Chapter 123

“Huh?”

Morris was stunned for a moment and did not know how to answer.

He couldn’t possibly tell his boss that Madison looked quite happy, right? After all, it was a divorce, not a wedding. However, he could not quite bring himself to lie and say that she looked sad.

Morris deliberated for a moment and said carefully, “She did not seem to have any. reaction. She just said that she will see you at four in the afternoon.”

A cold sneer came from the other end of the line. “No reaction at all? Yeah right, she was probably laughing her head off.”

The last sentence sounded like it was said through gritted teeth.

Morris was silent for a beat before saying seriously, “That does seem like an exaggerated description.”

If he remembered correctly, Madison only had a faint smile on her face. Although she looked quite happy, she had not burst into raucous laughter at the thought of divorcing

Leo.

Hearing this, it was Leo’s turn to be silent.

After another ten seconds of silence, he hung up the call abruptly.

Morris was left utterly speechless.

Meanwhile at the hospital, a man stood in front of the window to the patient ward, looking absolutely livid. He looked down at the phone in his hand, its screen dimming. His fingers were wrapped around the gadget so tightly that it was nearly crushed into fragments.

An exaggerated description? Yeah right!

“Leo…

Behind him, Sally’s weak voice slowly sounded.

Leo turned around before he could restrain the hostility in his eyes. “What’s the

matter?”

Sally was shocked by the hostility in his gaze. For a moment, she thought she saw the man in a silver mask staring down at her ominously again. In that instant, a suffocating fear overwhelmed her.

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She shook her head in fear. “I-I’m fine. I just wanted to say that if you have something to do, you can go back to the company first. I’m… fine here. You don’t have to stay here.

all the time.”

was because Leo’s face had truly terrified her, but she looked rather

now.

face returning to his usual indifference, he said, “I don’t have anything to do today. I just need to go out in the afternoon and

across Sally’s

it instantly. “Did Madison…

paused and sneered, “I’m afraid she can’t

bucket of cold water being poured on Sally’s head, washing away the joy from just

she could tell that Leo was unwilling to go through

not seem aware

profile. She bit her lip and said, “Leo, if you don’t want to divorce Madison, then tell her properly. She liked you so much in the past. I’m sure she’s reluctant

up. “Are you going to

Sally’s eyes immediate/v

when he

I know you’re already very disappointed in me now. You probably don’t want to marry me anymore. Initially, I thought putting an end to my life would be a good idea. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to kill myself, and now I’ve become the brunt of

force her to take it. Just treat it as me making up for my mistakes in the past. I won’t use my illness as an excuse anymore.

I won’t disturb you again in the future. You can

choked as she spoke and squeezed out two drops of tears from her eyes. She looked utterly

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more. “Sally, I didn’t

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for a moment, as if she did

he meant.

from the sofa and looked at her. “Don’t let your imagination run wild. I won’t

Sally was overjoyed.

At the very least, she could not afford to bring up his

soon.

for the sake of advance. She did not expect it.

done so many

seem overly happy. Instead,

silent

he had

his fingers against his thigh and said in a deep voice, “It’s good that you recognize your mistakes. Don’t

I’ve paid such a costly price this time that I have

and did not say

he would never contact Madison again after the divorce. Marrying

the wrongs she had suffered, he would rewrite the divorce agreement to grant her

that, they would not contact each other

ward was silent for a while before Sally could not help but speak. “By the way, Leo, may 1 ask where you were last

was raining heavily last night and there was even thunder. I couldn’t get through

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