Chapter 6


    Chapter 6


    When Maria''s eyes fell on me, she started shrieking and throwing things, as though she had seen a


    ghost. She made it seem as if I was the one who wanted to rape her. Seeing this, Nichs quickly


    pulled 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 Nichs'' name. He, who


    was still my husband at this point, was extremely patient as heforted her, "It''s okay, Maria. She


    can''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 he


    questioned 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 ss of boiling water on my face.


    Startled, I let out a pained yell and panickedly stumbled backward. I bumped into something along the


    way, but someone pulled me by my arm before I fell down.


    "Nichs." 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 red at


    Maria 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 my


    fingernails.


    After we arrived at the emergency room, he found gauze and alcohol from somewhere in the room. He


    remained silent as he began to disinfect my new wounds. Even though I was in pain, I quietly enjoyed


    the momentary warmth he was showing me.


    With my ck hair soaking wet, I dropped my head slightly to look at his slender and fair fingers at


    work, and I suddenly called out to him softly. "Nics."


    He hummed in a low voice.


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    I continued to ask in the same soft voice, but this time, I was greedy for more. "I am giving you Felix


    Corporation 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 and


    looked at me in confusion. "You have been behaving weird ever since Maria''s return yesterday." He


    then added probingly, "What exactly are you trying to do?"


    Nichs had told me before that he had zero patience with me. The crinkle of his eyebrows now was


    probably a sign of how he didn''t have any more patience for this. Despite that, I reached out and


    brushed 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, the


    more addictive it felt. Nichs, however, suddenly grabbed my wrist as his deep and maic voice


    growled, "I can date anyone. I can even date a fool. You are the one person I would never do it with, so


    you''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 o


    ghost. She mode it seem os if I wos the one who wonted to rope her. Seeing this, Nicholos quickly


    pulled 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, who


    wos still my husbond ot this point, wos extremely potient os heforted her, "It''s okoy, Morio. She


    con''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 he


    questioned 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 the


    woy, 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 ot


    Morio briefly before he took me to the emergency room. From o mirror olong the woy, I cought sight of


    my 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 my


    fingernoils.


    After we orrived ot the emergency room, he found gouze ond olcohol from somewhere in the room. He


    remoined silent os he begon to disinfect my new wounds. Even though I wos in poin, I quietly enjoyed


    the 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 ot


    work, 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 Felix


    Corporotion 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 ond


    looked ot me in confusion. "You hove been behoving weird ever since Morio''s return yesterdoy." He


    then 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 ond


    brushed 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, the


    more oddictive it felt. Nicholos, however, suddenly grobbed my wrist os his deep ond moic voice


    growled, "I con dote onyone. I con even dote o fool. You ore the one person I would never do it with, so


    you''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 ced my hand back


    to 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 this


    moment.


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


    response.


    "Is this why you keep bullying me?" I chuckled. "Because you think that I don''t feel pain and would


    never make a sound? Nichs, I was only 20 years old when I married you. I was at the age where I


    couldn''t stand neglect or hatred, especially when it was from my own husband. You are supposed to be


    the person I could trust and rely on the most. I really am not as strong as you think I am, Nichs."


    He was now looking at me with an astonished look on his face. I suddenly realized again how nice his


    eyebrows 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, Nichs. I will give you Felix Corporation too," I nonchntly told


    him.


    His grip on me suddenly tightened again but despite how painful it was, I continued to smile and say, "I


    am 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 divorce


    agreement. "Nichs, 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 had


    caused me.


    After he took the agreement from me, he carefully read the words written on it before his calm voice


    rang 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 long


    time. I proceeded to hand him a pen from my bag. He continued to hesitate for a moment before he


    eventually 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 hade to an end.


    As I got the agreement back from him, I had to force myself to smile. "I will have thewyer handle this.


    You will get the divorce certificate in a few days. The shares for the Felix Corporation will also be


    transferred 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 rxed the moment I saw the bright side of it. Even the injuries on my face didn''t


    seem to hurt that much anymore. I was finally letting him go… I was giving him the freedom I took from


    him.


    It wes ebout time Cheirmen Forger reeched the hospitel, so Nicholes end I mede our wey beck to


    Merie''s werd. However, es we errived et the door of her werd, we could heer the cheirmen''s cold,


    commending voiceing from inside the room. "Whet? Are you going to deny thet they were men


    thet you heve hired yourself?" he berked.


    Merie hed elweys been efreid of the cheirmen. Her voice wes frightful es she quickly denied, "No, I


    didn''t do thet! Stop it!"


    "Are you going to keep this up? I even heve e record of your benk trensections! You overestimete


    yourself by trying to put the bleme on my deughter-in-lew. We won''t ellow you to merry into the femily


    even if Renee isn''t Nicholes'' wife!"


    I sterted to tilt my heed to look et Nicholes. His expression remeined impessive despite him heering the


    conversetion going on. Come to think of it, I might heve mede en unnecessery move bying here


    todey. 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 endfort her.


    Turned out he hed been extremely lenient with her. At thet point, I couldn''t believe how herd I hed been


    trying 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 like


    something wes out of plece when I reeched the hospitel entrence. Subconsciously, I brought my fingers


    to 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 icy


    petels, 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 you


    pley ''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 outside


    the 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 seemed


    to 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 es


    long 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 Nichs and I made our way back to


    Maria''s ward. However, as we arrived at the door of her ward, we could hear the chairman''s cold,


    commanding voiceing from inside the room. "What? Are you going to deny that they were men


    that you have hired yourself?" he barked.


    Maria had always been afraid of the chairman. Her voice was frightful as she quickly denied, "No, I


    didn''t do that! Stop it!"


    "Are you going to keep this up? I even have a record of your bank transactions! You overestimate


    yourself by trying to put the me on my daughter-inw. We won''t allow you to marry into the family


    even if Renee isn''t Nichs'' wife!"


    I started to tilt my head to look at Nichs. His expression remained impassive despite him hearing the


    conversation going on. Come to think of it, I might have made an unnecessary move bying here


    today. Nichs was a smart man. He didn''t need others to tell him things that he probably already had


    investigated himself.


    However, instead of exposing Maria''s lies, he chose to put up that clueless act of his andfort her.


    Turned out he had been extremely lenient with her. At that point, I couldn''t believe how hard I had been


    trying 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 like


    something was out of ce when I reached the hospital entrance. Subconsciously, I brought my fingers


    to 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 icy


    petals, 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 Nichs 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 y the piano. Can you


    y ''Street Where Wind Resides'', please?''


    "Sure thing. I will y it for you during ss tomorrow."


    I didn''t have the courage to enter the room where he yed the piano then. All I did was squat outside


    the ssroom. Under the green window on the white wall, I would bawl my eyes out.


    Falling for Nichs had been as simple as that.


    …


    I wasn''t fully unconscious yet when my body hit the floor. I even saw my gentle Nichs as he seemed


    to 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 as


    long as you are well and healthy… I can do it for the rest of my life."