Leaving Turned My Scumbag Ex Into a Wreck

Nicholas Faulkner came home just as I had finally put our son to sleep.He took Yves Faulkner from my arms, and for a moment, there was something almost tender in his expression. But I couldn't have expected what he was about to say."I'm going on a business trip to Leekspring this afternoon for a week. When I get back, we'll go get our marriage certificate."I froze. For a moment, I thought I must have misheard.After all, just when I had deliberately gotten pregnant, Nicholas had exploded in rage."Olivia Thompson, how dare you plan this behind my back? You're not thinking that just because you're carrying my child, you can control me, are you? I'll never marry you!"Now that he suddenly said he would marry me, I was shocked.When he saw me standing there in disbelief, a mocking smile tugged at the corner of his lips."Are you surprised to hear I'm willing to marry you? Yves is my son. I have a responsibility toward him. He cannot grow up as an illegitimate child who's mocked

Two months after I left, Nicholas didn't seem to care at all.He carried on as usual, his mood completely unaffected.Friends, puzzled, asked him, "Nick, Olivia's been gone so long, and you haven't even sent anyone to look for her. Aren't you worried at all?"Nicholas took a drag from his cigarette, and a dismissive smile curled his lips."What's there to worry about? She only got jealous because I took Amelia to Leekspring, and she wants me to go after her. I'm not going to indulge her. Doing that will only make her more clingy to me. She'll come back when she's ready. Since she went so far as to poke holes in a condom just to marry me, there's no way she'd give up that easily.""Exactly. Olivia loves Nick so much, and now she finally has the chance to secure her place through her child. There's no way she'd just walk away."At that time, no one expected that I would actually leave.But I did leave, completely, utterly, and without a trace.In Hubane, over the next five years,

"Don't you dare lay a hand on her, or I won't hold back."Nicholas' anger flared again. A cold sneer tugged at his lips. "You really don't think Olivia married you out of love, do you? She only did it to get back at me because of Amelia and to make me jealous. She's using you as a pawn."Then his gaze fixed on me."Even if you wanted to spite me, Lucas was never the right choice. He's full of ulterior motives. He never had good intentions toward you. You have no idea how I was looking for you nonstop over these past few years. Lucas knew exactly where you were, yet he deliberately blocked all of your information. That's why we lost five years. Olivia, he deceived you."He truly believed that if he had found me before Lucas did, I would've gone back to him. How overconfident he was.The truth was that on the first day Lucas and I reunited in Hubane all those years ago, he had told me Nicholas had been regretting things and was searching for me relentlessly.Not only did Nichol

"Even without Lucas, I wouldn't get back together with you, let alone marry you. I stopped loving you five years ago. Got that?"A flicker of panic crossed his face. The truth was right in front of him, but he stubbornly forced himself to deny it."I don't believe you! If you didn't love me, why would you give birth to Yves? I know you're still hung up on Amelia. I already cut her off. I can promise you that there won't be any other woman. I'll stay with you. Just stop pushing me away, okay?"He kept going in circles, and I was tired of listening.So, I just said straightforwardly, "I don't love you anymore. Even if you married someone else tomorrow and had a dozen kids with her, I wouldn't care. Do you understand? As for Yves, I regretted the pregnancy by the fifth month. I was going to terminate, but your mom offered me 20 million. That's the only reason I kept the baby. Ask her if you don't believe me."I continued, "Nicholas, you disgust me. If it weren't for the money, why wo

Amelia was completely destroyed by that other woman. Not only did she walk away empty-handed, but she also ended up trapped in massive debt.She begged Nicholas to help her, but he didn't even care about her.In the end, she lost a hand and met a miserable fate.I didn't feel an ounce of sympathy. She brought it all on herself.Still, even if Nicholas never loved her, the fact that they used to be together was real. I could never forgive a man who had hurt me."Nicholas, when I say I don't love you, I really mean it. I will never, ever get back together with you. Stop dreaming!"His eyes welled up, and his voice was hoarse."You don't love me, but do you not love Yves too?"Cornered, he tried to pull at my heartstrings with our son."Yves is a good boy. Everyone who meets him says he's polite and kind. He's just like you. He loves cilantro, hates spinach, and always sleeps on the left side of the bed."He continued, "He often asks where his mom is. He wonders if you hate him,