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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

tears pooling in her eyes. Hurt and overwhelmed, she ran out of the room

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as he turned back to Isabella. “Isabella, I can’t leave you now, you’re not in good health. But if you still insist on divorce

left abruptly, hurrying

IV drip, no longer pretending to be strong. Her frail

with this man for good. She didn’t need a man

morning, Isabella was half–asleep when she overheard

The crown prince stayed

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

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of whatever misery he gets. The real victim here is the one in this room. After being drained of all her value by those 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

the bed

drifted back to sleep, only to be awakened

and now she felt like she could eat

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

after she placed the order, Nathan unexpectedly

of exhaustion

I want to

in shock.

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2PA Mouchers

affects your Sis’s mood. She needs to stay happy for the sake of her health. So, I think it’s best if you leave the

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

nebulizer from her bedside table and hurled

you love Victoria so much,

picked up the nebulizer and set it aside before pulling

know you’re upset. Just this once–give me some time. Once you

felt a surge of nausea and pushed him away, vomiting all

sick! Get out! I never want to see

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