“How could you do this to me? I’m your wife, Sebastian! Don’t you think you went too far? You did all that just to test me? Don’t you think you’re too cruel?”

“How is that cruel? I did that in order to maintain the strength and purity of our relationship. You know me; I won’t touch anything that is contaminated by others,” he said again.

His tone was very matter-of-fact. There was no hint of anger in his voice, but his composure at that moment was disheartening to Sasha, who wished he had lost his temper at her.

“Fine. So, what now? Did you get what you wanted?”

Sebastian did not answer her question.

His silence was equivalent to an affirmative answer.

 

Sasha smiled wryly at the irony of the situation. A corner of her lip tilted into a half smile. “It’s no simple task to convince you of my innocence, Mr. Hayes.”

Sebastian raised his eyebrows at her.

 

However, he said nothing as he merely opened up his laptop again and resumed his work.

His dismissiveness felt like a knife that drove deep into Sasha’s chest. She could not stand to be in his presence any longer. She squeezed her eyes shut to hold in her tears and whirled around to leave.

This was the first time she wanted to be as far away from him as possible.

After Sasha left his office, Luke walked in.

a-are you all right? Let

was sprawled across his chair, clutching at his chest, when his assistant entered his office. A layer of

face was white from shock when he

blood just two days ago and

and grabbed

while, he gradually lowered his hand from his chest. However, he remained sprawled on his chair and the pain still clouded

Hayes, do you really have to do this? You want your wife to leave you, but do you have to pretend to be such a cruel, unfeeling

me,” Sebastian said weakly. He leaned back in his chair as

do this, how else could I get her

He had cursed at her, humiliated

pain bore down heavily on Sebastian. His eyes were bloodshot and tears pooled at their corners. His pale hand was holding

at a loss for

and changed the subject. “Well, Mr. Hayes, what’s our next order of business? How should we deal with Mdm.

immediately. Then

pain clouding Sebastian’s eyes cleared when he spoke of

nodded. “Right away,

and left Sebastian’s office to

come knocking. It was best to deal with Frieda’s remains as soon as possible. There would be trouble

office door, Sebastian suddenly called out, “How are things looking in

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