In the suburbs, the taxi screeched to a stop in a cloud of dirt along a secluded road.
Screech! The taxi stopped.
“Get the hell out!” Elissa and Kieran were ruthlessly pushed down the taxi. They rolled on the ground and onto a patch of grass beside the road. They struggled for a while before they managed to break free from the loosely tied ropes around them.
As soon as Elissa sat upright, she began to berate Kieran, “Damn it, God damn all of them! I’m being killed by those loan sharks, then all of you are accomplices!”
Kieran sat dejected on the grass and was overcome with hopelessness.
Accomplices? What a joke! How could she blame her actions on others? He was married to Elissa for decades and found that she had turned into a different person. She had tens of millions of yuan and could live in luxury for the rest of her life. But how long did it take Elissa to squander those millions? To think that now she even owed several million yuan. All these were her own doing and how could she put the blame on others?
Bash!
Elissa became so overwhelmed with anger that she kicked Kieran down, “You scumbag! Why don’t you just fall dead? You are a man and can’t even compare to a woman like me. Why didn’t you beat them up?”
Kieran laughed and his eyes became bloodshot and welled up with tears. He stood up slowly, felt dejected, and looked hopelessly at Elissa. It was as if his heart was shredded.
“Enough! It’s enough already!” Kieran said as he broke down in tears, “The family was destroyed by you. Our daughter’s marriage and the family were destroyed just because you had to help Tommy. You forced Katherine for the money that Jack needed to save his mother’s life. You had always been biased against your own daughter and forced her to do things against her wishes. Now it is all destroyed by you!”
As Kieran bawled, his eyes revealed his fury. He gradually turned ferocious and then erupted.
Smack!
Kieran forcefully slapped Elissa. The slap was so forceful that Elissa staggered a couple of steps and almost collapsed onto the ground. Half her face became swollen.
“You bitch! You just destroyed a family! How could you leave with yourself? Why don’t you just die?” Kieran yelled in fury.
Elissa was stunned. Kieran had always given in to her but now suddenly he retaliated.
She froze in place for several seconds and then she shrieked, “You hit me? How dare you yell at me? How dare you ask me to die? What kind of man are you? The family is in this state and you want your wife to die? Why don’t you drop dead? The person who should die is you!”
Elissa yelled as she lunged at Kieran and started clawing. Her face was full of fury as she ground her teeth.
“I’ve had enough!” Kieran pushed Elissa off and demanded, “Let’s divorce!” The cold words were full of hopelessness.
After he said, Kieran turned to walk away without stopping.
Elissa was stunned and looked helplessly at Kieran as he walked away.
The word “Divorce” continued to echo in her ears. She suddenly became horrified and panicked. Divorce? How could they divorce after so many years?
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