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After hanging up the phone, I checked my messages and sent Simon a text: [3 PM, City Hall. Don’t be late this time.]
He called me repeatedly after seeing the message, but I didn’t answer.
Then, my daughter’s homeroom teacher called again, “Mrs. Webster, what’s going on at your house? Vivian has been bullied by classmates lately and she keeps coming to me. She said it’s because of your situation. What happened at home?”
On the other end, I could hear my daughter crying, “It’s all my mom’s fault! She’s heartless and refused to help. Everyone is cursing her. She doesn’t deserve to be my mom and now my classmates are bullying me because of her…”
I didn’t explain anything. I simply replied, “I’m not her mother.” Then, I hung up. She no longer deserved to be my daughter.
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From the moment we met at the City Hall until we left, Simon kept blaming me, “Adriana, you think you’ve figured it out, but you’re still this stubborn. Looks like the netizens were right. I really misjudged you.”
He kept scolding me, “You want a divorce? Fine! I’ll grant it. Let’s see how you’ll beg me to come back in the future! Is this what you wanted? Done! Adriana, for the sake of our many years of marriage, if you’re willing to come back and admit your mistakes, I’ll give you a chance for reconciliation!”
I didn’t respond. I just took the divorce certificate and got into the car. Then, I posted the evidence online. Soon, the story of Kourtney faking her illness went viral.
I had Jemima pull some strings to check with the hospital management. It turned out that Kourtney wasn’t sick at all, her medical records had been fabricated with money.
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At the same time, I also posted the evidence of Simon and my daughter’s plan to kill me. The evidence was clear, the hiking stick had been tampered with.
Public opinion quickly reversed. After doing all of this, I turned off my phone.
Within a few days, Simon’s company was facing bankruptcy due to investors pulling out after the negative news spread. My daughter was expelled from school for conspiracy to murder.
As for Kourtney, once her fake illness was exposed, she went to Simon’s company to beg him.
He had her thrown out and beaten by security. Simon, when pushed to the extreme, was ruthless.
He came to see me several times, bringing gifts and begging for my forgiveness, “Adriana, I know I was wrong. I was deceived. Please forgive me.”
“Adriana, you know that I’ve always loved
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you. After all these years, can you really forget everything? I know you’re just angry. I can wait. I’ll wait until you’re no longer angry,” he pleaded.
I just wanted to remind him, “Simon, we’re divorced now.” I didn’t need a man or a daughter who wanted to take my life. I had started working independently, taking on
my own cases.
In the afternoon, I arranged to meet the person involved at a café to discuss matters. Unexpectedly, the person’s enemy showed up to take revenge. Her enemy rushed over with boiling water and tried to splash it at her, but she instinctively dodged behind me.
Just as I was about to be splashed with hot water, Simon suddenly appeared, stepping in front of me. Fortunately, he was tall and the boiling water splashed on his chest instead.
Though he winced in pain, he immediately turned to check on me, “Adriana, are you
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okay? Did you get hurt?”
I quickly called an ambulance and the client called the police. At the hospital, as they treated his burns, his clothes stuck to his chest and I couldn’t bear to watch as they pulled them off.
It was painful, but he still forced a smile, trying to reassure me, “Don’t worry, Adriana, I’m fine.”
The gentle Simon from the past seemed to have returned, but that was only the past.
As we were leaving the hospital, he suddenly asked, “Adriana, do you want to… come home with me?”
He thought I forgave him at the hospital. But I never did.
I shook my head, “Simon, don’t do this again. We’re divorced now. I won’t forgive you again.” With that, I turned and walked away.
Behind me, I didn’t hear footsteps for a
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long time. When I looked back, I saw him. squatting on the steps, covering his face. and crying.
I didn’t turn back, this was it. When love ends, it ends.
(The End)
