The Moment They Held Hands, Our Marriage Ended

Lucas glanced at me and nodded before continuing, "Cecilia stayed single for me all these years. Now that she's about to die, I have to fulfill her wish."Then, his cheeks flushed a little, as if what he was about to say was hard to voice. "Cecilia… she saved herself for me; she's never been with a man. So, I've decided that I'm going to have a child with her."Noticing how stiff my expression was, he hastily added, "I've talked it over with her. The child will take your last name. That should be enough, right?"I stared at him in disbelief before jumping to my feet. "Do you even hear yourself right now, Lucas? You want to have a child with Cecilia, and you want me to raise it? I refuse. I won't accept this. "I already turned a blind eye when you kept visiting her, and now you're telling me you want to cheat on me? What the hell is wrong with you, Lucas?" My anger erupted in an instant, completely overwhelming my reason. Because I loved him, I had tolerated his lingering feeling

I ignored him and blocked him on every social platform. The moment I powered off my phone, I felt an inexplicable sense of relief. I had wanted to do this for a long time.Lucas was an only child who had been spoiled and doted on since birth. So, he was used to getting his way.In the past, whenever I upset him, he would block me. He would only remove me from his blocklist after I swallowed my pride, apologized, and begged for his forgiveness. Back then, I loved him. Even though I thought his behavior was childish, I indulged him. But now that I tried it myself, I finally understood him. It felt incredibly good.Cutting someone who wasn't worth my time out of my life felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders.To my surprise, Lucas showed up at my company the very next day. I was going over the contracts my employees had submitted when my secretary, Jordan Stanton, knocked and walked in. "There's a gentleman outside asking for you, Ms. Sinclair. He claims he's your husband."I w

Confusion was written all over my face when I witnessed this scene. What was Lucas playing at this time? We were getting divorced, so why was he still putting on an act in front of my parents?However, noticing how naturally he refilled their glasses and served them fruit, I figured he'd had a lot of practice from caring for Cecilia. I recalled once, years ago, when I came home drunk from a business gathering, and my stomach ached, I asked Lucas to pour me a cup of warm water, and he didn't even want to get up.The pain was unbearable, so I had no choice but to nudge him again on the bed. He threw off the blanket and snapped, "I'm not your housekeeper, Fiona. Why do you always expect me to wait on you?" After saying that, he shuffled over in his slippers, poured me a cup of water, and slammed it onto the nightstand without sparing me another glance. More than three years had passed, yet I still remembered how cold that water had been that day. It had been so cold that it chilled

I also couldn't wrap my head around why he was so stubborn. Did he really want to drain me dry before he'd be satisfied?"Why exactly are you here, Lucas? Did you run out of money to pay for Cecilia's treatment?" I looked straight into his eyes, which kept darting around. Hence, I knew I'd called it.I scoffed. "You should sign the divorce agreement sooner rather than later, Lucas. How are you going to explain yourself once Cecilia starts showing?"In the end, he tried to beg me to save Cecilia, but his parents, their faces red with shame, dragged him away.…Lucas and I officially divorced shortly after Leon and Evelyn intervened. That was when I finally understood the reason Lucas had been so desperate to cling to me. Cecilia had found a suitable organ donor, but the donor demanded 200 thousand dollars. Lucas was well aware that once we divorced, he could never come up with that amount of money, so he set his sights on me again. Unfortunately for him, I was no longer a fool.