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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-03-23 21:13:53

Sylvia’s POV

I should have been happy.

I was getting my freedom, walking away from this mess of a marriage, and on top of that, I was leaving with a whole million dollars. No strings. No Mario. No fights.

I should have been relieved. But I wasn’t.

I stood there, arms wrapped around myself, an ache settling deep in my chest. Why did it hurt? Why did the thought of him letting me go so easily feel like a punch to the gut?

A knock came, and before I could respond, the door swung open. Two of Mario’s men walked in, their faces blank, unreadable. They didn’t even glance at me as they went straight to my closet and started pulling everything out. Clothes, shoes, whatever they could grab, stuffing it into the suitcases without care.

I just stood there, watching.

The novels on my bedside table? Tossed in. The stuffed elephant? Thrown on top like it was just another object.

When they zipped up the suitcases and turned to me, I already knew what was coming next.

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