The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Chapter 272

His arrival left everybody stunned.

Cecilia’s mother was the first to react. Seeing that her son-in-law Christopher really was going to slip through their fingers, she quickly latched onto Stefan instead.

“So you’ve come, Stefan! Cecy here has been talking about you just now. There’s been a misunderstanding between you two. I think it’s high time you clear it all up!”

“The truth is,” she continued, “Cecy was inexperienced and very naive emotionally through those years. That’s why she…”

“Mom!” Cecilia interrupted her, feeling humiliated. “Didn’t I tell you to stop talking about that?”

Both of these men once loved her deeply, but right now, neither of them wanted her. This came as, without a doubt, a huge blow to a woman like her. If her mother kept on fawning over these men, trying to please them so they’d take her back, she would soon be left without a shred of dignity!

Christopher, on the other hand, seemed unperturbed. He even casually patted Stefan’s shoulder and half-joked, “I’ll leave everything here to you now. I trust that you’ll handle everything well.”

His calm and nonchalant attitude made Stefan seem like the groom who had wrongfully left his bride at the altar, not him.

time and asked Cecilia, “Would it be

nodded almost flirtily. “How could it be

Cecilia into the private ward. Once they were both inside,

when Stefan noticed that Cecilia was trying to get nearer to him, he took a huge step back

sea and almost drowned,” he said. “I think

then quietly stepped away from him and returned to her bed. Yet when

you’re not as cold and heartless as you look!” she observed. “I still mean something to you, and you still

honestly, not trying to deny anything.’ You’re still the woman I used to love very much, and you’re one of my few confidantes. I’m not a robot made of steel and iron, so of course, you mean a lot to me, and I definitely do care

was obvious how heartbroken she was. “I’d rather you never loved me at all. That way, I’d never have to endure this agonizing pain

being loved was so blissful and perfect that it made it that much more excruciating when she realized that she had lost the love he

again!’ Stefan thought, helplessly massaging

be so level­headed, independent, and optimistic, would become so difficult, a person whose mind was filled

replied coldly. “Let’s just let go of the past and move on. The more you bring it up, the more you’ll make

might end up not even able to be

With tears in her eyes and having lost most of her self­control, she began to raise her voice. “Even if both