*18**
That night, I felt like I wasn’t just asleep, but knocked out.
slept terribly, wanting so badly to wake up, but it was like sleep paralysis had set in; I
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couldn’t move.
When I woke up, what met my eyes wasn’t the glaring hospital ceiling, but the purple
canopy I would never forget.
I sat up with a start, and Julian was sitting beside me.
“Are you sick?” What nerve did he have, taking me from the hospital and back to Grandview City?
Julian’s smile was unfamiliar, and I felt goosebumps rise all over me for no reason. “Mia, Celeste is dead. No one will compete with you anymore. Aren’t you happy?”
Dead? When did that happen?
Julian took my hand, kissed it, and then carefully stroked my scars. “Mia, after we remarry, you can bring Daisy here, and I’ll treat her like my own child…”
“They, as siblings, can also look out for each other…”
I stared at him. “Where’s Noah?!”
A dangerous glint flashed in Julian’s eyes. “Mia, you’re not being good, talking about
other men when you’re with me.” His lips suddenly pressed against mine.
I instinctively opened my mouth and bit down. Julian recoiled in pain, the blood on his lips making him look even more unsettling.
“Julian, don’t be crazy. We’re over.”
“You live your life with Caleb and Celeste, and Noah and I live our simple lives. Why must we be entangled again?”
“Hahahahahahaha…” Julian laughed softly. I didn’t understand why. “Mia, how can you say such heart–wrenching words?”
“You are my wife. Always will be.”
“I can’t let go…”
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I suddenly realized Noah wouldn’t just let him take me away. “What did you do to Noah?!”
Julian didn’t answer. He opened a wardrobe nearby. “See, Mia? This is the wedding dress you wore when we got married.”
“I fixed all the damaged parts. We can still go back!”
I pushed him, not letting him get close. “If you dare hurt Noah even a little, I’ll end my life right here in front of you.”
Julian paused, then the next moment, he was like a madman, grabbing my shoulders. “You’re protecting him that much?!”
I met his gaze, refusing to back down. “Kill Noah, kill me, and kill Daisy.”
Julian slammed his fist into the bedside table. “What’s so good about that guy?!”
“He has no power, no money! He can’t protect you at all!*
“What can he give you?! It’s all just wishful thinking on your part!”
I watched him silently. Blood dripped from his knuckles, but he didn’t seem to notice. Julian’s expression suddenly turned pleading. “Mia, I truly love you so much…..”
“I just… strayed a little a few years ago. Do you have to condemn me for it?”
“Mia, I will never make that mistake again…
I closed my eyes. Watching him beg me was truly laughable.
Why beg me to come back? To continue being a vase in his house, subjected to mockery unable to even retort?
To continue watching him flirt with other women, only for him to take my child away? Impossible. I wouldn’t make that mistake again.
I picked up the scissors used for mending the wedding dress from the bedside table and stabbed them fiercely into Julian’s shoulder.
