Chapter 84
“Mom, can you stop secretly prying into our schedules?” Miriam threw her arms around Eleanor and glared at Veronica with open hostility.
After fleeing back to the apartment yesterday, she had been terrified. She told Eleanor everything about her unexpected run–in with Veronica. Eleanor comforted her at first, then casually mentioned that ever since she moved into the apartment, she had never once seen
Veronica there.
Miriam instantly understood the implication that Veronica must have found out they had
moved here, and then deliberately moved into the same area!
She knew it. There was no way Veronica would willingly let go of her and Heath. Even if Veronica had lost her memory, she was still that shameful woman who snuck around in the shadows
Heath’s gaze on Veronica shifted subtly at his daughter’s words. He and Eleanor had planned their trip to the shrine a whole week ago. Anyone could have found that out with a bit of digging. On top of that, they had deliberately chosen to enter through the west gate, an
entrance few ever used.
There was no way that their encounter with Veronica could have been a coincidence.
“If you wanted to see me and Miriam, there was no need to do this much.”
Veronica said nothing and headed straight down the steps. One more word from that father- daughter duo, and she might lose the chicken soup she had for dinner yesterday.
Just as she passed the three of them, someone grabbed her wrist.
“Answer me, Veronica.” Heath’s voice was laced with irritation.
Veronica looked down at the hand gripping hers. A trace of disgust flickered through her expression.
Heath thought he was seeing things. She was disgusted with him?
He dismissed the thought just as quickly. If Veronica truly felt that way, she would have yanked her hand away immediately. But before she could make a move, he let go first.
Veronica looked up, her eyes cold as they traveled from his hand to his face. “So, when are we getting a divorce?”
Heath stared at her, his expression complicated. After she left that day, he checked the security footage. Not only had he confirmed that Eleanor had fallen entirely on her own, but he had also seen Veronica leave with their marriage certificate in hand.
For the first time, it struck him how memory loss could affect a person’s feelings. There was
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no way they could divorce while she was in such an irrational state. He was the only one in this family still capable of thinking clearly.
Keeping his tone steady, he asked, “Why are you in such a rush to divorce?”
Veronica let out a cold laugh. “Because just the thought of being married to someone like you, with kids no less, is enough to ruin my appetite and give me sleepless nights, I was so disturbed that I had to go to the shrine to beg for a way out.”
Two could play that game.
As expected, Heath’s face darkened. “Do you even hear yourself right now?”
Eleanor quickly stepped in to smooth things over. “Veronica, don’t joke like that with Heath. You even wished a charm for him. Heath, don’t take it to heart.”
Following her gaze, Heath noticed the small blue charm in Veronica’s right hand. It was precisely the kind he liked.
However, her words had crossed the line that day displeasing him.
“Don’t do meaningless things like this again. I don’t need them,” he said.
For the longest time, Heath had thought Veronica had changed a lot since college. But now, it seemed that same old stubborn streak had never left her.
She clearly kept an eye on his movements and cared about his health, yet she still brought up divorce just to provoke him. It seemed that she wanted his attention.
Heath reached out his hand, intending to take the charm from her. He planned to give
Veronica a way out.
However, Veronica ignored his hand and stuffed the charm back into her pocket.
“Meaningless to you? Would it only become meaningful if you did it with your sweet little girlfriend here?
“Just hurry up and divorce me already. Stop being disgusting.”
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