"Seriously? This is going to be the death of me," Tristan Grayson exclaimed, looking utterly aggrieved.

Mika Summers crossed her arms and snorted. "Hmph. You have the right to refuse, and I have the right to refuse to remarry you." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Honey, don’t you think that’s a little too cruel?"

"Tristan Grayson, didn’t you say you’d listen to whatever I say? Are you planning to go back on your word now? We haven’t remarried yet, you know."

Seeing her start to get angry, Tristan Grayson immediately tried to soothe her. "No, no, no! I’ll listen, I’ll listen! Of course I’ll listen. Whatever my darling wife says is right, even if it’s wrong. And if it’s right, well, then it’s definitely right."

Hearing Tristan Grayson’s words, Mika Summers suppressed a smile and nodded. "Mm, that’s more like it. Tonight, Kiki and I will sleep together. You can go back to your own room and sleep by yourself. That’s all. Bye-bye, good night." With that, before Tristan could even process what she’d said, Mika had already trotted off toward the bedroom.

Watching her flee, Tristan Grayson couldn’t help but laugh helplessly. ’So I’m being left to sleep all by myself?’

...

「Excelsior Private Hospital.」

Archie Lockwood walked over to the window, just as he always did, and looked down.

But he didn’t see the woman there.

’She hasn’t come for three or four days now. Could something have happened to her?’

At that thought, Archie Lockwood’s lips curled into a self-mocking smile. ’Even if something did happen to her, what’s that got to do with me? Why should I care?’

He clenched his fists, turned around in frustration, and sat down on the sofa.

Just then, Howard Rhodes walked in.

He handed over a wedding invitation. "Boss, this came from Mr. Summers."

Hearing this, Archie Lockwood reached out and took it. But after seeing the names on the invitation, he angrily threw it onto the sofa.

"Mr. Summers said he hopes that you, as her older brother, can be present."

Archie Lockwood’s lips twisted into a cold, wicked smirk. "Heh. Tristan Grayson certainly has a way with things, managing to trick Mika back into his clutches." ’My sister really can’t resist his ploys. It’s only been a short time, and she’s fallen for it again.’

"So, Boss, will you be going?"

"Of course, I’m going. How could I not? She’s the only sister I have."

"Understood. I’ll let Mr. Summers know right away."

"Mm."

As Howard Rhodes left, Archie Lockwood reached for the invitation on the sofa, his brow deeply furrowed.

***

「The Bishop Family residence.」

Yara Ross looked at the utter mess of smashed and broken things in the house and began to cry even harder.

’I can’t go on living like this. If this keeps up, I don’t know if I’ll end up having a nervous breakdown myself one day.’

Eleanor Bishop watched her mother and Rory crying. Her brow furrowed and her hands clenched into tight fists. "Mom, don’t worry. This is really the last time. I’m going to find Jason Lockwood right now."

Yara Ross wiped her tears and yelled, her voice thick with disappointment, "Eleanor, if you had just gone to Jason for help sooner, our family wouldn’t be in this mess!" ’Sometimes,’ she thought, ’I really wish I could just get sick and collapse like my husband. That would make things so much simpler.’

"No one is going to hurt us. No one," Eleanor Bishop declared, her eyes red as she stormed out of the house.

Once outside, Eleanor Bishop stood by the main road, trying to flag down a car, but no one stopped. There were no taxis in sight either...

Watching the vehicles speed down the road, she was suddenly struck by the thought of rushing out into traffic. ’Maybe then,’ she thought, ’I’d finally be free...’