Chapter 17
“Alexander, we’re already divorced. Given our relationship, we’re not close enough for you to call me by my nickname anymore. From now on, please call me Miss Cooper. Otherwise, my boyfriend might get jealous.”
She distanced herself from him with an indifferent attitude. The casual mention of “my boyfriend” hit
Alexander like a hammer to the chest.
Alexander had known about their relationship, but hearing it directly from her felt much more painful than just reading it in documents. Her calm demeanor made him momentarily feel a sense of déjà vu, as if seeing their past again, but this time the positions had reversed.
Back then, Alexander had been just as distant and unapproachable. He had treated Thuan Isabella with indifference, despite her being the kind of person who would be content with a marriage certificate and a ring, no grand wedding or honeymoon needed. He had presented her with a divorce agreement, saying, “I know you love me, but my heart has already belonged to someone else. I’m marrying you because of family pressure, and I’ve signed this divorce agreement. You can leave anytime you want.”
He had said it so casually, never imagining that one day, he would be the one begging for reconciliation.
Time had passed, and now he finally understood how she had felt back then.
But as he thought about it, Alexander suddenly realized with a bitter laugh.
No, how could Thuan Isabella have been sad back then?
Divorce was troublesome, but she had only signed the contract with the Carter family to repay their kindness in helping her with her education. She had tied her fate to him, and he had given her the freedom to leave. She must have been relieved, not sad.
Alexander opened his mouth, but the words got stuck in his throat. After all, from the beginning, both he and Benjamin had been excluded from her life.
“Mom, you really don’t want me?” Benjamin still couldn’t give up, trying to ask again. Thuan Isabella, now tired of this conversation, simply grabbed William’s hand and stood up, ready to leave.
In the next moment, however, Benjamin had already thrown himself at her legs, crying loudly.
“Mom, I know I was wrong. I wasn’t good in the past, and I apologize for that. Mom, could you please give me another chance? I swear I will listen to you from now on and take good care of you. Please don’t abandon me, okay?”
Alexander quickly blocked her path, the corners of his eyes turning red. “Isabella, it’s my fault. I didn’t
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Hearing Benjamin mention the safe, Isabella froze for a moment.
She thought she had thrown everything away a long time ago. Only now, upon reflecting, did she remember that when she lost the key, she thought it didn’t matter whether the safe was lost as well.
What surprised her was that, despite the careless way Benjamin had thrown it all away back then, he still managed to find the key.
Just as Isabella was lost in thought, William, clearly unhappy, spoke up. “Do you think I don’t exist? Trying to steal my woman right in front of me. Alexander, when did I ever give you the impression that I’m so easygoing?”
Alexander ignored him, still looking at Isabella, waiting anxiously for her response, his heart both uneasy and eager.
As for William?
They had always been rivals. Even if it made him dislike himself more, so what? What he wanted now
was only Isabella.
Moreover, when William was pursuing Isabella, would he not know their relationship?
While the two were arguing. Isabella looked down at Benjamin, who still clung to her, not willing to let go, his eyes filled with pleading-
If it had been five years ago, before Olivia returned, if they had begged her like this, Isabella might have softened. But now, after everything that had happened, she no longer placed them in the most important place.
Family is important, but she herself is more important.
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