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Maria\u2019s face darkened instantly at Scarlett\u2019s sharp retort. \u201cHaven\u2019t you figured it out yet? Vincent doesn\u2019t love you anymore. The one he loves now is Sabrina.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett met her gaze coldly, her eyes deep like smoldering embers. \u201cI don\u2019t need you to remind me. If anything, I should remind you\u2014the place you\u2019re staying in now is half mine. If I want you out, I can have you removed anytime. The fact that you\u2019re able to rest here peacefully is by my grace. Do you understand?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since arriving at Ravenshade Villa, even Vincent had treated her with courtesy. But Scarlett showed nothing but open hostility. Maria couldn\u2019t tolerate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without a second thought, Maria grabbed a decorative piece from nearby and hurled it at Scarlett, shouting, \u201cYou wretched woman!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing the object flying toward her, Scarlett instinctively sidestepped. The ornament struck the floor and shattered instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked down. It was Vanessa\u2019s favorite action figure-the one she had spent days carefully assembling. She had adored that toy; even after a year, she still treasured it. Scarlett remembered staying up late with her, piecing it together section by section.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing the broken pieces scattered across the floor, Maria finally realized what she had done.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over the past few days at Ravenshade Villa, she had often seen Vanessa playing with that figure. And now she had destroyed it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Vanessa found out when she returned, she would be heartbroken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, Vanessa\u2019s cheerful voice rang out from the entrance. \u201cMaria, I\u2019m back! Look what I brought for you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A flicker of panic crossed Maria\u2019s face, but she recovered quickly. She got up, moved over to the broken toy, and deliberately sat down right on the shattered pieces.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She began wailing in exaggerated pain. \u201cOww! Why did you push me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett turned and looked down at Maria sitting among the broken fragments, crying and beating her legs-a perfect performance of the victim.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing the commotion, Vincent and Sabrina hurried into the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as she entered, Sabrina saw her mother on the floor and rushed over, taking her hand. \u201cMom, how did you fall? What happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Maria, her eyes red, cried to Sabrina, \u201cSabrina, you\u2019re finally back! I was just about to take my medicine when this woman came in, started yelling at me, and pushed me! I fell, and then she grabbed Vanessa\u2019s favorite toy and threw it at me! I dodged, and the toy broke\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing Maria\u2019s words, the things Vanessa was holding slipped from her hands and fell to the floor. She ran over, saw the shattered pieces of her action figure, and her eyes instantly filled with tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom! This was my favorite toy! Why did you break it?\u201d Vanessa looked up, her small face twisted with anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett looked down at her daughter and still explained calmly, \u201cI didn\u2019t break it. Maria broke it when she threw it at me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanessa grew even angrier. She kicked Scarlett hard. \u201cBad Mom! You\u2019re still lying! Maria would never break my toy! It was you! You did it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watching Vanessa react like this felt like a blade twisting in Scarlett\u2019s heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She let out a bitter laugh and said nothing more. Her gaze swept over Maria, Vanessa, and Sabrina-each of them playing their part in this painful charade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, Vincent strode over. He grabbed Scarlett\u2019s hand and pulled her out of the living\u00a0<\/p>\n
room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His grip was firm. Scarlett didn\u2019t resist, allowing him to lead her away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once outside the room, he released her hand and demanded, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you not to come back to Ravenshade Villa? Maria is a patient. What exactly are you trying to do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett looked up at him, her gaze icy. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to do anything. I came back to tell you that we shouldn\u2019t drag this out any longer. Please sign the divorce agreement as soon as possible and have it delivered to me. Preferably tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Divorce?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent\u2019s brow furrowed, then smoothed almost immediately,\u00a0<\/p>\n
He must have misheard. There was no way Scarlett would mention divorce to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had loved him so deeply-she had left her family to be with him, and they had a daughter together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yes, he must have heard wrong. She couldn\u2019t have said divorce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though he could no longer see the usual admiration in Scarlett\u2019s eyes, Vincent still believed she wouldn\u2019t easily bring up ending their marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Scarlett didn\u2019t linger. Having said what she came to say, she turned and left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent watched her resolute departing figure, a tumult of emotions swirling inside him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long silence, he finally took out his phone and called Freya.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she answered, her voice was hesitant. \u201cMr. Stewart, are you coming back tonight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent paused, then belatedly remembered-it was the middle of the month again, the time Scarlett usually tracked for possible conception.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the sake of trying for a second child, they had met regularly for several months, though eventually, for reasons he still didn\u2019t fully understand, the plan had been quietly dropped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Stewart?\u201d Freya\u2019s voice came again, pulling him back to the present.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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