Chapter 108

However, just as I sat down, my phone rang again. It was still Reynaldo.

I furrowed my brows, hesitating again whether or not to accept. What if Reynaldo comes looking for me, and it’s really about the money I owe him?

After a minute of hesitation, Reynaldo called again. I pursed my lips, but couldn’t help answering. As soon as I answered, I heard a deep and suppressed breathing sound from the other end, and my heartbeat instantly quickened. He didn’t speak for a long time.

I asked cautiously, “Is there something you need from me?”

Reynaldo still didn’t speak, he just breathed heavily, as if he was trying hard to suppress something. I felt a little anxious and wanted to hang up.

He finally spoke, word by word, very coldly: “Why did you move away?”

I was startled. What does it mean?

Chapter 108

I had already moved out for a week, and he just realized now? It seems that he didn’t go back to that villa much this week. These days, he should have been with Kimberly. With this thought, my heart calmed down. Since I have decided to let go completely, I will no longer indulge in random thoughts.

I said lightly, “That villa, to be honest, was never really my home. Now I want to live my life alone, so I moved out.”

“Heh, living your own life alone?” Reynaldo laughed coldly, his tone filled with disdain and mockery. “What qualifications do you have to live your own life? Without my permission, you dare to move out, Esmeralda? Do you really think I have no temper?”

How could I possibly think that he had no temper? In my understanding, he was considered to have the biggest temper. Many times nowadays, I was afraid of him.

I could clearly hear the coldness and hostility in his tone, and I pursed my lips, saying, “Reynaldo, you’re really strange. You clearly hate seeing me, and I moved out as you wished. Why are you still getting angry?”

Is it because I didn’t inform you in advance that I challenged your authority? Alright, I’m telling you now, I moved away and I will never go back again, I will never bother you again.

Sometimes, I really didn’t understand this man. That day, he personally told me to leave and personally said he didn’t want to see me. So I moved out, he should indeed be happy, right? I really didn’t know what he was angry about.

On the other end of the phone was his suppressed breath, that overwhelming anger. Even through the phone, I could feel it clearly.

I sighed sadly and said to him, “Reynaldo, don’t be angry anymore. I know I was very unfair to you in the past, so you always wanted to retaliate against me. But don’t you think that keeping someone you despise around you is also a form of punishment for yourself? I knew I didn’t deserve forgiveness, but I hoped you could forgive yourself and live happily with Ms. Palmer. I am a person full of flaws, there is no need for you to seek revenge on me, I have already received retribution, really. So, Reynaldo, spare me, and spare yourself too.”

“Huh, spare you?” Reynaldo suddenly laughed strangely, “If I spare you, then who will spare me?!”

He coldly sneered, “You keep saying that I let you go, but that’s just an excuse for you to be with Winston. Esmeralda, if you wanted to be with Winston, why not just say it directly instead of making it sound so grandiose?”

As he mentioned Winston again, a sense of powerlessness surged within me.

I helplessly said, “Why do you always bring him up? I moved away because I truly wanted to live my own life. I never thought about being with anyone, so please stop making random guesses, okay?”

“Hehe…”

He laughed again, his tone always so mocking. It’s as if, no matter what I did, he always looked down on me from the bottom of his heart.

Sure enough, he said, “You are a pampered young lady who is used to a good life. Can you tolerate a dirty, messy, and dilapidated living environment? Can you endure the hardships of poverty? What can you do? What can you do to get through life?”

Ha!

So in his mind, I had to rely on men in order to survive, right? I laughed angrily, feeling both sad and ironic in my heart. He really… never had any interest in me! During the three years of our marriage, he really suffered as he worked like a horse for me.