When I heard that, all I felt was disgust. However, I didn't let my anger get the best of me and simply looked at Claudia and calmly told her the truth.

I said, "I am here to get the marriage certificate. Go retrieve it so that we can get divorced as soon as possible."

I knew that everyone in the family wanted Nicholas to break up more than even he and I did.

Claudia's expression shifted from shock to glee. She turned to Nicholas to confirm everything by asking, "Is that true? I'll go look for it right now, Nick."

Claudia was so eager that she was going to rush out of there right away. However, a huge palm suddenly landed on her head. Claudia turned around and stared at Nicholas in confusion. "After the divorce, I will have a baby with Jasmine."

Nicholas was talking to Claudia, but his gaze was fixated on me. It seemed he wasn't satisfied with how calm I was. In fact, he uttered those words through gritted teeth.

"Oh," replied Claudia. She shifted her gaze down in disappointment and requested, "Ariana, please leave the room. I need to sleep now. I have a class tomorrow morning."

I was furious about Nicholas throwing a wrench into my plan. I couldn't resist saying, "What's wrong? Your brother is about to have a baby. Aren't you happy?" "Of course I'm happy," answered Claudia instinctively.

Tears immediately gathered in her eyes as she opened her arms

precious baby when we were kids. If you have another baby, will you still love me as

his palm on Claudia and was gently stroking her back as

my heart. Even my heartbeat

by blood. Only then was I able to suppress the disgust welling inside of me. I

The basement rarely had anyone there, and we would store things we didn't often use in there. That showed

virtually untouched, so it was eerie, and it stunk. Fortunately, Claudia

a small corner in the closet. I

had spiderwebs all over them, I'd believe it if someone were to tell me that

said, things had progressed to that extent, so something like

my feet instinctively brought me

the box still contained all the pleasant memories

box, and a bad feeling crept up on me right away. I opened the box and saw that the contents had turned to trash. Everything had been ripped into uneven pieces, including my marriage certificate. It was mixed with

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