Chapter 0399
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Nicholas had worn an elegant black suit for the wedding today. The tailored fit accentuated his broad. shoulders and slim waist, making his handsome features stand out even more.
He walked toward me with an expressionless face. His black leather shoes trended on the soft carpet.
But I couldn’t bring myself to admire him. His lips were pressed together tightly, and his stern face looked like that of a grim reaper coming to claim my life.
Leo stepped in front of me, but Nicholas’s sharp gaze cut through him like a knife. His slightly narrowed eyes locked onto his prey like a hawk.
“Get lost.”
Leo was drenched in cold sweat. Yasmine ran over and pounded her fists against Nicholas’s back like raindrops.
“Who gave you the right to talk to my man like that?”
Nicholas’s patience had run thin. He had tolerated Yasmine for my sake, but now she had crossed the line too many times.
His eyes darkened as he stared at Leo. He said in a flat and direct tone, “Take her and leave. None of you are worth my time.”
There were no outright insults, yet his words were dripping with contempt.
“Nicholas!” I couldn’t let him bully my friends in front of me. “Enough!”
Nicholas looked up, our gazes meeting in the space between us. His eyes were dark and filled with an anger that seemed impossible to dispel.
He felt humiliated. He thought I had never respected him in front of others, while he had always made sure I was treated with the utmost respect.
The media endlessly praised him for being a doting husband, but the bitter irony was that I looked at him like he was my worst enemy.
“Our issues can be discussed in private. Today is Pete’s and Annie’s big day. We’re just quests. Don’t ruin it for them.”
“I’ve already said. Their marriage has nothing to do with me.” I smiled faintly.
“Nicholas, Pete and I have settled our scores. Now, it’s time to deal with ours.”
I must have been such a fool. I once thought I could start over with Nicholas, and we could have a normal relationship again.
I even said I would remarry him willingly one day. He must have laughed at me when I said that.
“Why do you even care if we’re divorced or not? Isn’t it better that we’re still married? You’re still my wife. Nothing between us has changed, so what’s there to be upset about?”
I sneered. Even now, he couldn’t understand my feelings. He always forced his own views on me. I took a deep breath and rubbed my reddened eyes.
“Nicholas, I’m not angry. I don’t have any anger left to feel toward you.”
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