Chapter 470
Maeve handed the phone to Sergio. “The video evidence is all here. It’s your call.”
Sergio took the phone with a frown. He replied seriously, “I came back for you I can only be at peace if you’re safe.” “Thank you, Mr. Brooks. But if you truly want me to be safe, please divorce me as soon as possible”
Ultimately, Hailey had done so much simply because Sergio refused to divorce her.
“Will you be with Zion after the divorce?!
“Yes.” Maeve’s straightforward answer hit Sergio like a punch to the p
riage was a mistake.
She looked at him calmly. “I thought I made myself clear last time. You should understand by now that our marriage was
“Clara’s child is gone now. Can’t we-?”
Maeve abruptly shook off his hand with her eyes filled with disgust. “Do you think that there’s nothing in our way if the child’s gone? Sergio, wake up! Clara was never the obstacle between us!”
Hearing her words, Sergio grabbed her shoulders. His eyes were desperate and confused. “Then tell me, what is the obstacle between us? Why did you choose Zion over me?
“I know I’ve neglected you in the past, but that was because we had no emotional foundation. Things are different now—
“Let go of me!” Maeve wrenched free from his grip, and her gaze plorced into his. “Sergio, I chose you once. You’re the one who gave up on me.”
Sergio wanted to explain, but Maeve cut him off coldly. “Sergio, Mr. Brooks, I’m sure you know how people in Seathburn describe me.
“They say the eldest daughter of the Scott family is desperately chasing after you. They say I’m a disgrace, willing to demean myself to mimic a college student just to win your
favor.”
Sergio’s confidence wavered. He’d heard those rumors before. Even in his presence, people had mocked the idea of the Scott family’s heiress trailing behind him a puppy.
He never took those words to heart
astranger he had never met.
Back then, Sergio considered marriage merely an unconventional business arrangement, and Maeve was nothing more than a st
He intentionally distanced himself from Maeve in an attempt to break free from Hailey’s control over him since childhood.
Initially, he despised Maeve for pestering him and mimicking Clara’s style, assuming Hadley had put her up to it to manipulate him further.
But then, at that auction, he’d seen Maeve in that red evening gown, standing out on her own–confident, radiant, poised. For the first time, he saw Maeve for who she truly was.
Sergio pressed his lips together. “I’m sorry for hurting you in the past. I can make it up to you. Can we start over?
“Sergio, there’s no starting over for us.”
Maeve’s tone was indifferent “You must have a lot to deal with now, Mr. Brooks. I won’t hold up your time any longer. I’ll excuse myself”
Sergio clenched his fists tightly. “I will never agree to a divorce. I won’t let you be with Zion. You can only be my wife, Maeve
“A marriage certificatecan’t trap me, Sergio. Look at what you’ve become now. Where’s the man who once led the Brooks family?”
With that, Move walked away
Sergio stood there and lifted a self–deprecating smile. He knew very well th
you don’t love her?”
Sergio was caught off guard by the question and didn’t know how to respond.
Mare chockled lightly. “Never mind.”
cat he didn’t look like the head of the family now.