She used to always believe he was traveling back and forth for business between New York and T City; in fact, she had no idea that during those years, most of his trips were lies.
He thought she surely wouldn’t endure such a marriage, yet surprisingly, she bore it for two years and never complained to him.
He admitted that at that time, she always felt so unique to him.
Before he met her, even though there was a pawn from Skyler Jones named Christine Quinn placed by his side, he was never short of beautiful women accompanying him. Though most of the time it was just a casual game for mutual need, those women’s true faces were as false as their makeup, greedy and cheap, always wanting more from him. But after she appeared, the hypocrisy he felt from other women never showed in her.
When he "came back from business trips," she never complained or acted spoiled. She continued to play her role as his wife, taking care of his daily needs, allowing him to fulfill his marital duties as he wished.
Though such a woman didn’t particularly attract him, he couldn’t bring himself to be heartless towards her.
He once hesitated about how to treat her.
It was then that the news of Alexander Quentin’s suicide came by chance.
Though Alexander Quentin didn’t have long to live anyway, his death was beyond his expectations.
Alexander Quentin hung on to life just to save his eldest daughter and protect his youngest daughter; he couldn’t let go so easily...
While he was puzzled, she sank into the agony of losing her father.
Naturally, he wouldn’t attend Alexander Quentin’s funeral, so he chose to disappear without reason.
She faced the death of her father and the challenges faced by the Quentin family alone, while he watched silently in the background, never expecting that she would handle her father’s matters with such calm and strength.
It wasn’t until that day that he realized his wife was no longer the naïve little girl she used to be; the two years had tempered her, leaving only maturity and resilience.
He watched her struggle without emotion, wanting to see how far she could endure, allowing Christine Quinn, whom he had been using, to exact revenge harshly on the Quentin family.
Finally, Quentin family was devastated.
This was when he was supposed to close the net, but who would have thought she would get pregnant at this moment?
They had always been very careful to avoid pregnancy, and her unexpected pregnancy shattered his previous perceptions of her. He once impulsively considered taking her to the hospital to remove the child, but Marilyn Quinn’s illness made him change his mind.
He expressed to her his desire to keep the child without revealing his emotions, and she agreed to it.
He kept wondering what her plan was, and to avoid alerting her, he even slowed down Christine Quinn’s acts of revenge against her, until his subordinate who had been monitoring her reported her secret intention of buying a ticket to leave, then he realized she was not simple; the past two years, she had been wearing a mask to cater to him.
He then imprisoned her, revealing his true self for the first time in front of her, cruelly using Aunt Clare to coerce her into submission.
Perhaps due to mood depression, her health wasn’t good, and the doctor said she might be at risk of miscarriage. His first thought was to send her to the U.S. for rest because the medical technology there would ensure she’d deliver smoothly.
But no one expected she would encounter an accident when boarding the plane...
He had to admit it was the first time in his life he felt what guilt truly was.
The original intention of keeping the child might have been to save his brother’s daughter, but day by day as her belly grew, he felt a certain inexplicable anticipation in his heart.
Thus, when Christine Quinn retaliated during her pregnancy, he couldn’t simply ignore it. Even though he wanted to watch her sisters tear each other apart, he openly helped her.
However, the child still couldn’t be saved...
Looking at her frail body lying on the hospital bed after losing the child, he couldn’t bring himself to face her awakening. No one knew she lay in the hospital for a few days, while he drank at home for those few days.
After she was discharged, she moved back to the Quentin family home directly; he didn’t stop her. Who would have expected Christine Quinn would take a second strike against the Quentin family at this time.
Due to his instigation, Christine Quinn’s hatred for Alexander Quentin had become deeply ingrained, naturally making her hate Rebecca Quentin immensely, wishing she could kill her.
He could never forget the impulse he had to protect her from Christine Quinn’s harassment. Yet, those deeply rooted feelings of hatred, like a hard shell, gradually enclosed the softness of his heart, finally awakening him completely, realizing that he had felt pity for the daughter of his enemy. Thus, when she was driven to desperate straits by Christine Quinn, he chose to divorce her. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⦿fire.net