Chapter 9
heard sobbing on the other end of the phone, but I ignored it and hung up. I immediately contacted
a lawyer.
After leaving this love that made me sink, I became terrifyingly sober.
Since the negotiation for divorce did not work out, I will proceed with the lawsuit.
No matter what, I would not get involved with Braydon anymore.
After the dinner party, I didn’t have a single drink, but Trenton was completely drunk.
My colleagues teased me to be responsible for taking Trenton home.
My female colleague even winked at me, looking like she was gossiping.
“Who just called you? Could it be that you have other suitors now? Then we can’t drink this Trenton wine for nothing!”
I also noticed that everyone at the party was there to match me with Trenton.
But… I shook my head and decided to be honest.
“It was my husband.”
“Snap.”
It was the sound of a wine glass falling to the ground. I turned around and saw a perplexed look in Trenton’s eyes.
Because of my words, the atmosphere of the gathering gradually became cold.
It seems like I had the ability to be bored from birth.
I helped Trenton onto the car, he was dizzy, but his gaze remained fixed on me.
I bent down to fasten his seatbelt, but he suddenly hugged me tightly. I struggled for a moment and heard his heartbeat pounding heavily.
He asked me in a muffled voice, “Did I come late?”
The night was very quiet, with only a few insect chirps coming from a distance.
I asked, “Trenton, do you want to hear my story?”
All the way, I was speaking, and Trenton just listened quietly without any response.
Sometimes I even doubted that he had been drunk before, but every time I paused, he would open
his eyes and look at me, wanting to know what happened next.-
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Tunconsciously poured out all the grievances in my heart.
When I finally brought him home, I realized that I had treated him like a confidant.
I apologized to him with embarrassment, but Trenton patted my head.
“Annie.”
The moonlight cast a layer of silver light on him, and he slowly spoke, “True love is innocent, it is the one who betrays love that is guilty.”
“I would wait for you until the day you were willing to accept this love.”
