Two Brides, One Tragic Twist novel Chapter 5

I noticed that even Hannah's jaw was beginning to tremble, and she had broken out into a cold sweat.

However, the perpetrator had not yet been found, so I did not want to waste time scaring her.

Instead, I simply asked Jack and Harvey to follow me into the courthouse to go through the divorce procedures.

As soon as I said that, the color drained from Jack's face.

He hemmed and hawed for a while but ultimately did not manage to get a single word out. He didn't even move from his spot.

He glanced at Harvey, who immediately understood what he was trying to convey and said, "I'm going to look into the reported case. From what my colleagues told me, the person who made the report was very anxious."

He then turned to Iris and hesitantly asked, "Can I explain myself to you after I get back from work? Please wait patiently for me at home, honey. Divorce isn't a trivial matter, and I really do have a case I need to handle at my workplace right now. So let's find another time to discuss this after I return."

With that, he turned around without giving Iris any chance to refuse, but I stopped him before he could take more than a few steps away.

"I was the one who made the report," I revealed, lowering my head and taking the police report form out of my bag to show to him. "The case can wait, so complete the divorce procedure first."

Harvey's expression changed when he saw the form in my hand. "Are you saying that the car crash you were in was a result of attempted murder, Yvonne? What exactly is going on?"

Jack's expression turned solemn as well.

He frowned heavily and warned, "I know you feel bad about losing the child, but Harvey is busy with actual work at the station, so stop causing trouble. The consequences of making a false report aren't something you can handle!"

Even now, he still thought that I was stirring things up out of jealousy.

I smiled mockingly and asked, "Who do you think you are? Would I need to forge a police report form just to deceive you? Aren't you thinking too highly of yourself? I want to divorce you right now, not coax you into buying me gifts.

"Can you not comprehend the situation, or do you just not understand human speech? I'm in a hurry to get divorced, understand?"

My words pushed him over the edge.

He glanced sharply at Harvey, wanting to hear confirmation from him that the police report form was forged.

However, Harvey shook his head at him. "It's genuine. That's a police report form from our station with my colleague's handwriting on it."

Jack's eyes simmered with anger at being publicly humiliated, but he stubbornly continued to argue.

He snorted coldly and said to me, "I can understand that you feel bad about losing the child, but divorce is no small matter. If it's a child you want, there'll be plenty of chances to have another one in the future.

"However, if we get divorced, you can forget about ever getting back together with me! I'm a man who never looks back.

"I can indulge some of your whims, but I have my limits. It doesn't mean that you can threaten me with divorce!

"You're already an adult, so you should know that accidents happen all the time! How many accidents do you think happen every day? Even if I had managed to arrive on time that day, do you think I'd have been able to save the child's life? Can you please be more rational?

"It's not like I wanted the accident to happen either, so why do you blame everything on me? Furthermore, you're even causing Harvey to get divorced too!"

After he was done with his habitual accusatory speech, Hannah smiled smugly.

I was so angry that my chest heaved violently.

I did not think that even up until this moment, he lacked the courage even to admit his own mistakes!

This was the man I had loved for four years!

How could a human be this heartless?

Iris beat me to the punch and started yelling at him first. "Yes, the child is gone because of you! You and your first love completely deserve the blame! Two scumbags and a scheming bitch—the three of you really disgust me!

"Didn't I already tell you? Whoever refuses to get divorced today is the other person's bitch! Are you saying that you want to be my bitch? Well, your owner here doesn't even want you!"

Her words succeeded in angering both Jack and Harvey.

Harvey immediately rushed into the courthouse with the divorce documents in hand. As he passed us, he snapped, "What right do you have to criticize Jack? Fine! If it's a divorce you want, it's a divorce you'll get! I've already put up with you two for a very long time!"

Half an hour later, as Iris and I held our divorce certificates in hand, we felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from us.

We stood outside the courthouse, looked at the sky, and sighed lengthily.

We planned to visit the shopping mall together and use the funds we had been allocated through the divorce settlement to go on a shopping spree to let off some steam.

After Harvey exited the courthouse, he immediately returned to the police station to investigate the case.