Scarlett's POV:

I lay weakly in Charles's arms, barely breathing and surrounded by despair.

He gently laid me on the bed and held my hand.

"I'll arrange another physical therapy session for you later. Take a rest first."

For a moment, I felt like my heart was being pierced by a knife. I used to love the man in front of me with all my heart. But now, all I wanted was to get away from him as far as I could.

"I slept with William," I said out of nowhere.

It was a lie. After years of entanglement with Charles, I knew very well how to break his heart.

To my surprise, he did not go hysterical. Rather, he just calmly stared at me with his deep, emotionless eyes

"Didn't you hear what I said? I had sex with William!" I repeated with more conviction

When I spoke, my chin was raised, and I looked at him with defiance.

"Scarlett, don't lie to me," Charles warned through gritted teeth.

We were staring into each other's eyes when, suddenly, a sharp pain shot across my arm. He had tightened his grip on my wrist, and I froze because of the pain.

"There's no point in hiding the truth anymore. The kids may be yours, but I indeed slept with William."

I endured the pain and continued to rub salt into his wound.

"Why do you have to do this?" Charles asked coldly.

"Do you want to hear more about it?" I looked into his eyes with a smirk and made a story up. "It was raining heavily that night. I went to his room—"

"Enough!" Charles roared. His veins stood out on his forehead, and he clenched my shoulder tightly in rage.

"I loathed you to the core. Just so you know, I slept with William because that was the fastest and the most direct way to take revenge on you."

My mouth automatically uttered those words to spite him. I could not even feel pain in my shoulder at all.

"Do you hate me that much? To think, you're even willing to use your body as a tool for revenge. I don't believe you."

were written all over his face. He

don't know if you're too naive or just stupid. Can't you

could not control my surging

thought that he had given up. Boy, was I wrong. "Do you think I will believe you just because you say so? Sad to say, but

"What did you just say? Do you really believe that we

the corners of

Even if you get discharged, you can't escape from my watch. Do you really think you can leave me? Unfortunately, you'll have

words hit me like a hammer. Ever so slowly, my heart

out of

what I had said,

is just a show?" Why don't you explain to them

being aggressive in spitting what he thought were facts. How could I show any

had just died miserably in front of you? Or perhaps, should I tell him that you never loved me

"Scarlett!"

pushed me onto the bed and pinned me with his body. Then, with his one hand, he held my hands above my head

of that? Her death wouldn't bring James back to us. And at that very moment, you were in my arms, dying. I wanted to save you. I had lost James. I couldn't lose you

red, and his voice was choked with sobs. He then eventually released his

could you say that I didn't love my son? Haven't you seen how much I loved him since the

streaming down my face, I lay on the bed in despair, my heart

all honesty, I knew that he loved James. But the thing was, he was entangled with the woman who

don't let our relationship go to waste just because of

ear to his plea and

was right and who was wrong anymore. All I wanted right now was to get away

my side," Charles said

him and said, "Then I will die

that death was

kids grow up? And when they do, do you want them to know that their mother had a

blank all

go ahead. But from then on, I'm afraid that they won't believe in love anymore.

"You... You're impossible!"

the only ones I could never let go

the rest of our lives. If being good means that I'll have to let you leave and let our children grow up in a broken

your high horse. You're just 、manipulating

you to do the right thing for our children. You can't

hoping to see even a trace of pity. However, the only thing I saw was his cold-heartedness and

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