Chapter 7

The next day, I received the divorce agreement.

Looking at the bold letters across the top.

I felt a little dazed.

"Ms. Campbell, as you know, divorces now require a thirty-day waiting period. After that, as long as both parties agree, the divorce can be finalized."

I nodded, placing the agreement on the table.

"Thank you for taking time out of your weekend to help me."

Attorney Miller sighed, smiling wryly.

"It's nothing. If I can help you escape this misery, I consider it a good deed."

Just then, a sharp, accusatory voice rang out behind me.

"Sarah, what are you doing here?"

I turned and saw Daniel and Victoria.

Victoria's gaze swept from me to Attorney Miller.

"Sarah, are you on a date?"

Her words seemed to strike a nerve with Daniel.

He walked over and grabbed my wrist.

"You're not home on a weekend just to meet him?"

No wonder I wanted to divorce him.

I pulled my wrist free from Daniel's grasp and turned to Attorney Miller, apologizing.

"I'm sorry, Attorney Miller. Please leave first; I need to handle some family matters."

"Sarah, listen," Attorney Miller looked at Daniel, "Mr. Davies, I am simply Ms. Campbell's lawyer."

With that, Attorney Miller stood up and left the coffee shop.

People around us were staring. I whispered to Daniel,

"Let's go. Let's talk about this at home. Don't make a scene here."

Daniel looked like he wanted to say more, but I cut him off.

"I might not care about my reputation, but does Dr. Davies no longer care about his?"

Their family lived not far from St. Jude's Medical Center.

This coffee shop was also frequently visited by hospital staff.

Daniel valued his reputation above all else.

Hearing my words, he said nothing more.

Back home, I took out the divorce agreement.

"Tomorrow, we'll go to the courthouse, take a number, and file for divorce. In a month, you'll be free."

My words didn't make Daniel happy, but they certainly pleased Victoria.

However, Daniel spoke first, dismissing her.

"Victoria, you should go home for now. This is between my wife and me."

Victoria's face stiffened, then she quickly returned to her gentle demeanor.

"Okay, Daniel. Talk things through properly with her. Don't let me misunderstand. Divorce isn't a small matter; please don't be impulsive, Sarah."

I scoffed silently.

Even as she left, she had to make a jab at me.

After Victoria left, Daniel sat on the sofa, picking up the divorce agreement and reading it.

For a very long time, he said nothing.

His gaze lifted from the agreement to me.

"Are you really going to divorce me?"

Daniel's eyes caught sight of the jade pendant on the table, mended again and again with glue.

"Is it just for a jade pendant? Victoria didn't do it on purpose. I can buy you another one."

I looked at him calmly and asked, "Under what name would you return it to me? As my husband, or as Victoria's ex-boyfriend?"

"Victoria is right, you're still too stubborn."

Daniel tossed the divorce agreement onto the table.

"Sarah, you were the one who secretly forced Victoria away all those years ago."

I froze.

When had I ever forced Victoria away?

"You made Victoria leave, telling her to let me go to you. She told me everything the day she came back."

"Do you know how much Victoria suffered living abroad all these years? You owe Victoria."

Daniel's words were like a knife, twisting once more in my already wounded heart.

I looked at Daniel with difficulty.

In his mind, I was such a despicable person.

"I don't blame you for Victoria leaving the country. I won't blame you anymore."

He said it as if he were bestowing great mercy upon me.

"I didn't..."

The explanation died on my lips.

What was the point of explaining now?

He firmly believed this "old story."

In his eyes, I was a sinner.

And no one believes a sinner.

I paused, then suddenly looked up and asked him.

"Daniel, do you know what happened the day Victoria returned?"

Daniel frowned in confusion. "What happened?"

That day, it was their fourth wedding anniversary.

Daniel had promised to come home from work to be with me.

I had planned to tell him that they were going to have a baby.

But Daniel broke his promise.

I waited in the heavy snow for four hours.

I fell on my way to find him, clutching that pregnancy test result.

The baby was gone.

The baby I had waited four years for.

Gone.