A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 48:

“It’s flavored with fruit. This batch contains vitamin B,” Belinda remarked, smirking as she swallowed the pills. “Anthony, these pills seem larger than the last batch and don’t look like heart-saving pills, don’t you think?”

Anthony, who had been wrestling with his “heart-saving pills,” paused mid-swig. The other members of the Cox family in the room were visibly shocked. Belinda continued with a smirk, “Anthony, it’s not that I don’t care about you. Quite the opposite, I care about you more than anyone else here. That’s why I went to the hospital to get copies of all your medical records and even spoke to several experts at the medical school. Their conclusion was…”

She paused dramatically, locking eyes with him. “You’re in very good health.”

Anthony’s face flushed, but this time it was from embarrassment, not anger.

“Anthony, if you’re not ill, you should stop pretending to be and stop using it as a way to keep me here,” she said, taking a deep breath and fixing a serious gaze on him. “I’m not throwing a fit, nor am I being hasty. After a lot of thought, I’ve decided it’s time to let go and move on.”

longer. He closed his

she had firmly made up her mind. Once Belinda decided on something, no one could sway her. She had been this resolute when she married Kristopher three years ago, and it seemed

you. Perhaps you and Kristopher simply weren’t meant to last; he missed his chance.” As he spoke, emotion overwhelmed him, and he dabbed at his eyes with a tissue. “Belinda, I had hoped you would be there for me in my later

well. Little did Anthony know, even if she hadn’t decided to leave Kristopher, she wouldn’t have been able to

Kristopher. “You’re to blame. If she wants this divorce,

is your escape

She wanted to seize this moment. If they waited

barely contained excitement. “Then I…” But realizing her enthusiasm was too

he fixed her with a cold

her hands clutching her chest. But she remained