She looked up at me, her voice trembling, “So when you asked me for ten thousand dollars that day, it really was for her surgery and not a lie?”
I pressed my lips together in pain.
It was silent around us, yet Adeline’s mind was filled with turmoil.
“Is this really our daughter’s grave?”
“Declan, why are you just standing there? Say something!”
Adeline’s eyes were red as she shouted at me.
For a moment, I felt a lump in my throat.
I shook my head sadly, “All these years, I never wanted to threaten your position or take
your inheritance. My biggest wish with our daughter was for you to love us a little more.”
“So even when you only gave us two hundred dollars a month for living expenses, I never
complained.”
“Because our daughter loved you, and I wanted to give her a complete family.”
“But I never thought that this small wish would become an unattainable dream.”
“Because of your narrow–mindedness, our daughter died.”
“You are the one who killed her.”
By the end, I was sobbing uncontrollably.
For the first time, a trace of panic appeared on Adeline’s usually composed face. She rushed over and grabbed my hand,
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“No, it’s not like that!”
“Declan, let me explain. I just didn’t want our daughter to become materialistic. I didn’t intend to hurt her, I didn’t know…”
“Get away!” I coldly shook off her hand, feeling a raging fire inside consuming my sanity.
Even at this moment, her first thought was to argue, not to repent at our daughter’s grave.
I felt our daughter’s death was in vain..
“Adeline, let’s get a divorce.”
I never thought those words would come out of my mouth, but now my tone was extremely calm.
Adeline was stunned, unable to believe her ears.
I looked at her and spoke coldly,
“While you were out on your world tour, I thought a lot. Maybe we really aren’t from the same world, and that’s why so much misfortune happened.”
“And now, it’s time to end all of this.”
My ideal was just to live a stable, simple life with my wife and daughter.
But Adeline loved power and excitement.
We were two parallel lines that crossed due to some mistake, leading to this tragedy.
Now, I just want to quickly end this mistake.
I thought Adeline didn’t care much for me or our daughter, so she would accept all of this calmly.
But to my surprise, Adeline panicked and hugged me tightly, pleading desperately:
“Declan, I know our daughter’s death hit you hard, but don’t act rashly, Let’s talk this
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But just as she finished speaking, she got a call from Jasper.
“Something happened to me, Adeline, can you come quickly?”
On the phone, Jasper’s voice had a hint of tears.
Seeing this, I just chuckled coldly, “If you’re busy, you can go. I’ll stay here with our daughter.”
I thought Adeline would leave me without hesitation to care for Jasper.
Because this had happened many times before, and I was used to it.
But this time, Adeline hesitated, then hung up on Jasper and pleaded with me:
“Déclan, I don’t want to be with Jasper, I just want to be with you.”
“I’m really sorry about our daughter’s death, but it wasn’t intentional.”
“I’ll raise your living expenses to ten thousand a month, just don’t divorce me, okay?”
I was stunned, looking at Adeline.
In my memory, this was the first time she chose me over Jasper.
But it didn’t matter anymore. My heart had been shattered by her too many times, and no matter how hard she tried to piece it back, it could never be the same.
I took out the divorce papers I had prepared and handed them over,
“No need. I won’t take your money or anything. I just hope after the divorce, you won’t disturb me and our daughter’s life.”
