Chapter 45:

Kristopher frowned, his gaze shifting to the window as he remained silent.

Belinda wasn’t surprised by his reaction. She turned away, continuing to touch up her makeup.

Soon, the car pulled up outside the Cox family estate.

Belinda exited first and started towards the house.

After a moment, Kristopher caught up with her.

“Why the hurry?” he asked, his voice cold. He grasped Belinda’s hand and hastened her steps toward the house.

Belinda instinctively tried to pull away. “Do we really need to do this?” Previously, she had suggested they hold hands when visiting the estate to keep Anthony from suspecting trouble in their relationship.

It was their only display of affection outside their bedroom.

But now, with their strained relationship no secret and Anthony already informed, hand-holding felt pointless.

her hand, the

divorced, you’re still my wife.” He quirked an eyebrow. “What’s wrong with

her

being completely


hand, he always looked at her with

of divorce, he suddenly felt the urge to grasp her

longer before her strength waned,

into the house, passing through a corridor adorned with flowers, until

Belinda noticed it wasn’t just Anthony who was there to meet

the room, flanked on his left by Carol and Helen, and on his right by Rosie and Maggie. Beside Maggie sat Cathy, clad in a

your favorite, but I was at your

protective embrace. “Cathy is a renowned actress. Her appearance is crucial to her career. With her face injured like this, she’ll be out of work for a while. It’s a

in, “This is all Belinda’s

listened to the three women blaming her, it dawned on her that they had come to bring their grievances to

baffled her most was the fact that it was Maggie who had slapped Cathy. How could this possibly be

interjected, his brow furrowed in concern,

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