"Let's get a divorce."
Keira's mind went blank.
She looked down at the papers in front of her, dumbstruck for a while. Then she shook her head, "No... I won’t agree to that."
Suddenly, she flared up, knocking the papers out of Lance's hand.
"No! Why are you asking for a divorce? Are you planning to go back to Chloe?! You're gonna marry her, aren't you?! I refuse!!"
Lance watched her outburst in silence, then let out a bitter laugh.
"Go back to her? What right do I have now? There's no way she'd take me back..."
He knew, the moment he chose Keira, he was removed from Chloe's heart. He stooped to pick up the papers from the ground and handed them to her.
"Take it. The Olson Group will soon no longer belong to our family. Take what you can while I still have something to give. Otherwise, in a few days, I won't be able to give you anything."
Keira was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
Seeing Keira's even more devastated expression, Lance felt a wave of sadness.
"She said she would always love you, right? Why not take her back to square one, let her start over with you." Chloe's sarcastic prediction was slowly coming true. Chloe predicted too much. No matter what Keira wanted to say or do, everything was within her expectations.
He always knew she was smart, but it wasn't until now that he realized she was too smart.
The reason she didn't argue with him before was because she trusted him unconditionally, just like how he trusted Keira unconditionally.
She trusted the wrong person, and so did he.
Without saying more, seeing that Keira had taken the papers, he withdrew his hand.
"Take it."
As Lance turned to leave, Keira panicked, throwing the papers on the floor.
"No, Lance, are you testing me? You're tricking me into divorcing you! You can't fool me, I won't divorce..."
Unable to bear it any longer, Lance rubbed his throbbing temples. Days of stress had given him a splitting headache.
"Keira, enough..."
As he spoke, his gaze slowly fixed on a certain point.
Keira noticed and turned slowly.
At the top of the stairs, a tall and slender figure appeared. She picked up the papers at her feet and glanced around before setting her gaze on Lance and Keira, who were arguing. A faint smile appeared on her elegant face, along with a sense of coldness and detachment.
She held a large bouquet of flowers in one hand and the papers in the other and headed their way.
"You will be disappointed! We won't divorce! Never!"
Keira snarled. Even now, she refused to give Chloe the satisfaction of seeing her fall.
Chloe looked at her and chuckled, "Why would I be disappointed? If you divorced, that would truly disappoint me."
Keira's face immediately stiffened.
Chloe turned to look at the park outside the window. The breeze was blowing leaves off the trees.
"The sea in early spring is bone-chillingly cold."
Lance's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he stood still, speechless.
Chloe turned her head, "Now it's early autumn. It's only been six months..."
She laughed coldly, casting a sarcastic look at Keira.
"To save you, Lance sacrificed my life... My life, exchanged for your short-lived 6-month love... Wasn’t my life too cheap? You mustn't separate. You better be together forever! If you divorce, I'll be very sad."
Chloe turned her gaze to Lance, his expression a mix of emotions, and said,
"Do you regret it? Do you think you made a mistake? Or do you feel... guilty?"
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