Chapter 11!!
Eric affectionately pulled Wanda into his embrace. “Why were you hiding in the closet again? If I didn’t know you so the police to search the whole world for you.“”
As he spoke, a faint smile tugged at the comers of his lips, a trace of humor evident in his expression.
Wanda recalled similar moments from the past, but those memories now felt like distant echoes of the past.
Her eyes dimmed and she didn’t respond.)
“What’s this on your neck?” she asked. She feigned confusion as she gestured to the red marks on Eric’s skin.
It seemed he had been indulging himself quite a bit these past few days. He even forgot to cover his tracks.
Eric covered his mouth and coughed awkwardly, his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down nervously.
o well, I might’ve called
“They’re probably mosquito bites,” he mumbled. “You wouldn’t suspect me of fooling around, would you? You know you’re the only woman I’ve ever loved.”
“Really?” I asked.
It was in the middle of winter. Where would a mosquito come from?!
Without waiting for his reply. Wanda moved past him and went to wash up, leaving Eric standing there, pale–faced.
Perhaps out of guilt, he soon followed her and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist from behind.
As he gazed at their reflection in the mirror, he sighed, “Can you believe it? Like a blink of an eye, we’ve been married for seven years now. There are still so many more years ahead of us.
Wanda froze for a moment. Her toothbrush stopped moving. Inwardly, she murmured to herself. Well too bad there won’t be another seven years for us.
When she came out of the bathroom and returned to the bedroom, Eric was already gone. He left her a message saying the product launch had been postponed by two hours 8
He told her that in an hour a driver would come to pick her up and take her to the event venue. He urged her to dress nicely, hinting at a surprise waiting for her
Meanwhile, Christina sent her a text as well. It said, “Wanda so what if you’re childhood sweethearts? One call from me and he’ll drop everything to come running to me.”
Even though she had known that this would be the outcome, Wanda’s heart was still flooded with a few moments of sourness.
After she typed down a few words with difficulty, she dialed the number of the person in charge of the fake death.
“Eric has gone to find Christina. According to this positioning, you guys can prepare yourselves halfway. Make sure the lifelike dummy must die under his car
After she hung up the phone, Wanda took a serious look at the room she had lived in for several years. Actually, there wasn’t much worth holding onto.
She left almost everything behind. She only took a necklace from a charity auction. It was a keepsake that had once belonged to her
mother.
When she went downstairs, she found Ben sitting in front of the TV. He was munching on junk food she usually wouldn’t allow.
It had only been a few days since she had seen him and his once charming features had puffed up, his face now round from indulgence.! Upon spotting her, Ben tried to hide the cream–filled cake behind his back. Guilt was written all over his face.
Wanda did not get angry. She crouched down to his eye level while studying the child who shared half her husband’s blood.
“If your father and I get divorced, would you be okay with Christina taking care of you instead?” she asked.
Ben didn’t even register the first part of her sentence. His eyes lit up with excitement. He asked, “Really? Can Christina stay and live here with me?”
When she heard her son’s cruel response, Wanda did not feel sad, only emptiness. After all, Ben inherited half of Eric’s blood. It was a reminder of his father’s cold and unfeeling nature.
Still, she maintained a neutral expression as she gave her final instructions. “I won’t be taking you to school anymore. Remember, don’t go with strangers or eat anything they give you.”
“I know,” Beni replied casually. He had already lost interest. “When Christina moves in, she’ll stay with me, so you can rest easy, Mom.“\/
He clearly hadn’t taken a word of hers to heart.
Ben only thought that his mother was acting so strange today. She was so strange that it made his little heartache in a way he couldn’t quite describe
After her final words, Wanda placed the signed divorce papers in the most vivid view on the entryway table. She snapped her SIM card in half and deleted all messages related to the fake death organization.
diary meant for Enc
The only things she left intact were her chat history with Christina and a meticulously crafted diary
The reason she did that was because she wanted him to understand, that every time he abandoned her for Christina, the torment she had to endure was beyond words.
That beneath his self–proclaimed devotion, the grievances she bore had cut deep into her soul
She wanted the seemingly perfect clandestine couple to turn on each other after her death, to be consumed by blame and resentment
More than that, she wanted Eric to spend the rest of his life haunted by quilt, tormented by the knowledge that his beloved had died at his
