Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 122

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“Divorce?” Eduard was flabbergasted. He almost dropped his teacup.

Careful, Grandpa!” Mikayla went over to steady his cup, setting it down on the coffee table. Soothing his chest, she tried to ease his shock.

“Stop the act. If you really didn’t want to upset Eduard, you shouldn’t have done something that nonsensicall” Matilda quipped.

“Shut up,” Stephen Interrupted. “Dad, you can’t let Mikayla have it her way this time. If it weren’t for us, I bet she and Jerome would have been divorced by now! We went to look for him today, and Matilda found their divorce agreement.”

“Kay, is this true?” Eduard asked sternly. Mikayla sniffed, replying, “Grandpa, I’ve been wanting to tell you this, but I didn’t want you to worry, so…”

“Why did you want a divorce?” Eduard pestered. He remembered Mikayla bringing it up as a joke last time, but he thought she mentioned it out of spite after quarreling with Jerome. Who’d expect her to actually file a divorce with him?

Frankly, Mikayla was exhausted by the same question everyone had asked. Yet, she had to come up with a plausible excuse for Eduard, whom she respected a lot.

torturous for both of us to be stuck in this

with each other! People back then stuck with their spouses for the rest of their lives even though they didn’t meet their spouses before marriage!” Matilda retorted. “Plus, you insisted on marrying him. You

imply that I cannot divorce him if I’m not happy. Don’t you amend your

rebuked.

at a loss for words.

“You’ve only been married for some time, and it’s not like the Millers are torturing you. I certainly don’t understand what you’re not happy with. In fact, you’re just

that logic?” Mikayla

was rendered

said. “Stephen, Matilda, you should

this.”

you say, but we

If word got out, others would surely mock the Davidson family. Finding a match for Louisa by. then will be difficult for

was unfazed by their unyielding attitude. “Go back. I know what I’m doing.” Reluctantly, Stephen and

that I was reckless in making the decision to marry Jerome, but I really mean