Lahat ng Kabanata ng Divorced, Dazzling, and Desired: Kabanata 421 - Kabanata 430

Sam and William were still drinking by the time Renee returned to the table.Her rear had barely touched her seat when William asked, "Are you full, Renee? We can go now if you are.""Wait, you're leaving?" Sam blurted, his heart skipping a beat. "Where to? Mind bringing me along?""The movies. Are you sure you want to join?" William asked, seeing now that Sam had bumped into them on purpose.And having said this much and this bluntly, Sam would definitely get it.However, Sam put his hands together and exclaimed, "Alright! There's this new film I've been wanting to watch. Let's all go together! I'll buy the tickets!"Even Renee was speechless.She had already suspected that Sam didn't bump into them sheerly by chance, and it was now clear that it wasn't by chance.In fact, someone might have asked him, and she wouldn't be surprised if it was Jasper."We don't know each other that well," William growled, clearly not playing along.Sam simply chuckled. "We'll be friends if we

Lydia had never been insulted like this before, and she snorted at the stupid, ugly man's face. "No brains but plenty of money—guess you deserve to be cucked! What did your parents do to deserve an idiot like you? But I guess you're perfect for a bitch like Renee!"Renee simply kept her head down, a cunning smile showing ever so faintly as Lydia kept ranting.At the same time, William crossed his legs on the couch and adjusted his glasses."What was that? I missed that," he said, his voice flat and impassive."Are you deaf?!" Sandy promptly snapped, keen to suck up to her future mother-in-law. "You have no brains but plenty of money—you deserve to be cucked! You and her deserve each other because you're stupid and ugly, while she's a slut!"She wasn't engaged to Julian yet, but Sandy was aware that Julian loved Renee and therefore hated her to the bone, especially with Lydia persistently badmouthing Renee.However, she never told Lydia that Julian loved Renee—they weren't engaged

Julian hollered, "You hurt my mother and my…"He trailed off, unable to bring himself to say the word 'fiancee'.Still, he finished, "Don't say I didn't warn you.""Come on. Show me what you got," William retorted, whistling and beckoning at Jasper as if he were a dog. "Come give me your best shot, dawg."Julian felt like his dignity was being trampled upon and furiously charged at William, grabbing his collar and swung his fist at his face.Horrified, the retail assistant quickly scooped away the jewelry as she couldn't afford to compensate for any damages.Renee sat nearby, watching as both villains went at it, not feeling particularly cheered up.Julian was quickly falling on the backfoot after two swings as they fought despite having training.He was at first attacking, but he was suddenly gingerly defending until William eventually floored him and started clobbering him for three whole minutes.Horrified, Lydia kept yelling at them to stop but was afraid to even get close

Amid her confusion, Renee averted her eyes and pursed her lips.Still, she clenched her hands and mustered her courage. "Let go of me!" she snapped and gestured at the station with her chin. "This is a police station! Let go, or I'll yell for them!""You heard her." William grinned gleefully at Jasper, running his fingers through his hair.That was when Julian, Sandy, and Lydia stepped out too, with Lydia immediately perking up.Not caring about her swollen face, she goaded, "Oh, just look at her—a mere divorcee, but even the likes of Jasper Zeller is ready to go to war for her!""Shut up!" Julian bellowed, almost flinching from his mother's crap.Glaring at her, he warned her under his breath, "Are you done embarrassing us?! Even Jasper has to show William his due respect!"Sandy hugged Lydia's arm as she reasoned softly too. "That's right. Timing is everything—let's just go, okay?"In her mind, she was fuming.This fool of a hag really hadn't suffered enough! That was wh

Renee shook her head. "I-I'm not…"However, she was once again looking at Yvie through the rearview mirror, but it was dark in the car, and she couldn't see Yvie's reaction.Jasper growled right then, "Raise the bulkhead."Yvie kept quiet but did what she was told, and with the line of sight denied, Renee suddenly found the coldness around Jasper again.Cowed, she whispered, "Can you stop? You know that Yvie loves you.""How is that my business?" Jasper retorted, not caring how cold those words were or if it would hurt Yvie's ego.Or perhaps he said it out loud for Yvie's benefit, while telling Renee how he really felt.Speechless, Renee could only move to the side, but as soon as there was a gap between them, he pulled her back into his arms. "What, are you saying that I am less than William? That you can sleep with me and dump me right after?" Renee was at a loss for words. "Stop. You're scaring me…"Out of options, she decided to play victim in a moment of inspiration.So