Suddenly, Silvia’s face shifted to that of Autumn’s. Both of their teary eyes and sorrowful expressions were more than enough to kill his sleep.He tossed and turned through the entire night. When morning came, he was still suffering from sheer exhaustion. It simply made him feel worse, as he usually had the luxury of waking up to a clear mind.Even then, Ryan Pierce was still the man who managed the entirety of Pierce Group. As soon as he washed up and put on a clean suit, he once again appeared as the cold and heartless CEO.Exiting the master bedroom, he scanned their lavish apartment unit; the absolute silence haunted his very being.Normally, the entire place would be filled with the lovely aroma of coffee by the time he woke up, and in the kitchen would stand a certain woman. She would always be busy making breakfast for the entire family.Knowing that he loved drinking coffee, Silvia bought a coffee machine so that she could personally make him a cup every single morning. S
Ryan gritted his teeth throughout the entire time he read the divorce settlement. It seemed Silvia only wanted custody of their daughter, and nothing more.He scoffed while clutching onto his mouse. 'Ha, how nice of her to not demand anything. Does she even realize what’ll happen to her after divorcing?''Once we're divorced, she'll be rid of her title as Mrs. Pierce and has to leave the Pierce family.''She has no talent or skill to her name, since she married me the moment she graduated university. She's never worked a single job, and naturally wouldn't have experience in any field.' 'Detroit’s filled with smart, talented and experienced people, so it's entirely possible she'd have difficulty finding a job in the first place.''She wants custody of our daughter? And what is she going to raise her with?''So how could I possibly leave Autumn in her hands?'He knew well that their daughter was Silvia's soft spot. Hence, he figured that if he refused to hand over custody, she wo
Back then, Silvia had been so deeply in love that she didn’t care how deep the fall was. She had always stubbornly insisted that their relationship would improve after marriage, even more so after she gave birth to his child.'My parents, grandparents, and many other marriages started out this way. They worked out, didn't they?' That was what she told herself at that time.'Many couples have fallen deeply in love and experienced many obstacles in their lives. But at the very end of it, most of them continue striving in their relationship just to raise their children well. Isn't that the case most of the time?'However, she had no idea that Ryan's heart was made of stone. No matter how much she tried to love and please the man, he didn't reciprocate her feelings at all.With Silvia hanging up on him again, Ryan got so angry that he slammed the landline phone back in place. Then, he flung himself backwards into his chair. Pinching his nose bridge, he thought furiously, 'Just look a
When Rosaline finally went to work, Silvia had already slept through her entire afternoon. After that, she got out of bed and made some lunch for herself, and then used Rosaline’s computer to look for jobs online.She initially thought Ryan would happily agree to divorce, and she’d be able to leave Detroit with her daughter. She intended to settle down at her parents’ place, which was in a rural area at the outskirts of Detroit and about an hour away from the city center.She was hoping she could find a job in that area after her daughter got used to her parents’ place. She was determined to never go back to Detroit.There was nothing here that she’d stay for, nor anyone she couldn’t bear to part with. Hence, it was meaningless for her to linger.After becoming a mother, she knew how difficult parenthood was and could understand familial relationships even more now. Hence, after her failed marriage, the only place she could go was to her parents’.Now that Ryan wished to fight for
“Now that the children are back, let’s have one last talk then and get everything off our chests.”“Lia…” Greg didn’t want Ophelia to go down that topic, but she seemed insistent.“After finding out you’ve been providing for those two behind my back and had arranged for them to live in another country, there was only disgust left in my heart for you.”Greg furrowed his eyebrows upon hearing this, but Ophelia continued speaking in a calm tone.“I tried comforting myself later on, because you’ve had a child with her and they’re still part of your past. It’s your responsibility to provide for them, so I didn’t mind. But how did you make it up to me? You forced Ryan to give up on the girl he liked just so her son could have what he wanted, as per usual.”“I completely gave up any hope I held for you in my heart since then.”Ophelia was still rather soft-spoken when saying all this, but it was enough to make Greg’s heart sting.“Ryan’s marriage ended up in a divorce…because of you. I
Silvia knew it all along. She knew he had always seen her as a complete mistake.It was her fault he couldn’t stay with Mariah, and it was her fault he was unhappy. Their marriage, their divorce, along with his parents’ divorce; everything was all her fault.Her heart had already gone through the pain of disappointment, so she didn’t respond to his accusations. Instead, she merely lowered her head and bit down on his hand, forcing him to let go of her out of pain.The deep teeth marks on his flesh were more than enough to represent the silent rage she held for him.Ryan froze in place, his mind filled with sheer disbelief that she would actually bite him. However, he couldn’t help but feel a wave of panic as he watched her walk further outside. She wasn’t even turning her head to check on him.He had always thought that she couldn’t possibly bear separating from her daughter, but she didn’t seem to back down from getting a divorce even after he told her he’d fight for custody.
From his point of view, him taking the initiative by voluntarily explaining that he never intended to go back to Mariah was the equivalent of begging her to stay by. He couldn’t find any fault in himself.‘But no, she just had to be greedy. She just had to ask if I love her or not! How could I not be angry?’‘Fine, then. If that’s how she wants to play it, I won’t let her off easy either.’ He dialed a number and gave out some orders. “Contact her lawyer for me. Tell them that I’d be coming by tomorrow.”‘Let’s see how she’s going to take me to court when she doesn’t even have a lawyer to begin with.’Ditching her old car, Silvia called a cab back to Rosaline’s place.Rosaline had previously allowed her to stay at her place temporarily. Her apartment was a small unit containing two bedrooms, which was just enough for the two of them. It used to be her and her ex-husband’s property, and Silvia was the one who helped Rosaline hire a lawyer to fight for the ownership of this place.
Ryan seemed disgusted as he tugged on her shirt gently, chuckling. “Let me give you some advice while we’re at it. Not just any man out there can provide the life I gave you!”Silvia found his expression extremely distasteful. He was basically telling her she couldn’t survive in this world without him. He suggested that it was best to stop her ‘tantrum’ and to stay in her lane; to stay as Mrs. Pierce.His arrogance and false sense of superiority definitely stemmed from her obsession with him in the past. However, seeing and hearing all of this now just made her so furious that she began trembling; she even felt her vision blurring out for a second.‘Does he think I’m that useless?’‘I was a valedictorian back in university! I graduated with first honors as a Chinese Mandarin major! And I had been quite active in other school activities as the head of the art department within the student council!’‘If I hadn’t married him, I would’ve been a bright young white-collar woman by now!