After a moment’s pause, she finally spoke. “I know you care about Grandpa’s health, but given our cur- rent situation, it’s not suitable for us to keep dragging this out. I hope you can sign the papers soon and cooperate with me to end this marriage.”
“Is that all you have to say to me? Nothing else?”
The man’s grip on the teacup tightened, his knuckles turning slightly white.
In his deep eyes, there seemed to be a hidden, unfathomable emotion.
“I’d like to talk about other things, but given our current situation, is there really anything else to dis- cuss?”
Romina’s voice was especially calm, her face almost expressionless.
“Nothing to say to me, but plenty to say to your lover outside…” Jericho laughed hoarsely. “Is that it?”
The man slammed the teacup down on the table.
“Bang-”
The sound was loud, echoing through every corner of the living room.
“Think whatever you want! I don’t care anymore. The reason I’m so eager for a divorce is that I don’t want certain things to ruin the Bowman family’s reputation. If you refuse to cooperate, then if some- thing blows up, don’t blame me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the man’s voice rose a few notches. “You really do make yourself look innocent!”
“I’m not trying to look innocent, just telling the truth.”
Because the truth can’t be hidden forever, and their current situation was far too dangerous.
Although Jericho still couldn’t find out who was there that night, one day he would.
And Joaquin was even more dangerous than she had imagined.
She didn’t dare keep gambling, for fear of ending up with the reputation of being ‘promiscuous.‘
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“I’ve already said, you can have a divorce…” Jericho said carelessly, “But at least wait until Grandpa’s health stabilizes.”
Romina’s face darkened. “Can you stop using Grandpa as an excuse?”
“You don’t actually think it’s me who doesn’t want a divorce, do you?”
Jericho didn’t respond to her words, but instead questioned her in return.
Romina lifted her gaze to look at the man across from her, noticing that his eyes were gradually darken- ing.
“With Ms. Sandoval’s superb medical skills, what could possibly happen to Grandpa while she’s here?”
An extremely cold and indifferent voice came from behind Romina.
Her back stiffened involuntarily for a moment.
That man had come out.
“Joaquin.”
Upon seeing the man in front of him, Jericho quickly stood up from the sofa.
Joaquin walked over to Romina’s side and sat down next to her.
The man rested his hand on the back of the sofa, his long legs crossed, exuding the aura of someone in a position of power.
Although Romina sat upright and slightly forward, to Jericho, who was watching from across, the pos- ture looked extremely intimate no matter how he looked at it.
Especially the atmosphere between the two of them–it was strange in a way that was hard to describe.
“I originally didn’t want to get involved in this matter, but since you’ve decided to divorce, dragging it out isn’t a solution.” Joaquin’s upturned eyes carried a faint hint of red. “Jericho, don’t you agree?”
“I’m just worried about Grandpa’s health…”
“Forget about Ms. Sandoval, I’ve heard that excuse so many times my ears are getting calluses.”
Joaquin reached out the hand resting on the back of the chair and fiddled with his car a couple of times, the atmosphere suddenly turning gloomy.
Romina could clearly sense that the aura between the two men beside her was off
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If this stalemate continued, she was worried Joaquin might say something even more abrupt, making the situation even harder to resolve.
She quickly turned her head to the man beside her and said, “Uncle Joaquin, weren’t you here to see Kash? You haven’t even gone upstairs to see him yet! How will you explain that to Grandpa later?”
Uncle Joaquin.
Those two words fell into the man’s ears, and the redness in his eyes grew even deeper.
Her words, both directly and indirectly, were clearly meant to send him away.
But the man showed no sign of annoyance, his fingers tapping idly on the back of the sofa.
His tone was calm: “Didn’t Ms. Sandoval just check on him? If the child were really unwell, you would- n’t be sitting here so calmly, would you?”
Romina’s hand, resting on her lap, involuntarily clenched for a moment.
Although his tone was calm, she could still detect a hint of displeasure in his composed voice.
Seeing that Romina didn’t respond, Jericho, sitting across from them, replied softly, “Yes, after taking the medicine, his condition has indeed improved. If he takes two more doses tomorrow, he should re- cover completely.”
The aura beside her was growing stronger and stronger.
Romina really couldn’t stay any longer.
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