Chapter 56

She laughed out loud, the sound echoing strangely in the quiet hallway. David froze. He had never seen her laugh like this—sharp, bitter, almost cruel. It wasn't the laughter of joy or relief. It was a sound that made his stomach twist, because it carried all the pain and anger she had been holding back for years. "I really underestimated you, didn't I?" she said, her laughter dying down suddenly. Her face hardened in an instant, sharp as a blade cutting through the air. She looked straight at him, her eyes unblinking. "When you were married to me, you had a relationship with your ex-girlfriend and made her pregnant. Still, you wanted me to stand beside you as if nothing was wrong. You forced me. You chained me to you." Her voice trembled, but it wasn't weakness—it was fury disguised as control. "I know it was my choice when we first started our relationship," she continued, her words spilling out like poison she had kept locked inside. "But now… now I'm also the one who is leaving thi