The Picture Perfect Love のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

As I reflected on everything, a dull ache pulsed in my chest.I quickly pulled my hand away from Sebastian's grasp. He looked surprised.I thought about Sebastian's grandfather, Wayne Chesson. Over the years, he hadn't allowed me back into the Chesson residence, but he'd never forced Sebastian to divorce me either.I figured that I should at least see him before the divorce. So, I nodded and said, "Alright."But on Wayne's birthday, Sebastian texted me, "Something came up. Just grab a cab to the house."It was pouring, and cabs were impossible to find. I stood in the rain for an hour. By the time I arrived at the Chesson residence, the other guests were already there.As soon as I stepped inside, Liam walked over with his signature sneer. He remarked, "You're even late to Mr. Chesson Senior's birthday party. No wonder the Chesson family's never accepted you."He chuckled, full of malice. "Roxanne showed up early, holding hands with Sebastian, by the way. What a picture-perfect c

Hearing the sound of running water from the bathroom, Roxanne dropped her innocent act and said sarcastically, "Tessa, you're already 30. Why don't you get a divorce already?"Do you know what Mr. Chesson says about you? He says you smell old and that you nauseate him."On the other hand, he says that I have skin like porcelain and smell amazing. I'm only 20, after all."I'd heard things like this before.Back then, I had a high fever and was so out of it that I asked Sebastian to carry me to the hospital. Instead, he threw me on the floor and said, "Stop faking sick for attention. You're built like a damn ox. How could you be sick? You're not as young as Rox. Act your age."My grandpa never liked you anyway, so stop making things worse."I wasn't as young and supple as Roxanne."Roxanne, do you think being a mistress makes you superior?" I slipped the divorce papers into my coat and laughed coldly."Did you forget that when you were about to be married off in the mountains for

Three months ago, in Valoria, after rushing Roxanne to the hospital, Sebastian finally remembered that I'd been in the car too. When he hurried back to the crash site, all that was left was a raging sea of fire from the explosion.His face turned deathly pale. He charged toward the flames, but bystanders grabbed him and said, "Are you trying to die?"His eyes were bloodshot, full of desperation. "My wife's still in there! I have to save her!"People around him sighed with sympathy. "She's probably already gone, man. I'm sorry."He punched one of them straight in the face. "Shut the hell up! My wife is fine. She's not gone! Don't you dare curse her like that!"The guy cursed under his breath but didn't fight back.Sebastian tried to run into the flames again, but was pulled back by others. "Let go of me! My wife's in there waiting for me to save her!"Tears were pouring down his face, making him look completely deranged.People started trying to talk him down, reminding him to t

Sebastian reached out to pull me into an embrace, but I dodged him.I coldly said, "Sebastian, we're divorced. Leave. Don't ever come looking for me again."It was like he had snapped. He grabbed my shoulders and yelled in my face, "Tessa, how can you be this heartless? We've known each other for 12 years and have been married for ten! Are you just going to throw all that away like it meant nothing?"His grip tightened, hard enough to hurt me. I tried to push him off, but I couldn't."Sebastian, let me go. Do you even have the right to say that? Weren't you the one who gave up on us first?"His eyes were bloodshot. "If I didn't love you, then why would these past few months have been pure hell for me?"Tess, haven't you noticed that I've lost so much weight?"Of course I had.In just a few months, he looked like he'd aged a decade. His cheeks had sunken in, lines appeared around his eyes, and the tailored shirts that once fit perfectly now hung loosely on his frame."And what

After that day, Sebastian never appeared in front of me again. However, I would often see his image in the tabloids, depicting him as a reckless person.Later, Wayne came to the small town to find me. He begged me, hoping I would return to see Sebastian and talk some sense into him. If things continued like this, Sebastian would ruin himself.To gain my sympathy, he showed me many photos of Sebastian looking emaciated. There were also videos in which, after getting drunk, he repeatedly murmured my name."Tess, please come back. I was wrong. I'm a sinner. I've been atoning."Wayne also said that when Sebastian heard about me being with Daniel, he drove recklessly late at night, crashed, and spent three months in the hospital recovering.He cried and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have been prejudiced against you and kept you from the Chesson family. I understand now that you're his lifeline."My son and daughter-in-law passed away early. He's the only grandson I have left. I lo