Why had I been so foolish back then? Why did I run off to Aronespire for college, only to waste years loving someone incapable of loving me back?My sudden breakdown caught my parents and brothers off guard. Distraught, my mother wrapped her arms tightly around me, letting out a heavy sigh.Now that I'd told the secret locked in my heart for so long, the heavy weight was finally lifted from my chest.Once he heard about the divorce, Elton pulled every string he had to secure the most formidable lawyer in Dawnirabay.Without wasting a moment, the lawyer filed a formal court petition, citing the irretrievable breakdown of our marriage.The process moved astonishingly fast. Within a week, the lawyer had slapped Laurent with a court-issued enforcement notice, demanding his signature on the divorce settlement.Laurent called me the second he got the notice. I had unblocked him during that hospital emergency and forgotten to put him back on the blacklist."It's been two weeks," he gro
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