We were like two stubborn bulls butting heads.
Neither of us would back down.
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When we went to the precinct to pack up her belongings,
Her brother saw the divorce certificate.
He seemed to understand everything at once.
Suddenly, he lunged at me, punching me repeatedly.
“You bastard! You piece of trash!”
People nearby, not knowing what was happening, rushed to pull him off.
But he was like an enraged bull, pinning me down, impossible to pry away.
His fists rained down on my body.
“Don’t anyone try to stop me! I’m going to beat this scumbag to death today!”
He threw the divorce certificate at my face.
“You divorced her right before she went on a major mission! Do you you have to push her so hard, Julian?! If she hadn’t sold her house back then, to
know she only would you be now? You’d probably have given up completely!
loved *you* in her entire life?! Why did
Wive you seed money, what kind of ‘Mr. Hayes‘
“Yeah, you’re handsome, you have plenty of people who like you, but when you had nothing, besides Aubrey, who else would have stuck by you?!
“And now, you’re doing great! You want to abandon the wife who stood by you through thick and thin, cheat on her, get a
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mistress, and kick her out as fast as you can?! Didn’t you know she loved you since childhood?! How could you be so cruel to her?! Did a dog eat your conscience?!
“Every single foolish thing she ever did in her life was for you!”
Inside the police station, Aubrey’s colleagues were stunned by the scene.
Their gazes shifted when they looked at me.
They were right.
They must have been thinking,
So, I was just a hypocrite.
Aubrey died, and I came here pretending to be heartbroken.
You forced her to divorce you before she died.
You really are ruthless.
He finally tired himself out and rolled off me.
1 sat up, picked up the divorce certificate, and put it in my pocket.
“I’m sorry. I failed her.”
Leo sat on the floor, pointing towards the door.
“Get out. Get as far away as possible. Don’t let me ever see your face again.”
I walked out and sat on the steps, burying my face in my hands.
On the day of the divorce, I had noticed something was off with Aubrey.
