Chapter 10
I officially entered the divorce cooling–off period with Eden.
The evidence of him changing my medicine was handed over to the police.
It didn’t take long for Eden to be taken away for questioning.
His parents came to see me a few times, but I refused to meet them.
As for Daisy, she was just a piano teacher with little savings.
Leukemia, a disease that required long–term treatment, was a bottomless pit of expenses.
Soon, her money ran out.
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She couldn’t even afford a private room, so Aaro was moved to a cheaper one.
About ten days later, while having dinner with a client, I received an unfamiliar call.
It was Aaro.
“Mom, please take me away. I know I was wrong. Aaro won’t be naughty anymore…”
“That woman isn’t my mom! Please…”
Aaro’s voice had become hoarse from crying, begging me.
But unfortunately, I wasn’t the type of woman to soften.
He could abandon his own biological mother without a second thought.
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So it would be nothing for him to cast me aside in the future.
Why should I be foolish enough to leave myself open to that kind of danger?
Without hesitation, I ended the call.
Ten days before we were scheduled to pick up the divorce certificate, Eden finally confessed.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempted murder.
The first thing he did after entering prison was try to meet with me.
Naturally, I rejected him.
When Eden’s parents found out, they caused
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a scene outside my office.
Eden’s parents sat on the ground, crying loudly and accusing me of being a wicked woman who sent their son to prison. Their hysterical outbursts attracted a crowd of onlookers.
When I went downstairs, I overheard them cursing me, wishing I’d meet a bad end.
“Wishing me dead? No wonder Eden is your own flesh and blood–your attitudes toward me mirror his in the most unsettling way.”
I clicked my heels and walked right up to them.
“Eden was arrested for attempted murder. Should I explain how he tried to kill
someone?”
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“Also, do you need me to remind you why he and I are getting a divorce?”
Eden’s parents thought I was a company boss concerned with saving face, and that I’d throw money at the problem to avoid conflict.
But they were utterly wrong.
The first lesson I learned in business world was that sometimes, it’s better not to worry about your pride.
Otherwise, people will just end up as the punchline.
I laid out everything Eden had done to me, and their faces changed from pale to a whirlwind of emotions.
By the time I finished, I don’t know who
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threw the first egg, but one came flying toward them.
Then, a wave of indignation followed.
“I can’t believe they’re so shameless! Like mosquitoes, sucking blood off people, and then turning around and blaming others!”
“Being kept by a rich woman and still cheating? How can men ever be honest?!”
“These old fools! No wonder they raised such a son!”
Later, I heard that Eden’s father had suffered a stroke because of this incident and was left bedridden for life.
The day the cooling–off period for the divorce ended, I went to get the divorce certificate, and in a good gesture, I took it to Eden in
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prison.
In just a few days, he looked worn out, a shadow of himself.
Sitting in the chair, his face contorted in pain, he said, “Vivi, if I hadn’t made those mistakes, would we…?”
“Don’t disgust me.”
I couldn’t even spare him the patience to finish his sentence. I tossed the divorce papers at him and turned to leave.
After that, my company went public and grew larger by the day.
I was still dating, but I never married.
Marriage was too troublesome. I didn’t like it.
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Three years after Eden went to prison, Aaro passed away because his treatment couldn’t be afforded.
Since then, I lost track of Daisy.
The last time I saw her was during a date.
She was kicked out of a piano tutoring
agency.
“I spit on you! Want to be a teacher and still try to seduce someone else’s husband? Do you have no shame?!”
Daisy was scrambling to gather her things, kneeling on the ground like a beggar.
I gave her a brief glance before linking arms with my date and walking away.
Behind me, Daisy’s sobs echoed.
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Karma? Now, I have money and a successful
career.
It seems the real karma has found its way to those who truly deserve it.
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Book 4: In The Tsunami, He Chose His First Love
The tsunami warning blared, and I dialed Rolf’s number over and over, but there was
no answer.
Rolf had told me to stay put, that he would
come to save me.
I was crushed and bloodied in the rubble, but
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he was holding Faye, boarding the rescue team’s boat.
In the intensive care unit, the news of Rolf and his fiancée being rescued played on a loop.
In my despair, I agreed to Stuart’s offer and boarded the flight to Ushuaia.
In Ushuaia, the door to the lab was being slammed with a deafening noise.
I tugged impatiently at the door, and the scene outside made me freeze in shock.
I glanced at the sign hanging on the door and coldly remarked,
“Can’t you read? No stray dogs allowed inside.”
