At first, Hugo believed Kiara would be upset and would refuse. He had even prepared another explanation.
But to his surprise, Kiara did not argue at all. She only asked for one condition.
“What you said, I accept. But you must sign an agreement.”
Hugo said, “You want money, don’t you? In fact, everything I have is also yours. There is no need to separate it so clearly. If signing makes you feel at ease, I will sign.”
Kiara pulled out the divorce contract the attorney had sent from under the pillow.
She turned straight to the final page and gave it to him. “Sign it.”
He did not hesitate and signed his name immediately.
Maybe in his eyes, she had always been like a small flower depending on him to live. He never thought she would truly leave him someday.
Once he signed the contract, it was given back to Kiara. His signature looked smooth and proper.
Kiara closed it and smiled faintly. “Great. Now we truly owe nothing to each other.”
When Hugo heard that, he frowned a little and said, “Kiara, I don’t like that sentence. Don’t say it again in the future.”
“We once promised to stay together for life. We still need to grow old together.”
Kiara gave him no answer to those words.
Anyway, she had already taken what belonged to her. There was no bond left between them.
After Hugo walked away, Kiara called the attorney to collect the divorce agreement.
The lawyer said the steps were already underway and had requested a faster process for her. It would finish in fifteen days.
Fifteen days. After another fifteen days, she could go.
Those wronged days. She did not want to bear even a single day more!
Kiara spent that week recovering from surgery in the hospital, and Hugo never once showed up.
Gwynne informed her that Dorothy said Utah’s air was unhealthy for the child, so Hugo took her to Vermont to play for a week.
Hearing that, Kiara could not tell whether to laugh or cry.
She had once been pregnant, too, but to secure a contract for Hugo, she drank over a dozen cases of alcohol in one night, which led to a ruptured intestine and a miscarriage.
Hugo always claimed she was unable to have children, which was why he chose Dorothy.
But he forgot that her infertility was caused by him.
Indeed, conscience survived only when there was love.