Yvette's voice was calm and impassive, as though divorce were a menial matter to her.

Xavier's pupils contracted. "What did you just say?"

Over the last three years, no matter what he had done, Yvette had never brought up divorce.

In truth, Xavier knew that Yvette loved him.

Her eyes, which were usually dull and empty, were clear and bright now. "I'm sorry for being a burden over the last few years, Mr. Lane. We should get divorced."

Xavier clenched his fists unconsciously. "You heard what I said earlier, didn't you? Snyder Group was already failing; it won't matter whether I buy it or someone else does. What are you trying to do by bringing up divorce?

"Is it because you want money? Or a child? Or do you want me to leave Snyder Group alone?" he asked coldly. "Don't forget that I don't love you. Your threats won't work on me!"

At that moment, he seemed like a stranger to Yvette. A lump formed in her throat as her ears began throbbing. Even though she was wearing her hearing aids, she could barely hear what Xavier was saying.

She could only answer his last question. "I don't want anything."

Afraid that he would notice something wrong with her, Yvette left the study in a hurry.

As he watched her leave, Xavier felt frustrated for some reason. He had never felt like this before.

Not one to hold in his emotions, he flipped the table over. The bowl of soup that Yvette had brought him spilled all over the ground.

Back in her own room, Yvette forced herself to swallow a handful of pills.

She reached up to touch her ear. As she retracted her fingers, she saw crimson blood on them.

Thanks to the medicine, her hearing recovered a little by the time it was dawn. Yvette stared blankly at the soft rays of sunlight streaming from the window.

"The rain has stopped," she said quietly to herself.

Xavier didn't leave the manor that day.

He was in the living room bright and early, settled on the couch, waiting for Yvette to apologize and express her regret to him.

This wasn't the first time Yvette had lost her temper with him. However, after every tantrum, she would apologize to him before long.

Xavier figured that it would be the same this time around.

Soon, he saw Yvette coming out of her room, all freshened up. She wore her usual dark-colored clothes. She dragged a suitcase with one hand while holding a piece of paper in the other.

She handed the paper to him. It was a divorce agreement.

"Let me know when you have time, Xav."

With that, she left the manor, pulling her suitcase behind her.

It was bright and sunny outside. Yvette felt as if she had gotten a new chance at life.

sat frozen on the couch, still clutching the divorce

long time to come

of the year, Xavier would take Yvette back to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors. During this time, they

alone that day, which made

Shannon and the rest of the Lanes were surprised to see him

past, Yvette had always been the first one to turn up every year and the last to leave since

she

asked Xavier,

cold. "She wanted a divorce and left

disbelief

loved Xavier more than anything in the world, only surpassed by

ago, Yvette had even protected Xavier with her own body

gotten engaged, something had happened to Xavier while he had been on a

had refused to believe that. She had dropped everything and gone to the foreign

meticulous precision, including being polite to everyone around him, even his

So, why

glad that Yvette had

good thing that you're divorcing her. She

others immediately chimed

in your best years now.

the gathering turned into a slander

if

have felt happy that they were defending him, but for

left Lane Mansion earlier than usual and made his way back to Dewberry

starting to darken when he

he saw nothing but darkness, he remembered, with a start, that Yvette

and tossed his coat into the

reason, he felt unusually exhausted

bottle of wine so that he could celebrate Yvette's

and saw the locked door, he

there were no maids or helpers at Dewberry Manor. Ever since he had married Yvette, she had been the one taking care of

go back to his room. Picking up his phone, he scrolled through his messages only to find work-related texts. Yvette hadn't called or texted him to

his phone aside, he got up and headed over to

he opened the door of the fridge, he

were also

picked one of the bags up and read the instructions on it. "Take five times a day

Infertility?

took a whiff of the

smelled strange. So, this was

silently. They had never had sex, so no matter how much medicine she took, she would never

...

and dinky

pounding. The world was silent. She knew, then, that

this, she had still been able to hear some sounds, even without her

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