Chapter 4

Chloe’s mouth opened and closed, her face cycling through a dozen emotions, words failing her.

Finally, it twisted into a cold sneer. She stared intently at my face. “Liam, don’t think you can play these games and get my forgiveness.”

“If it were just a small thing like before, I’d let it go, but this time you’ve gone too far. And where’s that chicken soup I asked you to make for Ryder? Where is it?”

I raised a hand. “I can order takeout now. Do you need me to?”

Chloe was furious. She raised her hand and slapped my phone from my grasp. “Liam, what is *wrong* with you? Is it so hard to show Ryder some basic care, some *empathy*?!”

“He just jumped from a building, he’s still injured, and he has a gravely ill father! Are you even human? Playing these petty tricks to deliberately upset me!”

Ryder, sensing the moment, let out a few soft, aggrieved sounds. “It’s okay, Chloe.”

“Someone like me doesn’t deserve to live, and certainly doesn’t deserve to wear Liam’s old clothes.”

At that, Chloe finally reacted. Seeing Ryder’s red, swollen eyes, she bit her lip, and as if to prove a point, she stomped on the clothes lying on the floor.

The moment her foot came down, my expression stiffened.

I heard her furiously demand, “That’s right! Liam, you have so many new clothes in your closet, why didn’t you bring those for Ryder to wear? Are you looking down on him?”

“Go get them now, or I’m divorcing you!”

“And the chicken soup. I expect to see it this time.”

I kept my head down, staring at the trampled clothes on the floor.

After a long pause, a sound finally emerged from my throat. “Fine. Let’s get divorced.”

Chloe froze. She slowly turned to look at me.

Our eyes met.

Her lips trembled. “What did you say?”

I scoffed, “My wife is pregnant with another man’s child, and you expect me to bring clothes and make soup for your lover? Chloe, what do you take me for? Some spineless idiot? Your personal plaything?”

“Let’s end this. We’re done.”

The moment I finished speaking, Ryder suddenly got off the bed, his knees hitting the floor with a dull thud.

“I’m sorry, Liam, I was so foolish!”

“Please don’t divorce Chloe, she loves you very much! I’ll go beg her to abort the baby right now, and I’ll stay far away from her forever, I won’t bother you two again!”

Chloe’s pupils constricted. She practically rushed forward to help Ryder up.

Her eyes filled with concern, “What are you doing? Get up!”

Then she glared at me, “Liam! There’s a limit to your antics! I’m carrying *his* child now, and it’s his father’s only hope left in this world!”

“Do you have to kill them both to be satisfied?!”

I gently closed my eyes. “You can still do all of that after you divorce me.”

She bit down hard on her lip. “Don’t you forget, my grandfather saved your life! What right do you have to ask for a divorce?!”