on her knees, trying to pick up the pieces of

tears. She dug her

the large lump in her throat. "Why?"

nnoyed about her teary eyes or the fa

a divorce, Lilian," he

g, breathing human with emotions, and sh

g at him like she intended to burn h

ntract." She turned to leave, but his wor

sten, princess, I didn't come all the way her

rce papers in her hand, crumpling them. A lo

gh with this?" she croaked. "Thi

she could never have afforded even if she sold her soul, yet she fel

text him when he was away either. Throughout their three years of marriage, she had only seen him

lf from him and her cruel family, an

d happen whether

s face, one she failed to catch

ted, cold brush

ack. Now she wanted to run. She had never talked back to

ords before ascending the stai

r luggage, taking them out of her room. She took

ndle, seeing him still standing

"The lawyer would send the divorc

y, walking past him to

her. She halted, ref

ame caused a rush of g

heart in her eardrums. He stalked towards her, his han

d in, his breath

d, her hea

push through with the divorce, you are still mine,

ike a threat; rather, th

his man for three years, she still didn't know anythi

f he was ever able to find her. He wouldn't; she would make sur

" she swallowed.

ped back. She didn't waste another second before st

where she intended to stay

meone to find her mother? She didn't ha

richest CEO in Hong Kong, she barely got to leave the

would finally get wha

er purse. Her hands trembled at the te

er, a cloth tied over her mo

he took a deep breath in and managed to

rce, else the next pictu

her chest, quiet sobs

he lawyer once more, asking him to draft

this time, and

ule for the second time, but it didn't matter now. She was no lo

in a low bun, and then she stepped ou

ad signed every one of them, and the em

divorce wo

azed with d

courthouse, and it was then sh

ook no more than two steps before a bla

ed shoes first, and then her gaze

vi

eyes bored d

lips tilted up into a sinister smirk, one th