Alexis brings Chleora to his apartment so that the two of them could talk freely. As usual, Alexis treated Chleo with great care.
"Do you want to drink chocolate milk? I happen to stock up on your favorite brand of milk."
Chleo nodded in agreement. She enjoyed her drink deliciously then chatted casually with Alexis. At first, they exchanged pleasantries and small talk to get rid of the awkwardness of having not seen each other for two years.
Until finally, Alexis began to open serious talks.
"I met your husband. He told me that you divorce."
Chleora bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears. She didn't want a divorce, and yet her husband told her ex-lover about their divorce.
So her husband decided to leave her?
"Chleo, I know you've never loved that person. I know I'm still in your heart," declared Alexis while holding her hands gently and without coercion. "I love you, Chleo. Since the beginning I met you, even if you decide to betray me and marry someone else, I still love you."
Hearing this made Chleo feel even more guilty.
"Alexis... I..." Chleo took a deep breath and then pulled the hand that was held by her ex-lover. "Do you really love me? Not for revenge on my family? I know you are Alexsei Peskhov's son and my father and my uncle caused your father's death."
"I do love you. I admit I do have a grudge against your family. I hate your family and want to avenge them for killing my father. But that was long before I knew you were the daughter of the Regnz family. When I found out... I... I hesitated. I was outraged and disappointed. I never thought that the girl I had loved all this time would turn out to be the daughter of my father's killer.
I'm sorry I had doubts. I won't worry anymore. If you're willing to come back to me, I'm ready to forget everything. I won't remember what happened in the past. As long as you also forgive my father's actions, I will also ignore the cause of my father's death. I'm sorry and feel guilty. I think I don't deserve to be with you. But I want you to be with me and make me forget all the hurt I have harbored over the years. Would you grant it?"
Is Chleo willing to grant it? She felt very unwilling to part with her husband. There were many things she wanted to tell her husband, but Axel just walked away without giving her a chance.
Chleo thought she still had time and could get her heart in the right place before she finally had a heart-to-heart talk with her husband.
Who would have thought Axel would go as soon as they arrived at New York airport? The man had even prepared all the necessities for their divorce and sent a letter to her house the very same day.
As if she wasn't sad enough, and now Axelard has told Alexis himself that they have divorced?
Didn't that man say that he loved her? Why did that man even prepare their parting and just left her?
Why did that man give up on her when Chleo decided to open her heart to her husband? Why had that man closed the path for her to create a second chance so she could express her feelings?
Is this the end of her unhappy marriage life? Is there no second chance at all?
Their marriage was not based on love, and now, the end of their marriage journey also ended poorly. How ironic fate she had!
What is the god so cruel to her?
"Chleo?"
The gentle call from Alexis broke her reverie made her look into the young man's blue eyes.
Should she accept him?
Alexis said he's willing to forget everything about his revenge plans as long as Chleo returns to him.
What should she do? She no longer wants to be with Alexis. The only thing she wanted to do was find her husband and tell him that now her eyes had seen him.
Chleo was eager to tell her husband that she would not close her heart and admit that she had fallen in love with him.
But… if Chleo still insisted on choosing Axel and caused Alexis to carry out his revenge plan to hurt his family persistently, wouldn't it be rather selfish of her?
"Do you mean what you say? You won't hurt my father or attack my father's company if I... if I go back with you?"
Alexis nodded his head firmly and looked straight into Chleo's brown eyes with a high level of conviction. Chleo did not detect the lie in the young man's eyes and only saw the sincerity of Alexis, who wanted to start over with her from scratch.
"Okay. If you are willing to forget everything, I will also forget the events that have passed." Chleo would also forget about Axelard, her husband. After all, that man had divorced her and had chosen to leave her. There was nothing else she could do to repair their already broken marriage, let alone keep it. "I'm willing to start over with you."
"Seriously? Do you want to do it with me?" Alexis sounded so excited and happy in her ears. It made Chleo didn't regret her decision.
Chleo nodded several times to reassure him. "I... I want to live with you," stated Chleo softly, trying to hide the sadness in her heart.
Right. This is the best choice for everyone.