Divorce me I'm done serving you (Ayla) novel Chapter 844

"Then what do you want? You and I both know you wouldn't be calling unless you needed money." Halle's voice was pure amusement.

Nina dropped the act. "Halle, can you just leave Edgar alone? You're the reason he and I have never been able to be together. He doesn't even love you. And aren't you out there messing around with other guys anyway? What's left between you two that's even worth holding onto? Breaking it off would be better for both of you. For me and my baby too."

Halle's expression cooled slowly, a thin smile settling on her lips, but her voice stayed exactly the same. Calm, unhurried, dripping with the kind of confidence that flattened Nina without effort. "Nina, have you really not figured this out? There are two reasons Edgar and I haven't split. The first is that Edgar doesn't love you. You're not important enough for him to go against both our families and blow up this engagement. That's what happens when you have a baby for a man who doesn't have the spine to fight for you.

"The second reason is that I simply don't feel like ending it. As long as I don't, you'll never get what you want. And I get to watch you suffer. Everything you just said? That was music to my ears, because all I heard was a desperate woman falling apart. I wish I could've taken a picture of your face right now. Something to look at whenever I'm in a bad mood. Might just cheer me right up."

Nina was shaking with fury, her hand trembling around the phone.

"Any other questions, Nina?"

Halle's voice was tender, the way someone might soothe a little sister, but every syllable was a blade buried straight in Nina's chest. It made Nina want to scream.

"What do I have to do to get you to let Edgar go?" That was all Nina could manage.

Halle sighed. Talking to stupid people was genuinely exhausting. It was like they couldn't process basic human language. James was a much better conversationalist. He caught implications without needing them spelled out.

"First, this is about Edgar's decision, not just mine. Don't come to me alone. Second, if you're asking me for something, show up with the right attitude. Understand?"

Halle ran her business the same way she ran her conversations. Straight to the point, always holding the upper hand. She didn't wait for a response. "Figure out how to approach this properly, and then come find me. That's all. Bye now, Nina."

She hung up and tossed the phone onto the passenger seat.

At eight o'clock that night, Edgar called.

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