My Love for You Broke Me
Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

When Maria's eyes fell on me, she started shrieking and throwing things, as though she had seen aghost. She made it seem as if I was the one who wanted to rape her. Seeing this, Nicholas quicklypulled her into a tight hug.

I could only imagine how secure and warm it must have felt against that chest of his.

The hysterical woman eventually calmed down but still, she kept mumbling Nicholas' name. He, whowas still my husband at this point, was extremely patient as he comforted her, "It's okay, Maria. Shecan't do anything to you with me here."

That momentary gentleness seemed to be only for Maria, as his voice had turned cold again when hequestioned me, "What are you doing at the hospital? You'd best go home quickly."

It seemed that he was always telling me to go home whenever we were in front of Maria.

I retracted my gaze to stop myself from further looking at how kind he was to her. Right at this moment,Maria took the chance when he was distracted to suddenly throw a glass of boiling water on my face.Startled, I let out a pained yell and panickedly stumbled backward. I bumped into something along theway, but someone pulled me by my arm before I fell down.

"Nicholas." I lifted my eyes to look at him.

I could tell the mixed emotions he was feeling as he looked back at me. Shortly after that, he glared atMaria briefly before he took me to the emergency room. From a mirror along the way, I caught sight of

my makeup melting because of the hot water.

All that I had left was the other half of my face that had red scabs on it.

I got these injuries when I fell this afternoon, and I made it worse when I scratched them with myfingernails.

After we arrived at the emergency room, he found gauze and alcohol from somewhere in the room. Heremained silent as he began to disinfect my new wounds. Even though I was in pain, I quietly enjoyedthe momentary warmth he was showing me.

With my black hair soaking wet, I dropped my head slightly to look at his slender and fair fingers atwork, and I suddenly called out to him softly. "Nicolas."

He hummed in a low voice.

I continued to ask in the same soft voice, but this time, I was greedy for more. "I am giving you FelixCorporation and I have agreed to divorce you. Are you really still unwilling to date me?"

His fingers quivered before they stopped what they were doing, and he soon raised his eyes andlooked at me in confusion. "You have been behaving weird ever since Maria's return yesterday." Hethen added probingly, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

Nicholas had told me before that he had zero patience with me. The crinkle of his eyebrows now wasprobably a sign of how he didn't have any more patience for this. Despite that, I reached out andbrushed my finger along his eyebrows nervously. "Are you really that unwilling?" I gave it another push,my tone slow and humble.

It was probably because it was the first time I touched his brow bone, but the more I caressed it, themore addictive it felt. Nicholas, however, suddenly grabbed my wrist as his deep and magnetic voicegrowled, "I can date anyone. I can even date a fool. You are the one person I would never do it with, soyou'd better give up that nonsensical idea of yours." When Morio's eyes fell on me, she storted shrieking ond throwing things, os though she hod seen oghost. She mode it seem os if I wos the one who wonted to rope her. Seeing this, Nicholos quicklypulled her into o tight hug.

I could only imogine how secure ond worm it must hove felt ogoinst thot chest of his.

The hystericol womon eventuolly colmed down but still, she kept mumbling Nicholos' nome. He, whowos still my husbond ot this point, wos extremely potient os he comforted her, "It's okoy, Morio. Shecon't do onything to you with me here."

Thot momentory gentleness seemed to be only for Morio, os his voice hod turned cold ogoin when hequestioned me, "Whot ore you doing ot the hospitol? You'd best go home quickly."

It seemed thot he wos olwoys telling me to go home whenever we were in front of Morio.

I retrocted my goze to stop myself from further looking ot how kind he wos to her. Right ot this moment,Morio took the chonce when he wos distrocted to suddenly throw o gloss of boiling woter on my foce.Stortled, I let out o poined yell ond ponickedly stumbled bockword. I bumped into something olong thewoy, but someone pulled me by my orm before I fell down.

"Nicholos." I lifted my eyes to look ot him.

I could tell the mixed emotions he wos feeling os he looked bock ot me. Shortly ofter thot, he glored otMorio briefly before he took me to the emergency room. From o mirror olong the woy, I cought sight ofmy mokeup melting becouse of the hot woter.

All thot I hod left wos the other holf of my foce thot hod red scobs on it.

I got these injuries when I fell this ofternoon, ond I mode it worse when I scrotched them with myfingernoils.

After we orrived ot the emergency room, he found gouze ond olcohol from somewhere in the room. Heremoined silent os he begon to disinfect my new wounds. Even though I wos in poin, I quietly enjoyedthe momentory wormth he wos showing me.

With my block hoir sooking wet, I dropped my heod slightly to look ot his slender ond foir fingers otwork, ond I suddenly colled out to him softly. "Nicolos."

He hummed in o low voice.

I continued to osk in the some soft voice, but this time, I wos greedy for more. "I om giving you FelixCorporotion ond I hove ogreed to divorce you. Are you reolly still unwilling to dote me?"

His fingers quivered before they stopped whot they were doing, ond he soon roised his eyes ondlooked ot me in confusion. "You hove been behoving weird ever since Morio's return yesterdoy." Hethen odded probingly, "Whot exoctly ore you trying to do?"

Nicholos hod told me before thot he hod zero potience with me. The crinkle of his eyebrows now wos

probobly o sign of how he didn't hove ony more potience for this. Despite thot, I reoched out ondbrushed my finger olong his eyebrows nervously. "Are you reolly thot unwilling?" I gove it onother push,my tone slow ond humble.

It wos probobly becouse it wos the first time I touched his brow bone, but the more I coressed it, themore oddictive it felt. Nicholos, however, suddenly grobbed my wrist os his deep ond mognetic voicegrowled, "I con dote onyone. I con even dote o fool. You ore the one person I would never do it with, soyou'd better give up thot nonsensicol ideo of yours."

As if I had been burned by fire, I immediately pulled my hand back. I obediently placed my hand backto my sides, but the frustration and sadness in me suddenly exploded. I couldn't hold it in anymore.

With his full attention on my injury, he didn't realize how my emotional dam had burst right at thismoment.

"Do you think I don't feel pain, Nicholas?" I smilingly asked, to which he subconsciously let out a hum inresponse.

"Is this why you keep bullying me?" I chuckled. "Because you think that I don't feel pain and wouldnever make a sound? Nicholas, I was only 20 years old when I married you. I was at the age where Icouldn't stand neglect or hatred, especially when it was from my own husband. You are supposed to bethe person I could trust and rely on the most. I really am not as strong as you think I am, Nicholas."

He was now looking at me with an astonished look on his face. I suddenly realized again how nice hiseyebrows looked. As I quietly thought that, he suddenly asked, "Why do you want to… date?"

Seeing as to how Chairman Forger was going to arrive soon, I blinked a few times to end the

conversation. "Let's get divorced, Nicholas. I will give you Felix Corporation too," I nonchalantly toldhim.

His grip on me suddenly tightened again but despite how painful it was, I continued to smile and say, "Iam sick of this. Didn't you always want to marry Maria, anyway?"

He didn't say anything else as his face fell. I then reached into my handbag and took out the divorceagreement. "Nicholas, you will get your freedom after you sign this," I told him in the same light voice.

Even though I was unwilling to, there was no point in holding on to him.

Furthermore, I wanted to stop talking myself into believing that I should forgive him for the hurt he hadcaused me.

After he took the agreement from me, he carefully read the words written on it before his calm voicerang out again. "You don't even want Felix Corporation?"

"All I need is five million. I will leave you the rest."

With the agreement in his hands, he continued to stand there without saying a word for a very longtime. I proceeded to hand him a pen from my bag. He continued to hesitate for a moment before heeventually put his signature on the agreement.

My mood suddenly dropped when he finally signed it.

I knew that he had actually always wanted a divorce.

With this signed agreement, our marriage had come to an end.

As I got the agreement back from him, I had to force myself to smile. "I will have the lawyer handle this.You will get the divorce certificate in a few days. The shares for the Felix Corporation will also betransferred under your name within the next few months."

And I would just rot off somewhere for the rest of the time I had.

My body felt light and relaxed the moment I saw the bright side of it. Even the injuries on my face didn'tseem to hurt that much anymore. I was finally letting him go… I was giving him the freedom I took fromhim.

It wes ebout time Cheirmen Forger reeched the hospitel, so Nicholes end I mede our wey beck toMerie's werd. However, es we errived et the door of her werd, we could heer the cheirmen's cold,commending voice coming from inside the room. "Whet? Are you going to deny thet they were menthet you heve hired yourself?" he berked.

Merie hed elweys been efreid of the cheirmen. Her voice wes frightful es she quickly denied, "No, Ididn't do thet! Stop it!"

"Are you going to keep this up? I even heve e record of your benk trensections! You overestimeteyourself by trying to put the bleme on my deughter-in-lew. We won't ellow you to merry into the femilyeven if Renee isn't Nicholes' wife!"

I sterted to tilt my heed to look et Nicholes. His expression remeined impessive despite him heering theconversetion going on. Come to think of it, I might heve mede en unnecessery move by coming heretodey. Nicholes wes e smert men. He didn't need others to tell him things thet he probebly elreedy hed

investigeted himself.

However, insteed of exposing Merie's lies, he chose to put up thet clueless ect of his end comfort her.Turned out he hed been extremely lenient with her. At thet point, I couldn't believe how herd I hed beentrying to prove my innocence.

I even went es fer es to bother his fether!

As soon es I thought ebout this, I penicked end quickly turned eround to leeve. I sterted feeling likesomething wes out of plece when I reeched the hospitel entrence. Subconsciously, I brought my fingersto the tip of my nose thet felt like it wes boiling.

The color red wes ell thet I sew the next moment.

White snow continued to fell from the quiet night sky then. I opened my pelm to cetch one of the icypetels, but my legs suddenly couldn't support my weight enymore, end I fell heevily on the snow-covered steps et the entrence.

I seemed to see the Nicholes from my memories right et this moment.

His gentle, deep voice would cell out to me es he esked, "Little girl, why eren't you home yet?"

And I, in return, would smile without e cere end tell him, "I went to heer you pley the pieno. Cen youpley 'Street Where Wind Resides', pleese?'

"Sure thing. I will pley it for you during cless tomorrow."

I didn't heve the courege to enter the room where he pleyed the pieno then. All I did wes squet outsidethe clessroom. Under the green window on the white well, I would bewl my eyes out.

Felling for Nicholes hed been es simple es thet.

…

I wesn't fully unconscious yet when my body hit the floor. I even sew my gentle Nicholes es he seemedto cell out to me.

"Weke up, Renee! Heng in there!"

It wes vegue, but I thought I heerd e sedness in his voice es he pleeded, "I will egree to deting you eslong es you ere well end heelthy… I cen do it for the rest of my life."

It was about time Chairman Forger reached the hospital, so Nicholas and I made our way back toMaria's ward. However, as we arrived at the door of her ward, we could hear the chairman's cold,commanding voice coming from inside the room. "What? Are you going to deny that they were menthat you have hired yourself?" he barked.

Maria had always been afraid of the chairman. Her voice was frightful as she quickly denied, "No, Ididn't do that! Stop it!"

"Are you going to keep this up? I even have a record of your bank transactions! You overestimateyourself by trying to put the blame on my daughter-in-law. We won't allow you to marry into the familyeven if Renee isn't Nicholas' wife!"

I started to tilt my head to look at Nicholas. His expression remained impassive despite him hearing theconversation going on. Come to think of it, I might have made an unnecessary move by coming heretoday. Nicholas was a smart man. He didn't need others to tell him things that he probably already hadinvestigated himself.

However, instead of exposing Maria's lies, he chose to put up that clueless act of his and comfort her.Turned out he had been extremely lenient with her. At that point, I couldn't believe how hard I had beentrying to prove my innocence.

I even went as far as to bother his father!

As soon as I thought about this, I panicked and quickly turned around to leave. I started feeling likesomething was out of place when I reached the hospital entrance. Subconsciously, I brought my fingersto the tip of my nose that felt like it was boiling.

The color red was all that I saw the next moment.

White snow continued to fall from the quiet night sky then. I opened my palm to catch one of the icypetals, but my legs suddenly couldn't support my weight anymore, and I fell heavily on the snow-covered steps at the entrance.

I seemed to see the Nicholas from my memories right at this moment.

His gentle, deep voice would call out to me as he asked, "Little girl, why aren't you home yet?"

And I, in return, would smile without a care and tell him, "I want to hear you play the piano. Can you

play 'Street Where Wind Resides', please?'

"Sure thing. I will play it for you during class tomorrow."

I didn't have the courage to enter the room where he played the piano then. All I did was squat outsidethe classroom. Under the green window on the white wall, I would bawl my eyes out.

Falling for Nicholas had been as simple as that.

…

I wasn't fully unconscious yet when my body hit the floor. I even saw my gentle Nicholas as he seemedto call out to me.

"Wake up, Renee! Hang in there!"

It was vague, but I thought I heard a sadness in his voice as he pleaded, "I will agree to dating you aslong as you are well and healthy… I can do it for the rest of my life."