Chapter 8
I innocently shrugged. “If you like him, he’s all yours!“‘
“Here’s your ticket. Got all your luggage ready? You two can spend half a month in the Maldives.”
“You’d better make an effort. If you get pregnant with a Clem Family child, you’ll be the next Mrs. Clem.”
Beatrice Meyer was tempted. Without any more hesitation, she took my place and cozied up to Sebastian Clem.
I smiled, picked up my bag, and started to leave.
Both Beatrice Meyer and Sebastian Clem are
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deeply suspicious people.
So she called after me, “Weren’t you the one who hated anyone getting close to Seb the most?”
“Why are you so generous this time? Zelene Reyes, what are you up to?”
“Are you tryin
to set me up?”
I sighed internally. No wonder Sebastian Clem had a soft spot for Beatrice Meyer- they’re so alike.
I turned around, speaking openly, “Your love that’s unafraid of storms moved me, so I decided to step back and let you two be.”
“Even though he cheated on me, I’ve let it go. The law will compensate me materially, and that’s enough.”
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“Is it necessary for us both to go down in flames? I think not. The Reyes and Clem families have business dealings.”
“And most importantly, I no longer love Sebastian Clem, so it’s all yours.”
On Valentine’s Day, Lars Clarke and I strolled under the moonlight.
I took out a scarf, and Lars Clarke’s eyes lit up even more when he saw it. Especially when I said I knitted it just for him, and he wrapped it around his neck.
Lars Clarke was so moved that his eyes reddened. “No one has ever made anything for me personally.”
“You’re the first.”
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The starry sky was beautiful, but it couldn’t compare to the brilliance in Lars Clarke’s eyes, which momentarily stunned me.
Lars Clarke bent down to kiss me, but the next second he was punched to the ground by a man who suddenly appeared.
It was Sebastian Clem, who should have been on his honeymoon in the Maldives, suddenly standing in front of me.
Sebastian Clem is a stickler for cleanliness, never allowing himself to appear so disheveled and disarrayed in public, nor would he wear the same clothes from yesterday after a bath.
His face was pale, eyes dark, and when his bloodshot eyes met my cold gaze, he stood there helplessly, like a child who made a mistake.
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Sebastian Clem’s voice trembled with a plea, “Zee, I…
I passed him by and went straight to Lars Clarke’s side, concerned about his bruised cheek, “Does it hurt?”
“I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Lars Clarke stiffened for a moment, unaccustomed to such sudden concern, which left him at a loss.
I couldn’t help but laugh and shielded Lars Clarke behind me.
This scene thoroughly provoked the last bit of rationality in Sebastian Clem.
He could no longer contain his anger and the deep sorrow in his heart, “Zelene Reyes, I am
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your legal husband!”
“This is cheating! How could you do this to me?”
“You said you would love me forever.”
The emotions accumulated these days exploded at that moment. I heard the resentment in his voice, like a pitiful abandoned spouse now facing the provocations of a mistress. Hatred and unwillingness burned in his eyes.
But before Sebastian Clem could say more, I pulled out a pregnancy termination document from my pocket.
Dated December 28 of last year.
The signer was Beatrice Meyer.
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All of Sebastian Clem’s words were blocked by this simple white paper, leaving him speechless.
All the emotions from moments ago, like a balloon full of air, suddenly punctured, leaving nothing.
The world turned eerily silent then.
No one would break such peace again.
I helped Lars Clarke stand, walking towards the parking lot.
Sebastian Clem stood frozen, and when I brushed past him, he tried to grab my wrist.
But my words stopped him: “My lawyer will be in touch.”
This time, Sebastian Clem didn’t follow me.
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This time I was the one wife left without
looking back
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