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?

Regardless of his reasons, he left you at that time, and I won’t

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

seconds and then let out a self-deprecating laugh. “Opening up to me? Does that really matter? The moment Verena calls, he leaves me without a second thought. Whenever it comes to Verena, his choice is

moment, he didn’t know what to say. Then, as if struck by a sudden realization, Harold turned

with Lucas. The agreement was that if, after this month and my birthday, you both still chose to divorce, I

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Lucas had never resisted any of Harold’s requests, whether it was having

a wave of disappointment flooded Belinda’s heart once more. She had naively thought that perhaps Lucas was engaging in these activities because, deep down, he cared for her, even if just

questioning whether he was merely using Harold as an excuse. After all, she believed if

from giving you two more 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

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