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.”

reason to keep Belinda around any longer. He

to him then that she had firmly made up her mind. Once Belinda decided on something, no one could sway her. She had been this resolute when she

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

hadn’t decided to leave Kristopher, she wouldn’t have been able to care

Anthony fixed a stern gaze on Kristopher. “You’re to blame. If she wants this divorce, then make the arrangements as she requested, and let her

your

forced a smile. She wanted to seize this moment. If they waited

Kristopher are getting divorced today?” Cathy’s voice quivered with barely contained excitement. “Then I…” But realizing her enthusiasm was too evident, she quickly dropped her gaze, trying to mask her joy. “I just think it’s such

voice was laced with scorn as he fixed her with a cold glare. “If it weren’t

bowed her head, her hands clutching her