Chapter 4

"Ah!" Gavin yelled, clutching his face and feigning a stumble backward.

Sasha quickly pushed through the crowd and caught sight of the injured Gavin at once. She rushed over and shielded him from me. Then, she glared at me with icy eyes.

"Athur Fleming! Are you out of your mind? Who gave you permission to lay a hand on him?"

I looked back at her and said coldly, "He was the one who provoked me first, so he brought this on himself. Sasha Ramirez, why is he wearing the emerald watch that my mom left for me?"

Gavin then pretended to act innocent with me.

"It's all my fault. I wasn't able to find any jewelry that would go with this suit, and I heard that Sasha had an emerald watch that would go beautifully with it. She also told me that it would suit me very well, so I took it without her permission…"

I stared at Sasha in huge shock and disbelief. My heart ached so much that I nearly felt like I was suffocating.

"You mean you took my mother's heirloom to curry favor with him, Sasha Ramirez?"

Even though I knew that she had cheated on me last night and was even sleeping with another man behind my back, I never expected her to treat me like this.

Back then, Grandma had especially warned me not to reveal my family background that easily, but I ignored her warning and came clean with Sasha, saying that Mom had sacrificed herself to protect me, and this was the only memento I had to remind me of her.

How could Sasha have given away something she knew was so precious to me?

Sasha still shielded Gavin behind her, feeling absolutely sorry for him, and questioned me angrily, "What's the big deal? Is this watch really that precious to you? Since we're both married, that means the watch belongs to me too!

"And I can give that watch to anyone, whoever I please! Are you saying that I still need your permission to do that?

"Arthur Fleming, don't you know that everything about you—from your food, your clothes, and even your daily necessities—is all paid for by me? Who gave you the audacity to question me like this?"

Before she could finish, I raised my hand again and slapped her this time, on the cheek, as forcefully as I could.

She didn't duck, and the slap hit her squarely on the face.

Gavin yelled and immediately shielded her behind him this time.

"Are you out of your mind? How could you hit her just because of a stupid watch? Don't you know that she's one of the top businesswomen in the country! Do you even know how prestigious her status is?"

"That's enough! Stop embarrassing yourself and all of us here!" Sasha practically screamed in my face.

She then ripped off the emerald watch from Gavin's wrist and flung it in my face.

"Here, take your stupid mother's wretched watch back! I would never even have touched it if Gavin never wanted it in the first place!"

"Take your damn watch and get the hell out of this place!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

The emerald watch was flung to the floor, and the watch broke into a thousand tiny pieces, sending precious emerald stones scattering everywhere.

I looked at the broken watch and felt that it was just like our relationship—broken and beyond repair.

I finally lost it. Heartbroken and disillusioned, I grabbed a wine bottle from a nearby table and flung it at her.

"You've really disappointed me this time, Sasha Ramirez!"

The security guards rushed up to me to stop me. Meanwhile, Sasha was fully enraged now.

"I'm warning you, Arthur Fleming! I am the one with power and authority now, and yet, I'm still willing to keep you around as my husband! Don't you dare push your luck!"

How hilarious and ironic. Did she not know that everything she was today was only thanks to all that I'd done for her in the past?

I glared at her and made myself very clear.

"I don't need your pity, Sasha Ramirez. I am divorcing you, and I will make sure you understand what it means to lose everything you ever worked for!"