A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 3:

Belinda lay on the floor, tasting the blood in her throat, as she pushed herself to stand.

“Why are you back?”

Wasn’t he supposed to be at the hospital, doting on his precious Cathy?

Kristopher, watching Belinda’s face twist in disdain, leaned back elegantly on the sofa.

“Cathy’s just beginning to establish herself here. Imagine the scandal if it came out she was at the gynecologist today…”

“And why should that concern me?”

Belinda narrowed her eyes, her smirk dripping with sarcasm.

“As your wife, who’s just miscarried, should I be upholding your mistress’ reputation?”

It was clear now why Kristopher had rushed back; he feared Belinda might expose everything and tarnish his beloved’s future.

“How dare you use the word ‘mistress’?” Kristopher snapped back.

Belinda fixed her gaze on him, her words deliberate and biting.

“If Cathy valued her reputation, she wouldn’t be involved with a married man, wouldn’t have health issues, and certainly wouldn’t seek treatment at public hospitals.”

Kristopher’s eyes darkened with fury.

heart even when you married me. And still, you let my

Belinda’s smile soured.

your imagination soar

I made

accident left him comatose, Cathy had fled

him for good, prompting her to implore his grandfather, Anthony Cox, to arrange their marriage. She vowed to nurture him for as long

nearly six months, she tended to him with great care, and gradually,

she developed was largely due to the

his heart, but instead, she found herself drained and forced to

was powerless to call Cathy

that Kristopher was ungrateful and would never be touched, no

it’s her you want, so be it.” She

long before, but it was she who had

in her gaze

are you

“Kristopher.”

chill enveloped Belinda’s

as their relationship neared its conclusion, Belinda was

“Let’s get a divorce.”

“A divorce?”

you playing, Belinda? Aborting our child and now seeking a divorce? If

your Grandpa to complain. I didn’t before,

and retrieved the divorce papers from the

the ringing of a phone cut through the

“Cathy.”