Chapter 1209
Tanner was stunned. “I know very well how much you loathe and hate me. You’re being nice to me because you had to. It’s like a task for you to make both our families happy. It isn’t that I have to be grateful to every man that wants to marry me. I know how bad my reputation is. Even if no one wants to marry me, I won’t shamelessly stick to you, so you can rest assured.
“After all, I was once loved by all the Santiagos in the past. Even if a storm has ravaged a delicate rose, you can’t deny that it was once a beautiful flower.
“You reap what you sow. It’s my own mistake for getting myself into my current situation, and I don’t plan to forget about it.
When she finished speaking, she pushed Tanner away. Pulling her suitcase, she headed out without turning her head back once.
Tanner stood frozen stiff on the spot as he tightened his fists. When Pearl got in the car, she turned her head and looked outside through the window. It was not that she was incapable of feeling sad or disappointed. It was just that she had learned to numb her emotions after suffering something even more painful than this one. She also felt she did not deserve to shed a single tear.
Several days later, the Santiagos
announced the wedding cancellation between Pearl and Tanner. Antonio just gave a few vague answers when asked by the reporters and left the press conference.
When Sandy saw the news on the television, a smile hopped onto the corner of her lips. This was what she wanted to see the annulment of Tanner’s marriage with Pearl.
‘She already has a bad reputation, so what makes her think she can win against me in this match, huh? Serves her right. It doesn’t matter if I don’t have a good background. As long as I give birth to the baby, the Hannigans will accept me sooner or later.’
That weekend, at the Topazes…
Naomi stood in front of the full-body mirror to try on one set of clothes after another while Lucy was urging her by sending messages through the phone.
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