When Diane held him, disgust filled Edmund’s eyes.

He raised his hand and pushed her away. He said lightly, “It’s not on impulse, Diane. It’s on who you are as a person.”

How could she let Gerry and the assistant director sexually harass Chelsea? She was also a woman. How could she allow such a horrendous thing?

Today, for the first time, Edmund realized that he didn’t share the same values with Diane. No wonder he always felt that there was something missing between them.

Diane couldn’t stop crying and pleaded over and over, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Edmund. I won’t do it again, I swear…”

“Only a virtuous, kind and dependable woman can be the next Mrs. Nelson. I will never settle for less!” After saying these words, Edmund left without a backward glance. His statement hung in the air even after he walked out. It was obvious that he was trying to say that Diane wasn’t qualified to be his wife.

say that to me? Don’t walk

his books, she was the

time they were married, Chelsea never did anything to taint the Nelson family’s image, nor

any outsider. Her calm attitude was one of the reasons why he

on work. In the space of three years, he took Nelson Group to great heights he never imagined

realize the value of his devoted wife until she was gone. He thought she would never

been bad to Chelsea. No good woman deserved to be treated the way he treated

heart. It dawned on him that he shouldn’t have

decided to go to Yusuf’s bar to drink with him. But his

watch. You need to stay away from alcohol. Besides, didn’t you just get discharged from the hospital?”

recovered yet, but you insisted on leaving the hospital. Why did you do that? Anyway, I thought of offering you some

didn’t utter a word. He took a sip from the water, staring blankly into space.

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