“Baby, I’m so sorry. I didn’t even get to see you after you were born before you left.”
“I kept you for three days. Do you hate me for that?”
Today Mommy will send you off. Will you be my child again in the next life?”
Just then, the sound of a fight broke out downstairs. I wiped my tears and opened the door to go out.
Gabriel and Frederick were locked in fierce combat. Gabriel cursed:
“Frederick Jameson, you lost long ago. Natalie is my wife! What right do you have to secretly take her away!”
I walked down the stairs with a cold expression.
When Gabriel saw me, his eyes turned red with barely contained excitement:
“Natalie, I’ve been looking for you for days!”
Seeing my indifferent reaction, he looked hurt and let tears fall as he immediately turned and took out two crowns, saying pleadingly:
“Look, these are crowns I had specially made by an Italian master craftsman. One for you and one for our daughter. Will you come home with me?
At the mention of our daughter, the repressed hatred in my heart surged up.
I took the crowns and looked at them. Under his expectant gaze, I smashed them forcefully to the ground.
The jewels on the crowns fell off with a clatter, instantly shattering into pieces.
A flash of shock crossed his face.
As he looked up at me, I pulled my lips into a sneer and said mockingly:
“Specially made? Just like our wedding rings – Chloe has an identical ‘specially made‘ one?”
Gabriel’s face went white. His mouth opened and closed as he explained hoarsely:
“Chloe and I were an accident. I was drunk at the time.”
“She had just graduated and was young. I thought I should make it up to her more… But I swear, you’re the only one in my heart!”
Hearing his excuses, I burst out laughing. As I laughed, my body began to shake and large teardrops fell to the floor one by one.
“I’m the only one in your heart! Then why did you allow her to hurt me? You and she are both murderers!”
Gabriel looked at me helplessly, saying uneasily:
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“Natalie, I’ll make her apologize to you. Don’t be like this. Don’t make yourself sick.”
I stared at him with eyes full of hatred, my voice icy:
“Fine. Then let her get hit by a car too. How can an apology be sincere without empathy!”
Gabriel hesitated. He fidgeted with his fingers and said tentatively:
“Natalie, she didn’t mean to. She really didn’t recognize you.”
Frederick, who had been standing to the side, couldn’t listen anymore. He pulled me behind him protectively and said:
“Mr. Kensington, this is my house. Please leave!”
Gabriel clenched his fists, his bloodshot eyes stubbornly fixed on him:
“I must take Natalie with me! She’s my wife!”
I pulled the blood type tag from around my neck and threw it at him, saying coldly:
“Gabriel, I told you I want a divorce. Take your things and get out!”
“My lawyer will send you the divorce papers.”
The silver chain hit his face before falling to the ground.
He stared at the necklace I had once treasured now discarded like trash. After a long pause, he said in a drifting voice:
“Divorce… how could you bear to divorce me?”
Tears welled up in his eyes, which were filled with grievance.
“Natalie, I was wrong. I didn’t recognize you!“‘
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“If I had known the pregnant woman Chloe hit was you, I wouldn’t have treated you that way. You know how much I love you!”
A dull ache throbbed in my chest.
It was precisely because I knew how much he had once loved me that I couldn’t accept this bloody reality when the lies were exposed!
When he hurt me!
Standing on the stairs looking down at him, I held back my tears and said hoarsely:
“Gabriel, I can’t afford your love!”
“Your love is not recognizing me in a life–or–death moment, it’s insults, it’s deception, it’s harm!”
“You don’t really think I’d believe you love me when you did the same things to another woman?! If so, I beg you to take back your love! Your pretense of deep feelings disgusts me!”
Gabriel shook his head. He tried to explain, his voice trembling slightly with anxiety:
“Natalie, I’ll break things off with her. Don’t doubt my love for you!”
“won’t contact her anymore. Our family of three can live happily… Our daughter… she’s so young. For her sake, can you forgive me?”
Tears spilled from my eyes as I shouted at him:
“Gabriel! It’s too late!”
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“Our daughter is gone. You’ll never see her again!”
Gabriel was stunned by my shout, his face full of shock.
“Natalie, what nonsense are you saying? I saw you give birth to our baby with my own eyes! I even heard her cry!”
“You want to divorce me and make me let go, so you’re lying to me on purpose, right?”
