جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 9

I held the urn numbly. My tears had run dry.I pinched my palm until it bled, deeply regretting not leaving Jessica back then.All of this definitely could have been avoided.My mother had treated Jessica like a daughter ever since I married her.I did nothing wrong. Yet Jessica refused to listen to a single word of explanation from me. In the end, she had even caused my mother's death.After making proper arrangements for my mother, I dragged my weary body home.…Seven days later, I would take my mother's ashes back to my hometown. After that, I would have nothing more to do with Jessica.She did not come home until the next day.Ignoring my pale face, she said coldly, "Eric, I seriously didn't expect you to watch your mother get caught in the explosion rather than tell me where my daughter was. Do you know Isabella is still in the hospital because of you?"My heart ached so badly I could not speak. Her daughter was still alive and receiving treatment in the hospital, but m

A week later, I was finally discharged from the hospital.When I got home and opened the door, I saw Callum and his daughter.Jessica immediately stepped forward and stood in front of them. She frowned as she said, "Because of what you did, Isabella is still traumatized. Bringing them here will make it easier for me to take care of them.I glanced at her expressionlessly and nodded.When she saw how calm I was, Jessica was stunned for a moment. As if sensing something was wrong, she reached out to grab me.Just as I was about to dodge, Callum intercepted Jessica's outstretched hand. "Jess, if Eric doesn't want us here, Isabella and I can stay somewhere else."After he finished speaking, Callum gave me a smug look. Even so, I still looked at them calmly.Upon seeing this, Jessica uttered out of spite, "This house belongs to the Burke family. I can let whoever I want to stay here. I'll kick Eric out if he refuses to let you stay!"After that, she looked at me tentatively, as if w

His words hit Jessica like a bolt from the blue. "No… That's impossible…" she uttered through clenched teeth.She rushed home and found the room empty.Just then, she saw a piece of paper in the trash can.Her hands trembled as she pulled it out. She was shocked to discover it was a torn-up marriage certificate. And beneath the marriage certificate was a death notice.Jessica abruptly unfolded it and found out that it indeed belonged to Eric's mother, Mary Jones.As if struck by lightning, she lost control of her body and collapsed to the ground in an instant.Suddenly, Eric's recent unusual reactions flashed through her mind. Together with his lifeless gaze, they all finally made sense to her now.Jessica held her head in her hands tightly, attempting to dismiss all these feelings from her mind.If the death notice was real, Eric would never forgive her.The more certain she had been when she pushed Mary into danger back then, the deeper her regret became now.Suddenly, Jess

After waking up the next day, Jessica wandered around the villa like a lost soul.It had already been a month since Eric left after that humiliating incident at the hospital.She thought he would come back soon, but a month had passed, and Eric still had not appeared.At this point, Jessica could no longer deceive herself and keep letting things drag on like this. Like a wild beast that had lost its mate, she searched everywhere for any trace of Eric, but she found nothing. No matter where she looked, there was no trace of Eric's existence.Eric's belongings had gotten fewer and fewer ever since Callum moved in.For that reason, everything he left behind in the house was gone for good now.Jessica sat blankly on the couch, clutching the marriage certificate in her hand. She had already restored the marriage certificate to its original state the day after Eric left.Even so, she did not expect that their marriage certificate would be the only thing Eric left behind.As she sta

There was a look of deep hurt in her eyes. She reached out to grab me, but her hand fell limply to her side the next moment."Eric, I swear. I really didn't know. I'm sorry. I really know I was wrong. I didn't expect things to turn out this way."She kept repeating those words, as if she had lost her mind.Looking at her pitiful act, I only felt disgust."Drop the act! Even if you died right in front of me now, I wouldn't even flinch," I said. "Or rather, I would applaud and celebrate if you were to actually die in front of me."Don't let me see you again. Although I'm not as rich or powerful as you are now, I'll keep an eye on you until the moment you fall on hard times. When that happens, I won't hesitate to put the boot in."With that, I turned around, entered the gate, and went upstairs to my home. Not once did I spare another glance at Jessica, who looked as pale as death.Meanwhile, Jessica stood downstairs like a statue. Her legs seemed rooted to the ground, as though she