Cora bit her lips and found this side of Zachariah incredibly strange. She can’t see a trace of affection
in his eyes.
Feeling freezing of her hands and feet, Cora wondered that how changeable was this man! His love to
her just disappeared in less than a few months.
Or could it be that this man had never loved her the whole time?
No, she wouldn’t have it. This must be this man’s temporary punishment to her for being disobedient
and causing those dramas to test his bottom line.
It got to be like this! He still had feelings for her or he wouldn’t dote on her so much as to allow her to
do so many things.
Cora mused for a while and compromised, “Zachariah, Ophelia is your wife. I would respect her and
get along well with her. This is from the bottom of my heart. I won’t lie to you.”
Zachariah looked at her calmly, “Cora, I don’t want to beat around the bush here. Ophelia’s car
accident this time has made realize her importance to me. I don’t want to get a divorce with her. Let’s
have a clean break.”
Cora froze for a while and then suddenly went mad. She pounded the pillows on Zachariah violently
and was fuming, “Zachariah, do you even have a heart? You are upset because she had a car
accident? How about me? I had an abortion, cut my wrist, and almost fell down stairs for you! Have you
ever felt bad for me?”
Zachariah stared at her for a long time and then continued, “Cora, those passions just faded away. We
wouldn’t be as sweet as we used to be even if we force ourselves to be together.”
Cora burst into tears instantly.
Mrs. Fletcher went to hug Cora and stroked her gently.
“Cora, it’s okay. Mom’s here.”
Burying herself in Mrs. Fletcher’s chest, Cora broke down.
Mrs. Fletcher then gazed at Zachariah indifferently and was not as emotional as before, “Zachariah, I
always thought you were a real man but you are just a filthy animal covered in human skin. You
shouldn’t have come near her if you don’t love her. Now that you’ve got what you want, you’re just
going to throw this excuse of you are not right for each other. How shameless are you?”
Zachariah suddenly went serious and proposed his offer, “I can give Cora compensations for hurting
her.”
Mrs. Fletcher looked like that she had heard sort of a joke and can’s help laughing, “Zachariah, you
made my daughter a mistress and had her given up a promising future in Europe! How are you doing to
make up for that? Money? Houses? Cars? Stocks? Out Fletchers are not so poor as you have to give
us those as charities.”
Zachariah leaned against the sofa and answered coolly, “Mrs. Fletcher, I had my mistakes, but our
feelings were mutual in this relationship. We all got our own faults. Moreover, I only slept with Cora
once during this time and I was even unconscious. Cora herself claimed that I entangled with her when
I woke up and there was a patch of blood on the bed, but according to my investigation, she had dated
several men, so I don’t believe that I took her first time.”
Cora’s face immediately changed and widened her eyes and stared at Zachariah in disbelief.
“Zachariah, you investigated me?” Cora asked in an extremely dry voice.
Zachariah stood up and was pretty domineering in his tall figure.
His eyes looked beyond cold, “You got to have a decent background to be able to marry into the
Chambers. Your interpersonal communications have to be clean.”
Cora’s face instantly went ghastly pale.
It turned out that he knew her whole past in Europe and just acted like he didn’t know a thing. She
thought that she had hidden it pretty well but was just a fool in front of him.”
“Zachariah, since you know my past, why didn’t you say a thing?” Cora smiled bitterly and looked at
Zachariah miserably.
“Did you feel pretty good about yourself to see me covering my past like a fool? I was just like a clown
to you, wasn’t I? Is the whole relationship just a show to you?”
Zachariah gazed at her and a glimmer of mixed feelings fled past his eyes.
“No, I thought I love you and can forgive your wild past.” Zachariah answered.
Cora froze and then wailed, “Why did you stop loving me then? Where did I do wrong? Yes, I did have
entangled with a few men before, but that was because that I wanted to get you out of my head! I went
to Europe without considering any result and lost myself for a while for the liveliness there. I was in a
totally different country and just wanted to have fun with new friends there, but just a couple of months
later, I felt an unprecedented void in my heart. I started missing you and even questioned why should I
leave you. I wanted to come back immediately, but then I heard that you got married and was pissed
off. You were together with a woman that you barely knew in less than a few months. I thought you
must be lying to me saying you love me, so I went to pubs, bars and even dated some men just to
annoy you. But I did all of these just because I want to forget you. I didn’t date them for a long time.”
Mixing with different men in the name of loving him was the funniest joke that Zachariah had ever
heard.
“Cora, you’ve changed.” Zachariah replied lightly.
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