- 4.
At that moment, Gideon was sitting in the villa garden, watching Phoebe and the two children playing on the lawn.
“How could sister not come back all night, how could she be so petty with you, the baby cried at night and it broke my heart.”
Gideon sneered, about to speak when his phone vibrated. He casually opened the message, still thinking about how to teach me a lesson when I got back. But the message froze his smile instantly-
[Your account has received a transfer of 1,000,000,000.00 RMB, memo: divorce settlement]
“Gideon?” Phoebe sensed something was wrong and reached for his phone. “What’s happening?”
Gideon reread the message, disbelief etched on his face, before leaping up from his seat. Ezra nearly toppled over and began to cry loudly in fright.
He shoved Phoebe away, staring intently at the message, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.
One billion…
Could Nora really have gathered one billion?
“That’s impossible,” he muttered, immediately calling the bank for confirmation.
“Mr. Gideon, the amount has indeed been credited from the Carter Group’s overseas account.”
Carter Group?!
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Gideon felt an icy chill sweep through him.
He quickly dialed Nora’s number, only to be met with an automated message: “The number you have dialed is no longer in
service…”
Gideon called his assistant, “Find out where my wife went!”
When Gideon burst into the hospital room, I was staring blankly at my pregnancy report.
After all the effort to conceive, why did it have to happen now?
Gideon’s cold gaze scanned over me, finally resting on my pale face.
“No wonder you’re rushing the divorce. You’ve already found someone else?”
Before I could answer, he snatched the report from my hand, his expression shifting drastically.
“You’re pregnant?”
Gideon seized my wrist, “When did this happen? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Looking at his shocked expression, I suddenly remembered the day Quentin’s family officially collapsed three years ago.
Back then, I had handed him a pregnancy report with trembling hands, only to be met with his cold mockery:
“Who knows if it’s mine? Is Quentin’s family so desperate for money that they’d use a child to extort me?”
I let out a small, bitter laugh. “You don’t need this child anyway”
Gideon’s face darkened, “Nora! That’s a separate matter! You’re emotionally unstable during pregnancy, so I won’t hold it against you. Come back with me now, and I’ll overlook whatever happened between you and the Carters.”
I couldn’t help but laugh.
Go back to watch him and Phoebe act like a loving couple? Continue being a nanny for his child?
No, that’s not the life I want.
I calmly handed him a new divorce agreement from the bedside.
“I’m sure you’ve received the one billion. I’ve already scheduled an abortion. It’s time for us to end this.”
Gideon gritted his teeth in anger, “Do you know what you’re doing? You really want a divorce? Our ten years together…”
“Gideon.”
I closed my eyes wearily.
“The moment you brought another woman’s child home, there was nothing left between us.”
“I’ve already repaid what I owed you.”
“Enough!”
4:58 AM
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Gideon grabbed the divorce agreement from the table.
“With how you are now, you’re not fit to be Mrs. Gideon. I’ll grant your wish!”
He signed with such force as if to pierce the contract, and I simply signed my name.
Gideon’s gaze grew darker as he looked at my silent and resolute face, feeling an inexplicable tightness in his chest.
Before leaving, he said, “Nora, don’t regret this!”
I gave a wry smile.
I only regret ever loving him.
