The Woman From Hell

I was stunned when Marius asked this and recalled the recording that Delia let me listen to.

"It's nothing. I just got distracted 'cause I was thinking of something just now."

I forced a smile, wanting to muddle through this.

Alas, Marius was not a fool and could tell I was hiding something from him.

""What happened?"

I did not really feel like talking about it, but Marius kept pestering me about it. In the end, I finally told him what happened earlier in the day.

Things did not go as I expected. Marius was furious after he heard this. He immediately wanted to get things straight with Theo, but I stopped him. "Forget it, it's better this way anyway. Theo and I are about to officially get divorced. We won't cross paths anymore in the future, so it's fine."

I thought about the little things I shared with Theo before as I said this. Now, I just found those beautiful memories laughable.

Marius looked at me with a frown.

Let me take you there so that you can relax and watch the night scene.

just so happens that I haven't gone out for

appeared on the corners of his lips. "That's great. Let's order some takeaway for tonight. You can relax when I take you out

The next evening.

some casual clothes and went directly to Julienne

the moment I stepped

clean, white gauze, lit candlesticks, and rose petals all caught

dressed in fabulous attire, walked toward me with a bouquet of

you know how

you're already planning to divorce Theo, I would like to take care of you for the rest of your life.

somewhat blanked when he

step by step. He then knelt down on one knee. He

at a

not know Marius would confess to me in this situation, and

My mind's a mess right now. Can you give

Theo, I'm still married, after all. You should get