Chapter 441
She had stressed the magnitude of her emotional investment, made clear that her heart didn’t bend to financial manipulation. This marriage wasn’t some trinket he could treasure or discard according to his whims. Until he provided genuine explanations and offered reasonable justification, her signature would remain forever beyond these divorce papers!
Rage ignited within Elliana’s chest like wildfire. She slammed the divorce papers against the table with explosive force and surged toward the staircase. Cole would face her wrath directly!
“Ms. Marsh!” Myles’s voice cracked like a whip behind her.
Elliana froze, bitter laughter escaping her throat. Myles had always honored her with “Mrs. Evans,” but now he stripped away even that title when Cole desired a divorce. How swiftly allegiances crumbled when things shifted!
Watching her rigid spine, Myles delivered his calculated blow. “Mr. Evans refuses all contact with you.”
Elliana whirled around, her eyes blazing with fury. “His refusal means nothing to me! Does he believe I’ll obey his every command like some trained animal? He pursued me with obsessive determination, and now he discards me like rotting garbage? Who does he think he is? If he craves a divorce, he’ll deliver that message himself, face to face!” She pivoted and continued her ascent.
Myles materialized before her like a sentinel, his body blocking her path. “Ms. Marsh, Mr. Evans swore he never wants to witness your face again. If you force entry into his room, he’ll destroy his own eyes rather than endure the sight of you…”
Agony pierced Elliana’s heart like a dagger of ice. Cole would mutilate himself rather than look upon her again? She stared at Myles with hollow eyes, her voice barely audible. “Why? What transformed him into this stranger overnight?”
Myles’s features tightened with apparent reluctance, but he steeled himself for the killing blow. “Mr. Evans discovered he had loved the wrong woman entirely. You were never his intended choice—everything between you two was built on catastrophic error.”
Jason approached like a vulture sensing weakness. “Cole was blinded by archaic family traditions, trapped in this doomed marriage with you. Now that clarity has returned to him, stop clinging to false hope, or you’ll forfeit even my basic respect!”
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Elliana’s eyes narrowed into lethal slits. “Jason, disappear from my sight before I make you regret existing!”
Sensing Elliana’s volcanic rage building toward eruption, Myles gestured with practiced diplomacy. “Ms. Marsh, an aircraft is ready to transport you back to Ublento. Mr. Evans expects to find your signed divorce papers upon his return, ensuring no delays in the legal proceedings.”
Elliana’s lips curved into a smile sharp enough to draw blood. Such desperate haste to leave her, such calculated cruelty. What a magnificently heartless creature he had revealed himself to be! “Keep your escorts. I’ll leave on my own!”
She snatched the divorce papers from the table like a weapon and stormed from the mansion.
Allan and Manley sat frozen, stunned by the sudden turn of events. As Elliana strode out of the mansion, they sprang to their feet and hurried after her.
Myles and Jason followed close behind.
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