Chapter 8
Williams would not budge an inch. As far as I could remember, he had always been a calm person. But at this moment, he suddenly erupted in anger.
He grabbed Ryan by the collar and swung at him.
“Get out! This is a family matter. Who are you to push me away?!”
Seeing how unreasonable he was, I could not hold back any longer.
Following a loud smack, everyone fell silent.
Williams covered his face and stared at me in disbelief.
I stepped forward and held Ryan’s hand.
Then, I smiled and looked at Williams.
“Pardon me. I haven’t introduced you to my boyfriend, Ryan.
Technically, he has the right to kick you out.”
Williams raised his hands and covered his eyes as he cried like a child in front of me.
When we first got divorced, I had imagined how he would regret it in my head.
However, I did not feel the satisfaction I was expecting when I saw how helpless he was.
Perhaps it was because I truly did not care anymore. No matter what happened, I would not feel much
emotion.
Before he left, he reached out for a hug, but I pushed him away.
“Williams, don’t come back ever again. Let me have some peace, okay?”
He nodded silently and prepared to leave with James. But James clung to my leg and begged me to let
him stay.
His face was flushed from crying, and he could not even speak coherently.
“Mom, please don’t chase me out.
“I promise I won’t argue with you anymore, and I’ll do my homework seriously. Please don’t make me leave!”
Williams tugged at his collar with a stern face and dragged him away.
He did not look back, not even once, and they disappeared into the elevator.
Everything had finally come to an end.
From then on, we would live our lives in peace.
-Six months later, Ryan proposed to me.
When he kneeled down and pulled out the ring. I teared up.
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It was huge and beautiful.
It was more stunning than any of the rings that I had seen at the counters.
He trembled when he put the ring on my finger, and thunderous applause followed.
Everyone was celebrating with us, and I felt a deep sense of calmness in me.
Perhaps this was how love felt.
It gave us peace, not insecurity.
Most importantly, it made us feel that we were worthy of love and that I was worthy of everything
Ryan held a grand wedding for us, and I did not have to worry about a single thing.
I did not send an invitation to Williams, but he still showed up on my wedding day.
As I stood with Ryan at the hotel’s entrance, I spotted them from afar. He was holding James’s hand on the opposite side of the street.
James struggled to break free and run to me, but Willams held on to him tightly.
His eyes were filled with tears, and he started crying when his gaze met mine.
I calmly looked away with a gentle smile.
Unlike the time I married Williams, I was smiling from the bottom of my heart.
Epilogue
After the divorce, Williams struggled with insomnia for a long time.
He would be too afraid to close his eyes. Whenever he did, he would see Christelle.
He also avoided going home because the living room still had signs of the fire. He hated himself when he stepped inside
He hated himself for choosing Leia back then.
Some time later, he started to loathe Leia and James too.
If James had not begged him to save Leia first, maybe Christelle would not have left.
He f
finally realized that he loved Christelle, but it was too late.
As for Leia, she was merely a decision he regretted from his younger days.
So, when Leia asked if he wanted to get married, he refused without a second thought.
Leia teared up and asked him why. But he only stared at her with hatred and spoke through gritted teeth.” Because you can’t compare to Christelle!”
James cried and begged Williams several times to find his mom.
However, Williams would glare at him each time and say, “Your mom doesn’t want you anymore. She already has a new child. You mean nothing to her!”
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He watched impassively as James cried to the point of almost passing out. He had no compassion left.
If it were not for James, Christelle would not have given up
and left.
James hated Williams just as much, and this hatred grew as he got older.
Eventually, they stopped talking to each other.
On the day of Christelle’s wedding, Williams brought James to the venue.
As they stood on the opposite side of the street, he saw her smiling and found closure.
She looked happy, and she had a stunning smile.
She had smiled at him the same way when they first got
married.
At that time, Williams thought that she would always be by his side.
Hence, he ended up hurting her continuously.
He had lost her and had no one else to blame but himself.
Willams watched as Christelle and Ryan held hands and disappeared from his sight.
He crouched down and cried uncontrollably as he buried his head in his hands.
Regret and sorrow overwhelmed him, but what else could he do?
It was the end for him and Christelle.
