Chapter 0186
“What’s the matter? You can’t even hand is bit of action?” Nicholas sneered. “You knew I was in a bad mood, yet you came here talking about divorce. What sort of nice things did you expect me to say? If it was Brenda lying there unconscious, you-”
“Shut up!” I howled. “Don’t you dare mention my mom! If you hadn’t used Jones Corporation to threaten her, she wouldn’t have been so distressed and gotten into that accident!”
I struggled with all my might and finally freed my hand. Shoving him. away, I quickly stood up. As I tried to fix my clothes, my hands were still shaking. I fumbled with the button several times but I could not
fasten it.
Watching me coldly, his dark eyes were devoid of warmth or emotion. “So you’ve been blaming me for Brenda’s death all this. time.”
He nodded with a bitter smile. “As your husband, I’ll let you resent me if it makes you feel better.”
He paused before continuing. His voice was calm as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him.
“But have you ever really thought of me as your husband? You’re the one who called me and made me fly for over 10 hours to pick you up.
Nicholas laughed humorlessly as he leaned back on his hands. Ariana, if you wanted to play with me or scheme against me, you should’ve just killed me in bed. I’d even give you credit for that.
“You said I only wanted you for the thrill. But didn’t you find me
exciting too? Could you be as uninhibited with anyone else as you were with me?
“We were both playing games. I didn’t threaten suicide when you played with my feelings, so why are you so hurt E you insist on divorce?”
Elicholas’s casual words were so crashingly heavy that I found it hard to breathe, Sadness wrapped around my heart like a heavy chain, nearly overwhelming me.
“Don’t you know why I want a divorce?”
Nicholas was right. I was playing games too. My mistake was not controlling my feelings while playing. Despite knowing it was all an act, I could not bring myself to be cruel to him or myself. How that i was stuck in this awful in between state, I had no one to blame but myself.
He laughed as he tapped his temple and looked at me mockingly He added, “Ariana, you’re not cut out for this. You’re too dumb!”
My ears suddenly started ringing, as if all sound had vanished. except for the 29–year old Nicholas, It felt like his voice had traveled
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