I Never Regretted Leaving You (Can't Win Me Back)

Chapter 5

Isabella looked at Victoria and replied readily, “If you want him, then take him.”

She said it as if he were a display item on a shelf, available for anyone to claim.

Victoria’s face lit up with joy, and she immediately hugged Nathan tightly.

But her happiness was short–lived.

She quickly realized that Nathan stood stiffly in her embrace, as if he had turned into stone.

Puzzled, she looked up at him and saw that his eyes were fixed on Isabella with an expression so chilling it made her shiver.

“Isabella, you must be delirious from your fever. Do you even know what you’re saying?”

The Isabella of the past loved him to a suffocating degree. She had given up her cherished career to–care for him, endured bitter herbal remedies daily in hopes of bearing his child, and sacrificed her self–respect entirely for his love. She was even nicknamed the “bootlicker wife” by people in the capital.

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But now, this same Isabella was speaking of him as though he were an unwanted object to be discarded.

“My fever is gone, and my mind is perfectly clear. I know exactly what I’m saying,” Isabella replied nonchalantly.

Nathan eyed her, his tone uncertain. “No regrets?”

Isabella glanced at the matching couple’s rings on his and Victoria’s fingers and smirked. “Mr. Hill, the matching ring on your left hand is identical to Victoria’s. Since she’s the one you love, why would you think I’d want you? My standards for a partner may not be high, but loyalty is a non–negotiable baseline. I’ll find someone who loves me wholeheartedly and live a steady, happy life. Why should I waste my time on someone like you–unfaithful and unreliable? A man like you, a textbook example of a scumbag–what’s there to miss? Once I recover, I’ll divorce you.”

Nathan looked down at his ring, a flicker of guilt flashing through his eyes.

“You’re misunderstanding. Victoria and I just happened to buy the same ring. This isn’t a couple’s ring,” he explained, pulling it off and slipping it into his pocket

disbelief, tears pooling in her eyes. Hurt and overwhelmed, she

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and unreadable. His fists clenched tightly as he turned back to Isabella. “Isabella, I can’t leave you

hurrying after Victoria.

no longer pretending to be strong. Her

left the hospital, she vowed to end things with this

morning, Isabella was half–asleep when she overheard

roof last night. The crown prince stayed

like a treasure. He even went through so much trouble to find her Sis for the kidney transplant. And now that she has a

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two ‘star–crossed lovers,‘ her Sis got what she wanted and now wants to steal her husband, too. This poor woman is about to be left with nothing,

of the bed tightly. Her bloodshot

drip, she finally drifted back to sleep,

growled loudly. She hadn’t eaten breakfast, and now she felt like

ordered takeout: chicken and mushroom stew, bird’s nest soup with

long after she placed the

of exhaustion and something Isabella couldn’t quite decipher–guilt?

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of her health. So, I think it’s best if you leave the country for a while. Once she’s stable, I’ll bring you back. What do

at him in disbelief, the nurses‘ earlier conversation replaying in her

nebulizer from her bedside table and hurled

Hill, you’re disgusting. If you love Victoria so much, divorce me and be with her!”

picked up the nebulizer and set it aside

Just this once–give me some time. Once you return, I promise I’ll cut ties with

a surge of nausea and pushed him away,

sick! Get out! I never want to see you again!”