His Knees, His Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

Chapter 26

I was already feeling the pressure from his questions and growing

impatience. The whole situation gave me a headache. So, I reached into my bag, pulled out an invitation, and handed it to him without

hesitation.

I

attend if you want."

his eyes filled with tears as he looked at the invitation in disbelief. "Why? Why are you marrying him?"

us. Doris *was* once blind," he said, a sharp tone of mockery in his voice. He then turned to me with warmth and affection, tightening his grip on my waist. "Darling, don't worry. No c**ach will ever come near you as long as I'm

looked broken, clinging to the false hope that I might still be the same woman who would forgive him if he pleaded enough. He believed that if he just tried harder, I'd come back to him, that I was still the girl who would reconcile at the sound of his coaxing. But it wasn't until he saw me, dressed in a stunning custom-made wedding gown from one of the world's top designers, standing

finally realized I had truly abandoned him. The grandeur of the wedding, the worldwide attention, the joy on my face-it all crushed

confessed his feelings, no matter how much he cried, I never looked back. I never saw him