When I caught them, she didn’t offer a single word of explanation.
Instead, she coldly demanded a divorce.
It wasn’t until I died that I learned the truth.
She had long since fallen in love with someone else.
So this time, I wouldn’t crash their baby’s one-month celebration.
Instead, I myself called the lawyer.
“Please draft a divorce agreement. Yes, the sooner the better.”
I chose to let her go and let her be with her lover.
I thought that as long as I stayed out of their affair this time—if I willingly agreed to the divorce—I could avoid another disaster.
But I didn’t expect that half an hour later, Cherity kicked down my door in a rage.
“Garland!”
Her eyes were bloodshot as she stormed in, grabbing my chin with brutal force.
“Talk! What did you do to Barrett? Where the hell is he?”
I stared into her eyes in shock, my breath catching in my throat.
“I didn’t. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Clearly, in this life, I hadn’t gotten involved between them at all.
Weren’t they supposed to be hosting their baby’s celebration in their private villa right now?
Suddenly, Cherity let out a cold, mocking laugh.
“Cut the act. I know you were reborn,” she spat.
“Last time, you’d rather die than sign the divorce papers—all because you couldn’t let go of your status as the head of the Windermeres. Now you knew today was our baby’ celebration, so you used that damn sponsorship to threaten Barrett into disappearing, didn’t you?”
I was so stunned I couldn’t even speak.
She gripped my neck tighter, cutting off the last of my air. I clawed at her hand, my chest heaving as I struggled.
I choked out, “You’ve got it all wrong! I swear… I don’t know anything—”
“Garland,” she hissed, “my patience has limits.”
Then she flung me aside and barked orders at the bodyguards. They tied me up while she stood there, unreadable, lighting a cigarette.
“I’ll give you five minutes. Tell me where Barrett is. Or I’ll make sure you lose the only family you have left.”
My head snapped up, my eyes blazing red. “Don’t you dare!”
My parents died when I was young. The only family I had left was my younger brother Ashwyn. We relied on each other to survive.
Cherity understood human nature all too well.
She knew exactly where my weak spot was.
But my brother had already paid the price once. There was no way I’d let her drag him down again.
I dropped to my knees with a thud, begging her with everything I had.