Chapter 78
familiar eyes. “What do you want, Mr Quigle
Tex chat what you call an apology? You didn’t even kneel Leon’s gaze was piercing, filled with an oppressive force.
Eva instinctively grabbed his sleeve, trying to mediate “Let’s just drop it, okay? It’s not a big deal she doesn’t need to kneel Besides, Victoria didn’t mean in yesterday.”
“Whether she meant it or not she hurt you.” Leon said coldly, his tone unselling
For five wears hel
Victoria to the extreme. But in just a few days apart, he had become so ruthless toward her.
If he ever found out Eva had been lang to him all this time, what would he do to be? She didn’t even dare to imagine the consequences. Victoria’s expression remained unchanged. She had already prepared herself for the trouble he would give her when she decided to come Shemed and led as she apologized. “I’m sorry, Ms. Simmons.”
This me, her tone, expression, and attitude were impeccable. Anyone could see she was offering a sincere apology.
Yet despite being the one who torced her into this, Leon telt a sudden surge of anger when he saw her kneel to Eva
Before anyone could react Leon seized Victoria’s wrist, pulled her toward the garage, and pushed her into his car. Evabertoot to chase after them. “Leon!”
“I need to kto Victoria Gomide.” Leon didn’t even look back.
Eva wanted to stop him, but she had come to understand him better over the past few months, Chasing after him now would only provoke his imitation. Reluctantly, she replied. “Alright. Come home early tonight”
She didn’t follow them. Instead, she swallowed her unease and returned to her bedroom.
Victoria thought Leon was insane. She tried to wrench her hand tree, but his grip was unrelenting. Her wrist turned red from the pressure, yet she couldn’t escape his hold
I never expected you to be so spineless,” Leon said.
He leaned in and pinned her down in the back seat, making it impossible for her to move. “You apologized just because I told you to
“Pride doesn’t put food on the table,” Victoria retorted, throwing his own words back at him, her initial defiance fading. “Isn’t that what you always told me?” Lean’s grip tightmed bit by bir
He had pampered her for years, and she had new
while stubbornly insisting she wasn’L
once backed down. Even when they argued, if he playfully asked her to admit she was wrong, s
she’d only glare at him with teary
And now, she actually weled over something so tivi The more he thought about it, the angrier he got
you know pride doesn’t put food on the table, then why insist on a divorce?
His deep gate locked on hers, dark and intense. “If you had just agreed to my terms from the start, none of this would’ve happened.”
But Victoria was calm now She didn’t struggle anymore and simply met his gaze. “It’s not the same.”
“How is it different? Leon possed.
“because I loved you, Victoria said, speaking straight from her heart
Leon those. He hadn’t expected than
“I know never find someone who treats
who treats or as well as you did.” Victoria was well aware of that. Even Susie admitted she couldn’t compare to the way Leon had treated her. “But it’s because of that I can’t stand any flaws in our relationship.”
When Leon had doted on her, it had been to the extreme. And yet, despite all that love, they had still ended up here.
“Eva’s paramice don’t change your place in my life” Leon finally softened.
Victoria said nationally, “Love can’t be split in half. You can’t love two women at once.”
“Do you really her to be this stubborn Leon asked
