Chapter 35 Felicia was stunned for a moment before she saw Jason standing at the door clearly. After being in a state of shock for a long time, Felicia almost could not speak. She opened her mouth guiltily and replied in at lowered voice. “Ja… Jason? You… You’re back?” Jason ignored Felicia. “Do you plan […]
Chapter 34 Anastasia pushed Alastor away with all her strength, as she thought his concern was disgusting. “Anastasia…” Jason wanted to hold Anastasia. Anastasia did not refuse Jason’s kindness and leaned on him. She no longer had the strength to stand up. Alastor’s face darkened. He raised his hand and rubbed his face, evidently trying to suppress his anger. “Anastasia, you’re not even bothering to hide your true colors now?” Steven was very angry. “Alastor has been so good to you, and this is how you treat him? You’re really cold–hearted. We can never judge the book by its cover.” “What right do you even have to blame me?” Anastasia’s voice was hoarse. “Steven, you’re also working in Alastor’s company. Don’t tell me… You don’t know his relationship with Felicia!” Anastasia’s voice was trembling. She wondered why this man was still trying to pretend to be clueless. She thought. “What a double–standard man, trying to forbid others from doing what he’s doing.” Steven was stunned for a moment and looked at Anastasia in shock. He then glanced at Alastor. “Alastor… She knows about it?” Alastor frowned but said nothing. “Anastasia! It was just an accident. Felicia is Alastor’s first love. Besides, their meeting that day was just an accident. Alastor had sex with her because he drank too much. It’s considered normal for a man like Alastor to have a few women,” explained Steven “Shut up!” Alastor told Steven to cut his crap. One could say that Steven was quite an idiot. Anastasia knew Alastor had cheated on her but did not know the details clearly. Yet, thanks to Steven’s explanation, she understood now.. Anastasia felt she was breathing in hot air, and her throat ached. “Huh… you think it’s normal for men to have other women outside? You think it’s impressive having a penis? If Alastor can have a woman outside, why can’t I have a man?” Anastasia’s emotions were out of control. She felt that all her upbringing and rationality had been completely crushed by Alastor. She was acting like a lunatic now. A lunatic who was driven crazy by Alastor. “Do you think only Alastor has a first love? Our marriage is a joke since the beginning!” Anastasia turned to face Jason and kissed him after tiptoeing Anastasia felt her body trembling as tears poured out of her eyes. She was begging Jason to help her. Jason’s body stiffed. He tightened his hands, which were holding on to Anastasia, and hugged her in his embrace. Steven was furious. “Anastasia! How shameless you are! You’re out of your mind! I can’t believe I initially advised Alastor not to divorce you. Now it’s clear that Aunt Naomi was right. Your intentions were never good from the beginning. You were just here for our family’s money. Your greed is truly disgusting.” After saying that, Steven looked back at Alastor. “Alastor, divorce her. You must get a divorce. “Initially, I didn’t like Felicia. I thought Anastasia was a better match for you. Steven was slightly frustrated. Alastor stood aside and kept silent. Obviously, he implicitly agreed with Steven. “Let’s go home. We haven’t divorced yet. After a long time, Alastor broke the silence and stepped forward to hold Anastasia’s wrist and take her home, He drank a little too much and was very drunk. Anastasia looked at Alastor numbly, feeling a painful tightness in her chest. She really felt that Alastor had turned into a stranger to her. It turned out that four years were really not enough to understand a person’s true nature. Chapter 34 Alastor!” Outside the private room, Felicia’s anxious voice was heard. Obviously, Steven also told Felicia about Alastor drinking too much. Anastasia stopped in her tracks and watched Alastor instantly let go of the hand he was holding. Sometimes, the details, which showed whether the man loved a woman or not, hurt the most. Alastor frowned and looked back at Steven. “When I couldn’t get through my call to Anastasia, I told Felicia about you…” Steven explained in a lowered voice, averting his gaze away. “She’s pregnant!” Alastor’s voice was full of warning. Apparently, he was warning Steven that Felicia was pregnant and should not be stimulated. Anastasia took a sharp intake of breath and stepped back weakly. She wondered if Alastor had forgotten that she was pregnant too. “Alastor, why did you drink this much? Did she force you to do anything again?” Felicia looked at Alastor nervously with a worried face. Turning her gaze at Anastasia, Felicia cried and pleaded. “Annie, please, just let us be together. Alastor and I have been. together for four years. We have loved each other at the most ignorant time. I will do anything as long as you promise to let Alastor go.
Chapter 33 Anastasia sat on the couch with a headache for a while before getting up and picking up her coat to head outside. She was still wondering why Alastor would go to a bar and light in a drunken state. Anastasia had known Alastor for four years, and she knew that he was mature and composed. He would never do such a thing as to lose his status. That was why the incident that day surprised her. Blood drained from her face as Anastasia felt a severe headache. When she was discharged from the hospital, she saw Alastor deliver food to Felicia in a hurry. She wondered if they had quarreled Anastasia laughed ironically and thought, “It looks like they really had a quarrel.” After knowing that Alastor was going to leave a marriage with nothing, Felicia had her face turned gloomy. With her attitude, Felicia must have fought with Alastor. Alastor did not make comparisons between Anastasia and Felicia in the past, but after four years of marriage, Anastasia’s sensibility was the biggest comparison. Anastasia knew Alastor did not love her, but men were assholes. Even if they did not love someone, it did not mean they would not make a comparison of their women. Anastasia drove to the bar. When she got out of the car, her legs felt numb, and her bones began to hurt. She did not know how long her body could hold on. “You’re finally here!” In a private room, a man said with a reproachful tone. It was Alastor’s younger cousin, Steven Quigley, who was also a member of the company’s management. “Why don’t you just send him back by yourself?” Anastasia asked in a deepened voice. The corner of Alastor’s lips was bruised, which was clearly caused by a fight. Alastor drank a lot of booze but was not completely unconscious. “The fight has just subsided. You have no idea what I witnessed. I have never seen Alastor like this before… It was so scary. He went crazy and fought someone,” Steven said with lingering fear. “Fortunately, he just fought with a waiter.” Anastasia frowned and walked to Alastor. “Why didn’t you call Felicia to pick you up?” Alastor was lying on a couch, looking somewhat in pain. He must have had a headache after drinking too much.. Anastasia knew Alastor had a bad stomach. Drinking alcohol would also cause gastric pain and a headache the next day. Therefore, when Alastor returned home from business meetings every time, Anastasia would prepare him a hangover remedy to soothe his stomach. “Where’s the person who fought with him?” Yet, Anastasia did not want to care about Alastor this time. Since he decided to divorce, Alastor should have called Felicia as he had chosen Felicia between her and Anastasia. “Anastasia, leave the matter alone. I’ll deal with it. Just take Alastor back quickly.” Steven asked Anastasia to take Alastor home impatiently. “That person would be me.” At the entrance of the private room, Jason leaned against the door frame. When he saw Anastasia coming, he took the initiative to put out the cigarette smoke, as he knew that she was pregnant. Anastasia was stunned for some time while looking at Jason. Both men did not get any advantage, only getting injuries on their faces. Anastasia took a deep breath, feeling confused. “Why did you two fight?” “I have no idea. He beats people around like a mad dog” Jason frowned. “Who did you call a mad dog!” Steven was a little enraged and stepped forward, wanting to punch Jason. “Steven, you’d better take care of Alastor!” Anastasia stood in front of Jason with slight anger. She wondered what exactly Alastor was trying to do by fighting with Jason. Anastasia, why are you protecting him?” Steven looked at Anastasia in astonishment. Anger was shown on his face later on. “It seems that Alastor is right. You already have someone else.” Anastasia looked at Steven, feeling her fingers turn numb. She thought, “Is that how Alastor told Steven about me?” Anastasia clenched her fingers tightly with trembling breaths, and her gaze fell on Alastor. 1/0 10.001 Chapter 83 Alastor sat up straight and looked up at Anastasia with a complicated gaze. “Anastasia, why are you treating Alastor like this? No wonder he’s so mad today! Is this how you treat him when he has been good to you in the past four years of marriage?” Steven glared at Jason angrily and then at Anastasia. “When you two got married, our whole family opposed the marriage. It was my brother who insisted on marrying you and ignored their opposition. Your poor family was like a beggar, following behind Alastor and always asking him for money. Did Alastor even complain about you these years?” “Steven!” Alastor’s voice was deep and full of anger. He clearly wanted Steven to shut up. “Alastor! Why should I shut up? What makes her think she could do such terrible things to you!” Steven was emotionally agitated. “What gives her the right to treat you like this when you have been good to her? She even secretly installed surveillance cameras at home, wanting to force you to leave the marriage with nothing. This woman is really malicious.” Anastasia took a deep breath, and her eyes darkened. In order to put her on charges, Alastor had already started to slander her in front of his family, paving the way for forcing her to divorce. “Anastasia…” Jason noticed something was off with Anastasia and hugged her in panic. “Anastasia!” “Get lost!” Alastor also rushed forward to snatch Anastasia in panic and pushed Jason away. “Don’t let me see you before we get a divorce…”
Chapter 32 “If anything bad happens to Snowball, don’t blame me for seeking you out for this.” Anastasia did not intend to have an open. conflict with Felicia for the sake of Alastor. She slapped Felicia in the face that day, causing Alastor to interrogate her personally. If Anastasia provoked Felicia now, Alastor would definitely punish her. “Anastasia, if I were you, I would have left quickly with the property I deserved to get. Even though you only stayed with Alastor for four years, he must have given you quite a lot of money, right?” Felicia deliberately asked, clearly wanting to know the divorce terms Alastor offered to Anastasia. Anastasia squinted her eyes and thought, “Didn’t Alastor tell Felicia that he would leave the marriage with nothing?” “You probably don’t know about this, but Alastor wants to leave the marriage with nothing.” Anastasia smiled and looked at Felicia quietly. Felicia was obviously stunned for a moment, and her expression looked very unpleasant. “Anastasia, don’t you go too far! What right do you have to make Alastor do that? Do you really think you’re innocent? You were not innocent already when you married Alastor. Alastor’s not your first man at all. You don’t have the right to make him leave the marriage with` nothing!” Anastasia looked at Felicia sarcastically, wishing that Alastor could see Felicia’s face and attitude right now. It was quite obvious that Felicia did not love Alastor but his money more. “How do you define innocent?” Anastasia watched quietly Felicia turning hysterical. “Anastasia, don’t you pretend. Do you think you didn’t commit an extramarital affair? Who’s that man in the photo given by Sienna? You were in an ambiguous relationship with that man since you were eighteen. Don’t you dare pretend to be innocent.” Felicia could not suppress her anger anymore. Upon learning that Alastor would gain nothing if he divorced, she turned even more agitated than hearing Alastor refusing a divorce. “If you’re a piece of shit, do you think everyone else is the same as you?” Outside the door, Kimberly came back with a fit of strong anger. “Get the hell out of here. If it weren’t for your pregnancy, I would have given you a big slap on the face.” Felicia looked at Kimberly angrily and turned to leave. “Anastasia, if you’re not going to teach her a lesson, why waste your time talking nonsense with her? I can’t believe you can still talk to her so calmly.” Kimberly felt angry and sorry for Anastasia. “I slapped Felicia in the face that day, and Alastor rushed home to interrogate me. I’m not in the mood to deal with her now.” Anastasia leaned on the bed and pondered whether to divorce or not. “Annie, why don’t you want a divorce? Tell me the truth. Is it that… you’re afraid that you’ll become alone again?” Kimberly knew Anastasia well. She knew why Anastasia gave up the opportunity to study abroad because the latter was so eager for a family, feeling feared and panicked to be left alone. “Annie, if you hadn’t given me the slot to go abroad… You won’t be hurt by that scumbag now.” Kimberly hugged Anastasia in distress and patted her on the back. “It’s all my fault. I should stay here with you.” “It’s my life. I chose the way myself, so it has nothing to do with you.” Anastasia shook her head numbly. “Anastasia, don’t feel wrong for yourself, okay? I won’t be leaving after coming back this time. We’ll live together, and I’ll give you a home, okay?” Kimberly begged Anastasia not to continue to wrong herself for the so–called family Anastasia’s eyes reddened, and tears gushed out from them with her head lowered. “Let’s go home.” After finishing the IV drip, Anastasia followed Kimberly and left. When they left, they happened to see Alastor’s car parked in the parking slot. Anastasia just watched Alastor get out of the car in a hurry, where the latter carried a lunch box and entered the hospital. “Look, it’s so easy to tell whether a man loves a woman or not.” Anastasia closed her eyes with a smile, her breathing trembling with pain. This was the difference between love and non–love. Due to his not loving her, she was told not to have children during the four years of marriage. Due to the man not loving her, their four years of feelings were worthless. “Let’s go home… Anastasia knew that Alastor would not return home tonight. Felicia would use all her means to retain Alastor and provoke Anastasia. After returning home, Anastasia sat on the couch tiredly. While looking at Snowball, who had been fed, she reached out her hand at him. Snowball came over lazily and approached slowly. He climbed onto Anastasia’s legs and fell asleep in her lap. “Snowball, I’m going to divorce Daddy. Will you follow me or Daddy?” Anastasia asked in a soft voice, unsure whether she was asking Snowball or the baby inside her tummy. “Meow, Snowball meowed uneasily. Anastasia lay on the couch and slept with Snowball in her arms. Not knowing how long she had slept, Anastasia was woken up by the phone call. When she woke up, the sky had turned dark. As expected. Alastor did not come back. After checking the time, it was already past eleven o’clock. “Hello?” Anastasia answered the call. “Anastasia, Alastor was drunk and had a fight at the bar. Come and have a look.” Anastasia hitched her breath and could not believe that Alastor had a fight. She was confused as she thought he was with Felicia. Send Gift
Chapter 31 Anastasia was already in the hospital when she woke up “Annie, what’s wrong with you?” Kimberly was guarding Anastasia by the bed and breathed a sigh of relief after noticing her friend woke up. “Why insist on drinking if you can’t drink? What’s the point of tormenting yourself?” If Jason had not been
Chapter 30 “Why are you in such a hurry to blame me?” Anastasia did not look at Alastor, and her voice was hoarse. Alastor got out of the car and came to open the door for Anastasia. She sneered inwardly. “How considerate of him.” “Doesn’t he want you to divorce me?” Alastor asked while he stood by the door. “You are the one who wants me to divorce you, remember?” Anastasia did not get out of the car because her legs were numb and badly hurt. Anastasia could sense that Alastor had no intention of going up with her. He seemed to be in a hurry to leave. She wondered, “Is he afraid that Felicia would be unsafe alone in the hospital? Or is he afraid that she would make a scene again?” “Didn’t you want to talk to me?” Anastasia looked up at Alastor. “Have a good rest. Alastor blurted out those words after hesitating to say something but stopped himself from saying it. Anastasia smiled. She played dumb and got out of the car before she held Alastor’s wrist. “Let’s go home and sleep.” “Anastasia, I said that I would make up for you if I make a mistake. You can state your request.” Alastor held Anastasia’s hand and let go of it slowly. Anastasia looked at Alastor’s hand and was silent for a long time. “I want to keep this baby.” Anastasia looked down at her belly. She wanted to take a gamble even though she knew that she shouldn’t keep the baby. “It’s more beneficial to you and him without this child.” Alastor looked at Anastasia quietly. Anastasia felt absurd. That was the real Alastor. He was so thoughtful that he even took her cheating and divorce life into consideration. He even knew that divorce women were more likely to be accepted without children. “What if I’m determined to keep this baby?” Anastasia’s eyes were firm and persistent. Alastor remained silent for a moment and said, “Then keep it.” Anastasia wanted to cry and reached out. She wanted to grab Alastor’s hand. She even had the urge to ask him to break up with Felicia for a moment. She even wanted to humbly beg him to love her. However, her raised hand was left dangling in midair. Alastor’s phone rang. His phone had rung consecutively all the way back. Alastor turned around to answer the phone, leaving Anastasia alone on the spot. Anastasia felt numb in her fingers. A sudden thought came to her, and she wondered the purpose of her persistence in that relationship. “Alastor, I’m scared. Hurry back. Have you made it clear to her? Is she still refusing to divorce?” In the phone, Felicia’s voice was sharp and could be heard clearly in the night. Alastor frowned, and his expression was sullen. Anastasia stood on the spot, waiting for him to end his call, and turned to end their relationship. Anastasia could not hear what Alastor and Felicia had said, as she had severe tinnitus at that time. Anastasia took a deep breath, leaned against the door, and tried to make herself look less pathetic. She thought, “It’s ridiculous for me to compete with Felicia for Alastor. He was right. I’m no match for her. How could I make him stay with me? With the baby that’s not supposed to exist in this world? Or our four years of marriage?” “Go home.” After hanging up the phone, Alastor came over and asked Anastasia to go home coldly. Anastasia just looked at Alastor quietly and said in a hoarse voice, “Can’t she wait?” “Anastasia, take care of yourself.” Alastor raised his hand and brushed Anastasia’s hair behind her ear. His voice was soft, and his movements were also very gentle. 10 Chapter 30 His gentleness made Anastasia have a ridiculous illusion. In the past four years, she had fallen in love with him gradually, relying on that damm illusion. “Alastor, you’ll regret treating me in such a way.” Anastasia’s voice was hoarse and trembling, with her fingers clenched tightly. Alastor did not say anything and drove away. Anastasia stood on the spot. She took a deep breath and lowered her head with a smile. Slowly, her smile vanished, and tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably. She squatted on the ground and cried for a long time. It was not until the sensation of Anastasia’s numb legs faded that she slowly stood up while holding the street lamp with difficulty. Anastasia’s vision turned black. She almost lost her balance and slumped onto the ground after taking a few steps. Then, she slowly lost consciousness. Before Anastasia fell into a coma, she thought absurdly whether Alastor would return to her if he knew that she was dying.
Chapter 29 Anastasia looked at the phone with her head low, and a drop of dark red blood landed on the back of her hand. Anastasia wiped her nosebleed casually. She turned her back to Jason after she lifted her head. She felt that she probably looked like a mess at that moment. “Why are you often having a nosebleed? Let’s have a check–up at the hospital” Jason was worried and squatted in front of Anastasia with a tissue. “Get a divorce,” Anastasia held the tissue in her hand tightly and shook her head stubbornly. “I don’t want to.” Jason frowned and kept silent for a long time. Then, he stood up and looked at Anastasia. “What makes you so persistent with it?” Anastasia remained silent. She was persistent about the home she created. “I’ll take you home.” Jason said in a deep voice. Anastasia got up and followed Jason downstairs. “Don’t you think I look familiar at all?” Jason asked as he stood on the spot after exiting the elevator. Anastasia looked dejected and did not listen to what Jason said to her at all.. “Anastasia! Alastor is here!” Kimberly shouted at the entrance after she saw Anastasia approaching. Anastasia raised her head abruptly and looked at Alastor, who was standing against the light in front of the door. She thought, “H–He really camel Shouldn’t he take care of his crush at the hospital at this time? So, he’s really afraid that I’ll humiliate him with my action.” “Alastor, how dare you come here shamelessly? What’s your relationship with Felicia?” Kimberly questioned angrily after she realized the situation. Alastor did not explain but said in a deep voice, “Let’s go home.” Anastasia felt difficulty in breathing. That was the so–called home that she had devoted her life to. Anastasia averted her gaze as her eyes welled up with tears. She wondered, “Home? Do I even have a home to return?” “Aren’t you going to Felicia in the hospital? She is pregnant too.” Anastasia asked with a smile after she walked to Alastor. “Didn’t you say you don’t like children? Will you ask her for an abortion?” Anastasia looked into Alastor’s eyes and waited for him to answer. “Anastasia, you are different from her.” Alastor’s words made her heartbroken. Anastasia smiled but felt pain inside. She thought, “He’s right. I’m nothing to him. How could I compete with Felicia? She’s Alastor’s first crush.” “I didn’t contain my emotions today. Let’s have a talk when we go home.” Alastor asked Anastasia to go home with him first. For the sake of Felicia, he had already put away his pride to beg Anastasia. Anastasia speculated that Alastor would ask her for a divorce and complete the divorce procedure. Therefore, he could justifiably take responsibility for Felicia and her child after she gave birth. When Anastasia was about to leave, someone suddenly grabbed her wrist. Anastasia halted in her tracks and looked back at Jason. “Are you sure you want to leave with him?” Jason’s voice was deep. “Anastasia, we have yet to divorce,” Alastor said solemnly while he gave Jason a warning look. Anastasia knew Alastor well. She knew that he was angry and had been restraining his anger. If she hadn’t known that Alastor and Felicia were having an affair, she would have misunderstood that he was jealous. “Someone will cherish the one you don’t.” Jason was grim as well. “You have no right to teach me a lesson,” Alastor warned Jason. It could be seen that the former had tried his best restraining” himself. Chapter 29 They looked at each other as if they could fight at any moment. Kimberly gasped in shock. She did not expect Jason to be so great at acting. “Divorce if you don’t love Annie. She’s very popular, and many people love her or even want to pursue her. She doesn’t lack the love from you.” Kimberly said angrily. Alastor did not say anything. He glanced at Anastasia with complicated emotions in his eyes.
Chapter 28 Anastasia felt absurd as she retorted inwardly, “Are you forbidding others from doing what you yourself are doing?” Then, she replied. “What did you say? I can’t hear you.” The music in the bar was loud, and even though she was in a quiet area, she could not hear Alastor clearly. “She is drunk. I’ll bring her back with me if you don’t plan to pick her up.” Jason reached out and took Anastasia’s phone. Alastor hung up the phone directly. “He may think you’re threatening him.” Jason leaned against the smoking area and lit a cigarette. Anastasia also leaned against the wall and reached out for a cigarette. “Are you crazy?” Jason frowned and put off the lit cigarette. His movement of lighting the cigarette was out of habit. He had forgotten that Anastasia was right beside him. “What did he say?” Anastasia asked with her head down. “Nothing.” Jason was telling the truth. Anastasia fell into silence. Then, she stood up straight and walked out dizzily. “Where are you going?” Jason trailed after Anastasia. “Didn’t you say you’d stay with me tonight? Let’s go to the hotel.” Anastasia seemed to be joking, yet she seemed serious about it. “Are you trying to burst out all of your rebellious habits that you have yet to show from your teenage years?” Jason was amused. “It sounds like you know me very well. How do you know that I was not rebellious during my puberty?” Anastasia laughed ironically. She had chosen to be an obedient girl at the time of everyone’s rebellious puberty. She was so obedient that anyone could bully her. The most rebellious thing that had happened in her life was her leaving her so–called biological family and choosing to have a blitz marriage with Alastor. “Let me take you to a place.” Jason pulled Anastasia over and took her through the bar kitchen. They entered the private elevator and went upstairs. That was not a tall building, and it had an open–air garden on the roof. There were many green plants and beautiful flowers in bloom. Hidden within the high–rise buildings of Hork, the scene looked like a land of paradise. “If he comes, you can see him from here.” Jason pointed downstairs. Anastasia was slightly looking forward to it as she asked, “Do you think he will come?” “Why did you get married at an early age?” Jason asked. Those who had the same age as Anastasia, such as Kimberly, were still pursuing their studies. “I wanted to pursue my postgraduate studies initially, but I chose the blitz marriage in the age when I should enhance myself.” Anastasia smiled while she lowered her head, and she thought that was her fate. She continued, “That’s why I’ve always been rebellious.” “I thought you would continue pursuing your study. You said your dream…” Jason’s voice was very low. “Hmm?” Anastasia did not hear him clearly. “Nothing” Jason brought Anastasia a bottle of mineral water. “Can we take anything we want here? Will that count as stealing?” Anastasia glanced around and found that there was no one on such a beautiful rooftop. “It’s a private area, Jason said indifferently. “Private area? Why did you bring me here? Aren’t you afraid that the manager will fine you?” Anastasia sat by the flower pond, looking downstairs. In fact, she was expecting Alastor to come for her. It was humble for her to force Alastor away from Felicia in such a way. Chapter 28 Are you afraid of this when you’re so rebellious?” Jason smiled and added, “Anastasia, do you plan to have a divorce?” Anastasia shook her head. “I won’t divorce him.” She thought, “Why should I divorce him?” Jason frowned, and his expression turned gloomy. “Do you love him that much?” “I love him. After four years of marriage, he has become family to me and a material basis I have never had before. How could it possibly be that I don’t love him?” Anastasia said ironically while she described herself in a vulgar manner. Nevertheless, all she wanted was to have her own family. Before meeting Alastor, she was very poor. Her tuition fee needed to be covered by a student loan, and she needed to work many part–time jobs to sustain her living expenses. Her mentor had helped her apply for a slot for her postgraduate study, but she gave it up because Alastor had promised to create a home for her. “You can start a new life again. There’s still a long way ahead for your future.” Jason looked at Anastasia, wanting her to give Alastor up. Anastasia just smiled at him. She thought, “I’m sick and dying. I can’t see my future ahead. If I can live longer, I won’t try to persuade Alastor to stay without a remainder of my dignity. I’ll leave without turning back and live my desired life. However. I’m dying soon. All 1- want is to have a complete family when I pass away and ‘Beloved Wife of Alastor‘ written on my gravestone.” It was one o’clock in the morning. Anastasia browsed through Instagram and said in despair, “He won’t come.” Felicia had posted something on her Instagram. She was hospitalized and wrote: [I’m lucky to have the fruitful result of our love again.] Felicia was pregnant, too.
Chapter 27 Kimberly looked at Jason in shock. She thought, “He has never been a nosy person, but why did he suddenly mention Felicia? Did he know about the affairs between Felicia and Alastor? However, he shouldn’t be so blunt about it. It will make Anastasia sad.” “Anastasia…” Kimberly wanted to change the topic by saying something else, but then she changed her mind and thought that it was time for Anastasia to give Alastor up. She continued, “Jason is right. In fact, I was shocked when I first met Felicia. in Atharia. When she stood at the side quietly, it seemed to be like you, but her personality was completely different from yours. I felt nauseous as soon as she started talking.” Anastasia remained silent but kept smiling. Then, she poured a glass of wine again. Jason frowned and took away Anastasia’s wine glass again. Sofia and other friends noticed that something was off about him. She asked, “Handsome, do you know Annie?” “Not really.” Jason looked calm, and his voice sounded like it as well. “Give me back the wine. Anastasia felt shortness of breath but suppressed her emotions to ask Jason for wine. “If you don’t love yourself, no one will.” Jason was still educating her. Anastasia’s emotions collapsed in an instant. She stood up and snatched the wine glass from Jason’s hand before she drank it with her head lifted. “You’re too annoying. It’s none of your business even if I die on the road.” Jason remained silent. Sofia and the others glanced at each other and dared not to say anything. They could sense that something was off about Anastasia. “Anastasia… I have something to tell you, but I’m hesitant to say it.” A friend next to Sofia plucked up her courage and added, “I work for Wayscape International Corporation. Our company has always cooperated with your husband’s company, and the rumors said that the relationship between your husband and his secretary is slightly abnormal…” It was clear that everyone in the industry knew about their affairs. “What happened?” Sofia asked as she frowned. “Not long ago, I saw that Mr. Lopez, Anastasia’s husband, picked his secretary up at the entrance of our company’s building. Logically speaking, he doesn’t need to handle the cooperation personally as a boss. However, he picked up that secretary downstairs and even prepared milk and breakfast for her.” Her friend added cautiously, “Annie, I didn’t mean to say it now. I was scared to tell you the truth since you have been married for four years. Although there is no wedding, it has always been quite enviable.” Anastasia threw the wine glass on the table and asked with a smile, “When did that happen?” She was holding back herself, but her eyes had welled up with tears. “Well, I think it was around the second half of last year.” Anastasia lowered her head and laughed. That was when Felicia had just returned from abroad and joined the company. It turned out that Alastor had been with Felicia not long after she returned from abroad. Anastasia thought he would take her emotions and feelings into consideration. In the second half of last year, Anastasia begun to have poor health in her physical condition. She would feel dizzy, tinnitus, and often had joint pain during that period. At that time, she was busy with the art exhibition. In most cases, she was too busy to eat breakfast. She had called Alastor after she was sent to the hospital due to low blood sugar and a coma. However, all Alastor did was ask her to hold all her work and recuperate at home. He did not show up at her art exhibition once, nor helped her, let alone send her breakfast. Instead, he was worried about Felicia and even sent her breakfast personally. “Anastasia, aren’t you going to do something about it? You’re his wife. He and his secretary-” Sofia asked in a low voice. “Why should I? As Deity of Wealth, he just needs to bear my expenses,” Anastasia retorted with a harsh tone and forced a smile. She then took out the card and handed it to Jason. “Buy anything you want with this card. Stay with me tonight.” Kimberly gasped in shock and explained quickly, “Jason, she’s drunk. She will act crazy after drinking a little. Don’t- Jason interrupted and said to Anastasia, “Okay.” Kimberly was stunned as she did not expect Jason to agree to stay with Anastasia. The precondition is that you have to divorce him.” Jason picked up the bank card from the table and handed it to the bar manager. “I want to pay by card for tonight’s consumption.” 2 FE 25 2 Anastasia knew that Alastor could receive a message about the expenses she had consumed at the bar. She wondered. “Will he be afraid that I’ll sleep with a man tonight? Will he come?” Alastor called her when they paid the bill with the bank card. Anastasia handed the phone to Jason as she said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll pay the bill. Answer the phone for me.” It was easy for Alastor to reach her as all she wanted was to know if he would go to the bar to pick her up that night.. Send Gift Comment Chapter 28 “Go home,” Alastor ordered in a low voice.
Chapter 26 *Anastasia, since your registration of marriage without a word, you have never come out to hang out with us at midnight. What’s going on today?” one of Anastasia’s friends laughed and teaseil. Anastasia didn’t speak. “It’s all because of me,” Kimberly answered instead. “Annie, you’re partial to Kimberly. I’m jealous,” the friend joked as she sat beside Anastasia. “Why didn’t Marilyn come?” Kimberly glanced at everyone and found that one of their friends was absent. “Marilyn Swanson? She broke up with her boyfriend and went abroad to travel. The friend sighed. “She has been in a relationship with her boyfriend for three years, but she was no match for his first crush. I heard that his first crush came back to find him, and he didn’t even hesitate to break up despite three years of relationship.” “Haven’t you heard of it? The first crush is always the best, and those who appear later are no match for the first crush,” another friend joked. As soon as she finished speaking, she was attracted by a man who served them wine. “Look, a handsome man!” Jason didn’t speak. He just glanced at Anastasia and frowned slightly. Anastasia and Kimberly were also stunned. “W–What a coincidence.” “You know him?” their friend asked and grabbed Kimberly’s arm. “He’s so handsome. He’s mine.” “He is my classmate,” Kimberly explained and looked back at Jason. “Are you here to work part–time?” “Yeah. Jason admitted. Anastasia didn’t expect to run into him as well. “Handsome, you can hang out with us, and the sales of drinks are yours.” Anastasia’s friend looked at Jason excitedly and thought. “No way I can find such a handsome man elsewhere.” 1 Jason smiled and sat beside Anastasia. “The manager asked me to come.” “Your manager is really good.” The friend pushed Kimberly away, sat next to Jason, and handed him a glass of wine. “Handsome, let’s have a drink and get to know each other.” Kimberly looked at Anastasia helplessly, thinking, “Oh no. An innocent man like Jason will lose his innocence after being targeted by Sofia Collins.” When they were in school, everyone knew that Sofia was a famous social butterfly in the Department of Art. When she did life drawing during her freshman year, all those nude models she was interested in had an affair with her. “Sofia, take it easy. He is my classmate.” Kimberly whispered. Jason had a weird personality, and he was not a very enthusiastic kind of person. Maybe it was also because he worked part–time to earn living expenses. He poured wine for everyone enthusiastically, but not for Anastasia. Sofia pressed her body against Jason’s. “Handsome, do you have a girlfriend?” Jason shook his head. “What did we just say? First crush. Can you men never forget your first crush?” Sofia asked. Jason glanced at Anastasia. “Maybe.” Anastasia was a little confused by Jason’s gaze. She poured herself wine and picked up the wine glass to drink. “What’s so good about the first crush that they’re so worth remembering?” Anastasia asked in a low voice. Jason snatched Anastasia’s wine glass away and drank the wine. Everyone looked at Jason in shock. He was sitting under the dim light, and his action of throwing his head back and drinking as well as his Adam’s apple that bobbed made him look charming. It was a waste that a handsome man like him did not join the entertainment industry. “I once loved someone when I was 16. What’s good about our first crush? It’s probably because it’s the whole youth of a person. She didn’t need to do anything and just sat there quietly, while I only needed to look at her in silence. Just like that, she has surpassed everyone in my heart. Since then, many women have appeared in my life but no one can beat her.” Jason’s voice was beautiful and clear amidst the noisy environment. Anastasia’s hands were numb. Jason’s reply was probably the perfect explanation for a man’s first crush. Alastor loved Felicia when they were 18 years old. They spent their years in the university together. She was his light and his 1/2 13:38 youth. She was someone that could not be replaced by any other woman. “Anastasia, have you noticed that you look like Felicia in her teens when you don’t wear makeup? When men can’t be with their first crush, they like to find a substitute. This is their common problem,” Jason looked at Anastasia and said in a hoarse voice. Anastasia’s heart skipped a beat, and the pain began to fill her whole body. She thought, “I see. No wonder Alastor decided to marry me the moment he saw me. It turns out that I’ve been Felicia’s substitute the whole time.” Send Gift