Chapter 21
Chapter 21
His lips pressed into a tight line, and for the first time, a flicker of panic rose inside him. Something that had always been his suddenly seemed to slip away.
Just then, Janice’s voice cut through his thoughts. “Edric! What are you still wasting time with this bitch for? Let’s go!”
Snapping out of his daze, Edric tossed the divorce papers aside carelessly and turned to leave,
Talla stared at the shattered pieces of the medicine bottle on the floor but made no move in follow
Once she reached the hospital, seeing Sirena lying on the bed, she feared she would lose her resolve and soften.
She picked up the divorce papers and placed them on the table just as her phone rang. It was her best friend, Alina.
“Did you finalize the divorce“” Alina asked.
“Not yet.” Talia managed a bitter smile.
“Did you back out again?” Alina’s voice was filled with exasperation, as if it were all too familiar. “Talia, you’re such a coward….
“It’s Edric who hasn’t signed, Talia interrupted, quickly summarizing everything that had just happened.
“That guy is seriously dragging his feet. How long does it take to sign a damn paper?” Alina complained, then quickly switched gears. “By the way. my flight’s at 10 p.m. Come pick me up!
“Got it. Il be there on time, ready to pick up the great designer
“Now that’s more like it, Alina said with satisfaction, then added mysteriously, “Oh, and there’s a surprise waiting for you when you get here. You’ll
At the hospital, Sirena had regained consciousness and learned about Nina’s deception in making Talia donate blood.
Furious, she slammed her fist into Edric’s chest. “You just stood there and watched that woman bully Talia? How could you do nothing! Have you. forgotten who saved the Russell family when we were in trouble?
“Who offered the secret formula that saved all of us? You swore to take care of Talia for the rest of her life! You bastard: Have you forgotten everything?”
Edric grunted as he absorbed the punch, taking it without fighting back. Watching this, Pandora couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy.
Unable to hold back, she spoke up. “Mom, don’t forget, it was Edric who saved Talia first. That’s already paid off the debt. Besides, she comes from a poor background
“She can’t even handle big business events. Edric can’t take her to those occasions. She’s just not suited for our family”
Sirena shot Pandora a cold look and snorted. “So who do you think is suited for him?”
“Nina,” Pandora answered smoothly. “The Greer family is well–respected, and besides, Nina and Edric are already practically a couple. You’ve always taught Edric to take responsibility and be a man. Marrying Nina is just him being responsible,”
“A respectable family? Sirena scoffed. “What kind of respectable family lets their daughter get pregnant before marriage? She sneered and gave Pandora a stern command. “I’ve never heard of the Greer family
“And why does your best friend’s daughter share her surname! What about her real father? Is he a nobody? Does that sound like a prestigious family to you? I don’t think so.
“I see your friend’s character is no good, which is why everything in her family’s gone wrong. Stay away from her and her daughtert
“Mom…” Pandora frowned, her temper flaring
It wasn’t that Sirena was looking down on her friend–she was looking down on her. She’d even taken away her right to choose a daughter–in–law.
Fed up. Pandora retorted, “Right now, it’s not my son abandoning her, it’s Talia who asked for a divorce. Why make such a big deal out of it?”
Exactly Grandma, just let Talia go,” Janice added, eager to see Talia out of the picture. Once she was gone, Janice could finally get revenge on her and take her own shot at glory.
Sceni
ze shifting to the silent Edric, who had been acting like a mere bystander in all this. “What’s wrong with you? Are you
ignored them, her gaze
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