Chapter 8

‘This is your last chance,’ Rain thought.

Panic filled Joshua’s heart for a moment as if he was about to lose something forever. However, that bit of panic was quickly drowned out by boiling rage. He trembled with such anger that he lost all remaining rationality.

He had long since forgotten what Rain meant when she said eight times. But even if he never did, he would not care at this moment.

“Apologize to Lily, Rain!” Joshua demanded coldly.

Even at a time like this, he only cared about Lily.

Blood filled Rain’s mouth. She sneered, but tears welled up in her eyes. In the end, she said what had been sitting at the back of her mind, “Let’s get divorced, Joshua.”

Joshua was stunned for a moment. Sadly, his rage made him say something that he would regret for the rest of his life.

“Fine! Let’s get divorced, then!”

No one could insult Lily, not even his wife!

At that, Rain wiped away the blood from the side of her mouth. The moment she suggested a divorce, she seemed to remove all the negative emotions within her. With a schooled expression, she took out the divorce papers from her handbag. “Sign these, then.”

It did not even occur to Joshua why Rain had prepared the divorce papers beforehand.

He just signed his name and left with a chilly expression.

Rain did not chase after him. She just allowed him to get further and further away from her.

Faye did not immediately follow after Joshua. Instead, she whispered to Rain, “You were much easier to defeat than I thought.”

Rain glared at her. “Get lost.”

When she saw the ruthlessness in Rain’s eyes, Faye was so scared that she took a step back. Then, she fled.

Meanwhile, Rain stood still in the living room.

After a long time, she took a deep breath, but she ended up choking on her tears.

She had intentionally insulted Lily to see whether Joshua would control himself and not go berserk for the sake of their crumbling marriage.

The results were obvious.

Lily was like a curse that controlled Joshua, and Rain could never break it.

Rain began to quietly pack her things. She intended to leave the house to Joshua, so she was not going to leave any of her belongings behind.

However, eight years was a long time, and she had put in a lot of work decorating the house. So, signs of her living there could be found everywhere.

Rain spent a long time packing up. In the end, she placed her hand on an old, graying metal keychain. It was the first gift Joshua gave her.

At that time, Rain’s parents had just passed away from an accident, and she had lost her pillars of support. As a result, her life became hell, and she became an orphan who was also an easy target.

Rain still remembered how her life was full of hardships. Her relatives wanted to snatch her parents’ legacy from her, her classmates started ostracizing her, and her friends turned into her bullies…

During her darkest hour, Joshua reached out to her. “Hey, Rain. If no one will be your friend, I will. I’ll protect you.”

His smile was bright under the sun. When Rain looked over, he grabbed his hair. After some thinking, he removed the keychain from his bag and gave it to her with a grin. “Here. A gift between friends.”

That was the moment she fell for him.

Rain took it and treasured it for years.

In the present, she stared at the keychain for a long time before she kept it in a box.

As she sealed the box shut with tape, the love she had for Joshua for more than ten years also seemed to be sealed up with it.

With that, she finished packing. Rain cast one final glance at the place that had served as her house for eight years. Then, she left without hesitation.