I bit down on my lip until the taste of blood mixed with the stench filling my throat.
Only then did Caleb finally glance my way, frowning as if he were looking at filth.
“Stop resisting. If you behave, I can still consider our past and live with you peacefully.”
My voice was hoarse, barely holding up.
“Impossible. Even if it costs me everything, I’ll fight you to the end.”
Caleb’s expression darkened.
“Still refusing to repent.”
Heidi bent down slightly, giving me a gentle, pitiful look.
“I’m sorry about your father, but even if time went backward, I still wouldn’t agree to his demand for five million.”
Caleb followed her words smoothly, playing the righteous man.
“I’m your husband, but I stand for justice. I cannot allow wickedness to spread.”
The crowd was completely ignited.
“What a good man! Why do good people always end up with this kind of wife!”
“A woman like her would drive anyone to divorce!”
Watching Caleb’s performance made my stomach churn.
My legs suddenly buckled, and I stumbled forward.
Caleb shoved Heidi aside and kicked me hard in the chest.
“You’re trying to fake an injury at the courthouse too? How was I ever blind enough to fall for someone so disgusting!”
Pain exploded in my chest, knocking the breath out of me.
But deeper inside, in that place he once held, it hurt even more.
Three years ago, when his enemies tried to kill him, I had thrown myself in front of the blade to save him.
And now, the only thing he remembered was how to crush me.
Heidi tugged on his sleeve, her soft voice instantly hooking his attention.
“Caleb, my stomach hurts again. Can you make me some porridge? You cook well.”
He agreed at once and hurried off with her on his arm.
I watched their silhouettes fade, feeling something inside my chest shatter piece by piece.
For three years of marriage, every meal at home was cooked by my father and me.
Even when we had a fever or were burning up, he never stepped into the kitchen.
Yet now he was willing to cook porridge for another woman.
I let out a bitter laugh. It felt like a knife had cut me open.
Before getting into the car, Heidi suddenly turned back. Her face was filled with kindness and fragile innocence.
“Do not dirty your hands because of disgusting people. Heaven always has justice.”
The bystanders were instantly moved to tears.
Someone even spat on me a few times.
More people cursed while walking away.