His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 372:

“Harold, please hear me out,” Belinda urged softly.

She paused, a subtle smile tugging at the corner of her lips, before continuing, “After your birthday, Lucas and I are planning to get a divorce. Therefore, there’s no need to tell everyone that I’m your daughter-in-law at your birthday banquet. Announcing it one day and declaring a divorce the next would be humiliating. It’s better to say nothing at all. Let the identity of Lucas’ wife remain a mystery—it might be for the best.”

Belinda maintained a composed demeanor, but inside, her emotions were in turmoil. Each word she spoke made her feel pain.

As Harold listened, his expression turned grim. He realized that she was right. He had promised—if Belinda and Lucas still wanted a divorce after his birthday, he would not stand in their way. Belinda’s words just now suggested she had made her decision.

Was it the recent events that had driven her to this resolute decision?

and spoke in a low tone. “Belinda, I know Lucas went too far yesterday. Regardless of his reasons, he left you at that time, and I won’t make excuses for him. But… I can’t help feeling it would be a mistake if you two really got

changes in Lucas. He is slowly opening his heart to you. If

self-deprecating laugh. “Opening up to me? Does that really matter? The moment Verena calls, he leaves me without

words left Harold at a loss for words. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say. Then, as if struck by a

wager with Lucas. The agreement was that if, after this month and my birthday, you both still chose to divorce, I wouldn’t stop you. And… I’d never interfere in his marriage again. But there was one condition—during this period,

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whether it was having dinner with her, picking her up,

heart once more. She had naively thought that perhaps Lucas was engaging in these activities because, deep down, he cared for her, even

Belinda found herself questioning whether he was merely using Harold as an excuse. After all, she believed if Lucas truly didn’t want to comply, Harold couldn’t force him. But what she hadn’t anticipated was… It turned out

opportunities to be alone together, I honestly don’t know what else I could do. I thought I had a good plan, but then the mouse incident happened—you had nightmares all night because of that—and I felt