Lahat ng Kabanata ng Love You Like I Used To? Forget It!: Kabanata 401 - Kabanata 410

Cordelia could always see right through me. So, she knew I still couldn't stop myself from worrying that she was acting impulsively.She hugged me and said, "Don't worry, darling. If it doesn't work out, I can always get a divorce. It's not like marriage is a life sentence. If he treats me poorly, I'll dump him in a heartbeat!"I knew how unattached Cordelia could be when it came to relationships. Besides, should she decide to get a divorce, I'd be there to help her make it happen. With that in mind, I stopped worrying.Right now, Cordelia and I had a pretty relaxed view of her marriage. If it worked, great. If it didn't, she'd simply walk away.However, things rarely played out as neatly as we thought.…William had convinced Noah's grandfather to stop making things difficult for my companies. Still, this incident made me decide to expand the scope of my business.I wanted to make it so that people wouldn't be able to use them to threaten me again. I also wanted to give my empl

Gideon wanted us to go back to being friends. But when he saw how readily I agreed to it, it stung him. The ease with which I had done so meant I felt absolutely nothing for him.He had done such a heinous thing the night before our wedding. So, if I had felt anything for him, I would've cut ties with him completely.The pain in his heart snapped him out of his thoughts, and he smiled bitterly. He realized he was just wallowing in self-pity. After all, didn't he already know that I never had any feelings for him?My dizziness seemed to be worsening, so I wanted to leave quickly. I pulled my hand back and bid Gideon goodbye.Noticing how pale I looked, he asked with concern, "What's wrong? You don't look too good. Are you feeling sick? Do you want me to take you home?"Gideon was used to treating me well. Like he had said before, his feelings for me might not have been true love, but he couldn't act as if he completely didn't care. But unlike what I had said, his feelings weren't j

Irvin had an impulsive streak. But no matter how rash he had been, he had never strayed when it came to love and fidelity.I had a strong physical aversion—in the sense that I would never touch him again should he sully himself with another woman. He knew if that happened, I would dump him. Not only that, there would be no more us—ever.Irvin had the same aversion too. He would never allow himself to be physically intimate with any woman but me. If something like that actually happened, he would lose his mind. Not only that, but he would also feel as if he had been "tainted".So, even if I were willing to take him back, he wouldn't be able to allow his "tainted" self to be by my side. He couldn't accept it—absolutely not.However, he couldn't even raise his voice right now, let alone struggle."What are you saying, Tim? You're drunk…" Grace said softly.She wasn't afraid of Irvin's threat. When she had decided to do this, she had already accepted the possibility that this would b

After dumping me onto the floor, the fake female server moved to the other side of the room to make a call."Boss, the target has been delivered," she said."Give her a bath and then set up the camera," the person on the other end replied."Yes, sir."After ending the call, she turned toward me. With a sinister smile, she commented, "I guess education really does pay off. Our boss wants to take you himself—fuck!"Boss? She was referring to this person in an unusual way. Because of this, I couldn't help racking my brain to figure out when I had ever crossed an atypical group. And who was this "boss" she was speaking of?As though she could tell what I was thinking, the woman explained, "Your ex-husband blew up our organization's cruise ship and killed a bunch of our members. Did you really think we'd just let it go because William Ashford stepped in?"My stomach sank at her words. She was from the same major criminal organization that had once kidnapped me and Mr. Holland.The

I already couldn't fight him before, and now, it was impossible. Still, I flailed my arms desperately, trying to find something to stop him with.I had rolled around in the sheets with Irvin more times than I could count. And yes, sleeping with him was a thousand times better than being assaulted by someone from a criminal organization. But that didn't mean I wanted this to happen. I didn't want the resolve I had built up with great difficulty to be shaken again.After much struggle, I grabbed hold of a book and smacked it hard against Irvin's head. I hoped it would make him come to his senses. Unexpectedly, instead of snapping back to reality, he grew even more excited.Crushed by the weight of his body, I had no strength left to fight. So, all I could do was lie limply as he devoured me like a raging storm.I didn't understand how it had come to this. It had taken everything in me to decide to let him go. So, how could this be happening? I couldn't even cry anymore.Sometimes,