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10 Kabanata

Chapter 1

As Serena Skelding spoke, her eyes stayed glued to Cassian Frick. She didn't even notice when I had let go of her hand.Cassian pushed through the crowd and lit a cigarette right in front of me.Serena had always hated the smell of cigarettes. Once, I'd come home after a business dinner with the smell of smoke clinging to my clothes. She'd covered her nose in disgust and refused to let me inside.After that night, Serena had blocked me on every form of contact. She'd given me the silent treatment for three whole months.But when Cassian deliberately blew a ring of smoke into her face, Serena didn't even get angry. Instead, she took a deep breath and reminisced about the brand of cigarettes.She said fondly, "This is the same brand we smoked the first time when we were 18."Cassian chuckled and responded, "So you still remember. I thought you'd forgotten all about our past after you got together with Elijah."Through the swirling smoke, everyone looked at me with a mixture of pit

Chapter 2

The tips of Serena's ears turned red. She pretended to be angry and snapped, "Stop talking already!"Cassian wasn't intimidated at all. If anything, he seemed even more determined to provoke me. He unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the scratches across his chest."Your wife was in my bed last night. Do you know what position she liked the most?"I couldn't take it anymore. I clenched my fist and punched him square in his smug face.Cassian staggered backward, but his grin only grew wider. "Whoa. Did I hit a nerve?"He stared at Serena, who was behind me, and said mockingly, "So this is the man you chose to love at the price of having a complete fallout with me? Honestly, I don't see what was so special about him."Serena grabbed the hem of my shirt and demanded in a frighteningly cold voice, "Apologize to Cassian."I shook off her hand with my bloodshot eyes. "Serena, I'm your husband, not a pet dog you can order around as you please! Cassian just publicly announced that he slep

Chapter 3

By the time I arrived, Serena was lying by the river like a discarded rag doll. Tears streamed down her face.She sobbed, "Cassian will never hurt you again. But Elijah, I'm ruined. I'm not worthy of you anymore."Of course, I never looked down on her. I brought the suicidal Serena home. I wanted to give her the grandest wedding all over again, but my furious father kicked me out of the family.After we were married, whenever I tried to get close to Serena, she refused to let me touch her. She claimed she had PTSD. With tears in her eyes, she'd begged me to give her more time.I waited for three whole years.Tonight, I finally learned that her so-called psychological disorder had merely been an excuse because she didn't want me to touch her.The bruises all over her body that night had clearly come from her sleeping with Cassian. As for the pool of blood beneath her, I'd assumed she'd suffered something horrible and had deliberately avoided asking about it.It turned out she'd s

Chapter 4

Serena tilted her head back and rose onto her toes, preparing to kiss me. From where I stood, the fresh marks on her neck were painfully obvious.The thought of her being intimate with Cassian only moments ago made my stomach churn. I shoved her away in disgust.After being rejected by me, Serena's face flushed with anger. She picked up the divorce papers from the floor and signed them without hesitation.Serena hissed, "Fine. If you want a divorce, then we'll get divorced. We'll see who comes crawling back first!"Her phone rang.The fury on her face instantly melted into tenderness. "You want churros from the shop by our old elementary school? No problem. I'll go get them right now."After hanging up, she left me with one final threat. "Elijah, you were the one who asked for the divorce. Don't you dare come crying to me and beg me to take you back!"With that, she didn't even give me a chance to respond before turning around and hurrying away.The room fell silent again, but

Chapter 5

Cassian's voice turned cold as he urged, "It's too late. Either he breaks his legs, and I live, or he walks away unharmed, and I die. You choose. Three… Two...""Stop counting! I'll do it!" Serena screamed in desperation, tears pouring down her face.She was like a cornered animal with nowhere left to run. Her bloodshot eyes turned toward me.The air in the hospital room seemed to freeze at that moment.I should have understood it long ago. In Serena's world, Cassian would always matter more than I did."Elijah, I'm sorry…" She whispered the words, but her expression gradually turned frantic. "Cassian saved my life once. I can't let him die."She looked around the room, and her eyes finally settled on the metal IV stand beside the bed. With reddened eyes, Serena summoned all her strength and ripped the stand from its base."Don't hate me, Elijah…"A chill went down my spine, and my blood froze. I instinctively backed away.A broken sound escaped my throat as I tried to bring h

Chapter 6

After spending the entire night comforting Cassian, Serena finally remembered that I was lying in the hospital with a broken leg. When she returned to the hospital room, the sight that greeted her would stay with her for the rest of her life.Serena pushed open the door, just to find the floor covered in dark red blood. It stretched from the window to her feet.The bouquet she'd bought to apologize fell to the floor with a dull thud. She instinctively looked toward the hospital bed.It was empty.She pulled out her phone and scrolled down several times before finally finding our chat. The latest messages were from a month ago. I'd asked how many more days she'd be away on her business trip.Serena had never replied.Once again, she'd used a business trip as an excuse to fly to Farisia and fool around with Cassian. By the time she saw my message, several days had already passed. At that time, Serena had decided there was no point replying since she'd be coming home eventually an

Chapter 7

"Can't you be a little more understanding, Cassian?" Serena asked quietly.She didn't want to argue with him anymore. With that, she turned and hurried home.The house was pitch-black.After turning on the lights, Serena instinctively looked toward the dining table. None of her favorite dishes were there. She turned around. The person she was looking for wasn't on the couch either."Elijah?"She walked through the house, checking room after room. The darkness gradually gave way to light, yet the house still felt strangely empty.She opened the closet. Every piece of my clothing was still there. The expensive watches in the jewelry cabinet and the keys to the luxury cars were there untouched, too.Nothing had been moved. Serena breathed a small sigh of relief.But when she opened the bedside drawer, she found only one of the two identical copies of the divorce papers. Sitting on top of the document was a broken crystal shard pendant.Serena had seen the missing piece countles

Chapter 8

Even when Cassian had threatened to kill himself, Serena hadn't felt so afraid. Now, she was terrified that I might truly disappear, leaving her with no chance to make things right.With nowhere else to turn, Serena finally went to my father, Darren Langdale, the man who had once sworn to cut me off from the family.Serena stopped outside the mansion. Dad was watering the roses in the garden.The moment he saw her uninvited arrival, he showed no mercy. He turned the hose on her and drenched her until she looked like a drowned rat.Serena didn't even try to dodge.Only after Dad had finished venting his anger did she finally plead with him. "Darren, do you know where Elijah is? I've been looking for him for a whole month. I'm afraid if I can't find him soon, his leg might never recover!"Dad let out a cold laugh, making no attempt to hide his disgust. "What gives you the right to ask about his whereabouts? I refuse to acknowledge a promiscuous woman like you as my daughter-in-law!

Chapter 9

Dad wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes. "Alright. We'll do it your way."After Dad left, only Serena and I remained.She forced a small smile and said, "Elijah, I just found out that you were the one who saved me back then. Why didn't you tell me sooner? If I'd known, I never would have treated you that way."I looked her up and down and let out a mocking laugh. "Are you seriously blaming me now? I thought you already knew. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who would use a favor to manipulate you."Serena nodded. "I know you're an honest and kind man. That's one of the reasons I fell in love with you. So… can you give me one more chance? Cassian deceived me. I promise I'll never have anything to do with him again. Come home with me, Elijah."The moment she said my name, her tone returned to how she'd sounded when she first pursued me. Her voice had that sweet, rising lilt at the end—as though being with her was the universal answer to happiness.Unfortunately, that

Chapter 10

But what had Serena done?Time and again, she'd used business trips as an excuse to fly to another country and lie in another man's arms.She walked into the bedroom and opened the closet. My clothes still hung there, neatly arranged. She reached out and gently ran her fingers over one of my shirts, as if she could still feel the warmth I'd left behind. She suddenly remembered all the times over the past three years when I'd tried to get close to her, only for her to push me away, claiming she was dealing with emotional trauma. She could even remember the hurt and restraint in my eyes.Back then, she'd found it annoying. She'd thought that, as a grown man, I was unbearably clingy.The ordinary routines she'd once taken for granted—the ones which she'd once found monotonous and boring—had now become a thing of the past she could never return to.The rain outside grew heavier, as if it was going to drown the entire world.Serena collapsed to her knees, clutching my shirt as she s

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