On one hand, I suffered Lucas’s mistreatment. On the other hand, Josie loved and protected me. I was stuck between heaven and
hell every day, and the torment of it ripped my soul apart.
At this point, I could not keep the tears at bay after hearing Josie’s long–awaited support.
“Thank you, Josie.”
Josie was sad but unwilling to show it to me. She left with an excuse that there was an emergency at the company.
Not long after her departure, the door to my ward was violently kicked open.
“Come out, Elise Avignon! Apologize to Shevonne!”
Stunned, I looked at the doorway. Shevonne was clinging to Lucas with a tear–streaked face.
After seeing my shock, Lucas got even more incensed.
“Shevonne got lambasted because of you!”
Shevonne gazed at me with a sharp and devious look, but her voice was weak and helpless.
“Elise, we only played a prank on you. How could you get everyone to bully me online?”
What was this about online bullying?
I had only just woken up from a coma. Where did I get the time to orchestrate such a thing?
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Seeing the confusion on my face, Lucas fished out his phone and showed it to me.
“You’re still pretending?”
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On the phone screen, the headline [Shevonne Cobb Plots Against Legal Wife] stood out starkly. Below the headline was a photo of
Shevonne gleefully cutting my rope ladder. 1
I looked at Lucas in resignation.
“What, do you think I took that photo while hanging in midair? Use your brain, Lucas. Did you think no one would see when you
brazenly dropped me from the helicopter?”
Lucas’s expression froze. It was clear that he had never thought I would speak to him that way.
“Who said you could ruin my date with Shevonne, Elise? Falling from that height did not hurt you. It only taught you a lesson!”
A lesson. It was always to teach me a lesson.
Every time I had some kind of conflict with Shevonne, Lucas allowed Shevonne to hurt me time and time again with the excuse
that it was to teach me a lesson.
When I cooked stew for Lucas, he would present the food to Shevonne like it was a precious gift. When Shevonne said that she was
allergic, he would dump the hot stew right over my head.
When I helped Lucas arrange a trip, Shevonne just happened to be on her period. Because the car was not equipped with sanitary
products, Lucas called and tore me a new one on the phone.
All these years, Lucas was like a blade in Shevonne’s hand, and she was not shy about using him to hurt me again and again.
I was exhausted and did not want to go on like this any longer.
“Let’s have a divorce, Lucas.”
Lucas was stunned when he heard me say this. His expression was one of disbelief.
“What are you saying, Elise? Say it again if you dare!”
“I said let’s have a divorce.”
Shevonne looked gleeful when she heard this. She quickly tugged the hem of Lucas’s shirt.
“Lucas, haven’t you always wanted to get rid of this scheming woman? Say yes!”
Yet Lucas’s reaction was beyond anyone’s expectations.
