the pain, but she never let go. She looked a bit panicked. She didn’t understand why he wanted to divorce since they had been trying to get along with each other.
As she didn’t answer him, Antonio took out some documents from his briefcase. It was a newly drafted contract, and there was a row of bold letters with the words Divorce Agreement written impressively on the first page.
Her breathing was a bit short for a while. She gently put down the remote control in her hand, but her hands were shaking when she picked up the contract. Then, she carefully read the contract.
Did he want to give her half of the family property?
She could hardly believe it. So she rubbed her eyes and carefully read the contract again from the beginning. The first clause on the contract was about the distribution of property. Did he really want to give her half of the family property? She took a deep breath and showed him the contract in her hand, with tears in her eyes. She didn’t expect that she would panic when Antonio said that he wanted to divorce. And she would cry at any time.
She tried to pretend strong. However, her voice trembled when she said to him, "Do you... Do you really want to divorce me?"
Antonio looked calm and nodded with agreement with a smile on his face.
"Over my dead body!"
It was the voice of Hermosa from the door. Both Adelaide and Antonio looked out the door.
Adelaide walked towards Hermosa, as if she was her saviour. At that moment, she had forgotten everything unpleasant between them. Before Hermosa continued to speak, even Antonio mistakenly thought that she wanted to persuade them not to divorce.
She wanted to try her best to get some help from her. However, Hermosa retracted her arms slightly and avoided Adelaide. Then she hit the floor with her cane.
Her expression only changed for a moment, and then she followed Hermosa peacefully.
When Hermosa walked up to the tea table, she gestured to Ivy who was supporting her, and then Ivy bent down to pick up the documents on the table.
"Grandma, we will solve it by ourselves." He thought that Hermosa wanted to prevent them from divorcing, so he quickly said to her like that.
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