Chapter 197

Jonathan's face was half in light, half in shadow. The flickering light across his features made him look unreadable and heavy with emotion. I wasn't sure how long had passed, or maybe time had simply frozen. Jonathan finally looked at me with the kind of unfamiliarity I'd been waiting for. As if he were seeing me in a new light, he let out a chuckle. "Elise, don't tell me you and Frederick have been scheming behind my back this whole time." He was smiling when he said it, yet a chill ran down my spine. I pressed my lips together. There was no point in denying it anymore, so I admitted it. "Yes. It was all me." I'd been holding it in for days, just waiting for this moment. I wanted Jonathan to understand that some things don't just get swept under the rug. Unless we divorced, we'd only end up destroying each other. "Good. Very Good." He seemed to have nothing more to say, just repeated the words, then glanced at me a few times before turning and walking away. I couldn't see hi