Missing her birthday. Injuring her in the car crash while protecting Violet. Rescuing Violet first during the kidnapping, which led to her losing the baby. Violet clumsily broke the framed photo of them that she kept in his office, and he used the first card to shield Violet. The wooden box crashed to the floor, its contents spilling out across the floor.
Louis stared blankly, realizing that Cersei hadn’t cheated him. All one hundred forgiveness cards truly had been used up. He recalled Cersei’s strange question from the night before—the one he’d found odd but he never got a chance to ask about.
“Are you sure you want to use the most important card for something so trivial?”
So the “most important” she’d mentioned was the final forgiveness card. From the corner of his eye, he glimpsed something white. He stepped over the scattered fragments to reach for it, yet hesitated to read what was written. Even now, his heart already guessed what it might be. But avoidance would change nothing. Finally, he lowered his head to read the paper, and the words “Divorce Agreement” came clearly into view.
Cersei truly didn’t want him anymore. Louis stared at the paper, motionless for a long time. Until a woman’s voice broke the silence.
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“Mr. Harris, why haven’t you gone to the office today?” Violet pushed open the door, her tone laced with confusion. Upon opening it, she was startled by the mess inside. “What happened here? Did you and Cersei have another argument?”
Only when the divorce agreement was snatched from his hand did Louis finally snap back to reality.
Looking up, he saw Violet’s furrowed brow and concerned expression. “Cersei wants a divorce? Did she misunderstand something? I’ve only ever seen Mr. Harris as a brother, I swear. Should I go talk to her? Try to fix things?”
The same face, the same voice. But the words she said felt wrong. As if it were all Cersei’s fault and she were the one overreacting? But that wasn’t the truth at all. Cersei never made scenes.
With that thought, Louis suddenly paused. Yes, Cersei never made scenes. So why had he always sided with Violet, and joined her accusations that Cersei was overreacting? If Violet truly saw him only as a brother, why did she cross so many boundaries? Was it because she didn’t understand? No, it was because he had indulged her. He had been blinded by his own confidence in the forgiveness cards. He thought there would always be more chances. Every time favoring Violet and abandoning Cersei for her.
But Louis couldn’t accept this. He had never wanted to divorce Cersei, never wanted to leave her. Why had she known exactly how many cards were left, yet never corrected him when she realized he had miscounted?
If he had known only a few cards remained, he would never have acted this way, never so casually used up the final ones.
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“Louis? Louis? What’s wrong?” Violet looked at him with apparent concern, though her eyes concealed barely suppressed excitement and satisfaction.
That idiot Cersei actually filed for divorce! That meant she could marry Louis and become the mistress of The Harris Group soon. She forcefully suppressed her excitement, putting on an understanding facade. She thought this would bring them closer, but after taking just one step closer, he pushed her away.
“Get out!”