Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 443 - Chapter 443 Chapter 441 Lets Get Divorced

Chapter 443: Chapter 441: Let’s Get Divorced! Chapter 443: Chapter 441: Let’s Get Divorced! Yanxi frowned tightly, not answering Xia Yiwan.

Women can be so foolish at times, walking right toward a cliff’s edge and refusing to stop, until they shatter into pieces.

She stared straight into the man’s peach blossom eyes, “Can’t you say it? Is it because you’ve never loved me?”

Yanxi pressed his crimson lips together tightly, “Xia Yiwan, must you cling to this question of love or no love? Do you find it meaningful?”

“Yanxi, if you’re a man, answer me truthfully!”

Under Xia Yiwan’s aggressive questioning, Yanxi said hoarsely, “Yes, I haven’t fallen in love with you yet.”

Xia Yiwan’s slender body took two steps back.

Her body shuddered uncontrollably.

Yanxi stepped forward, his large hand gripping her shoulder, “But I like you, doesn’t affection always grow from liking to loving? Xia Yiwan, give me a little more time, I will fall in love with you.”

Xia Yiwan did not shake off the man’s large hand on her shoulder, looking at him through tear-blurred eyes, “If I give you a chance, can you draw a clear line with your Sister Shi Ying from now on, and never be involved with her again?”

Once Xia Yiwan spoke, the hand on her shoulder tightened its grip.

“Stop being so unreasonable. Sister Shi Ying is not the third person between us. Why can’t you try to see her as a friend? Must you be jealous like Ming Yao, forcing me to break off all contact with her?”

Xia Yiwan forcefully shrugged off the man’s hand, her pretty face twisted slightly with pain, “Yanxi, your Sister Shi Ying has been bought over by Gong Yu; her eyes are hypnotic. If she was good, I wouldn’t have cared at all, but she…”

“Enough!” Yanxi’s handsome face darkened as he interrupted Xia Yiwan, “You can dislike her, but there’s no need to slander her like this!”

Slander?

Were her words, every one of them true, slander?

Look, this is what comes of not being loved.

As soon as she mentioned his White Moonlight, his reaction was bigger than anyone’s!

Xia Yiwan closed her eyes, now misty with water vapor, her heart had sunk to the bottom.

After the heart-wrenching pain, numbness had taken over. She watched the handsome, peerless man in front of her as if she had never known him, “If that’s the case, Yanxi, let’s get divorced!”

Upon hearing the word divorce, Yanxi’s tall figure stiffened sharply.

He hadn’t realized his mistake, he just thought Xia Yiwan was being unreasonable.

He hadn’t done anything to wrong her, had he? The previous times he deceived her, wasn’t it just because he feared she would overthink?

She hadn’t cheated, nor had she found a mistress, yet she kept bringing up divorce time and again, was there any point to it?

“Xia Yiwan, don’t use the threat of divorce on me.”

Threat?

Xia Yiwan’s lips curled into a mocking, cold smile, “What am I threatening you with? You don’t love me, nor will you cut ties with your Sister Shi Ying. What else can I possibly threaten?”

Yanxi didn’t like the mocking smile on Xia Yiwan’s face, his handsome face completely sank, “If you want a divorce, fine, but only after you give birth to the child!”

Xia Yiwan’s eyes widened in shock.

What did he mean?

After she gives birth to the child, hand it over to him to raise, and then, let his Sister Shi Ying become the child’s stepmother?

His plans were indeed clever!

“Impossible!” The child was hers, carried for ten months with great difficulty, why should she hand it over to him to raise?

Xia Yiwan’s emotions suddenly surged with agitation, “If you want a child, let your Sister Shi Ying bear one for you!”

Hearing Xia Yiwan say this, Yanxi grew even angrier.

In his heart, Shi Ying was unsullied; he never dared harbor any inappropriate thoughts.

By saying these things, Xia Yiwan was not only insulting him but also defiling the pure affection he felt for Shi Ying!

“Xia Yiwan, you are truly irrational and problematic!”

Yanxi didn’t like to argue; he turned around and slammed the door as he left.

He had just stepped out when he was met with a hard punch to the face.

Father Xia swung a slap at Yanxi.

Yanxi was sent reeling back several steps by Father Xia’s blow.

Father Xia had always held Yanxi in high esteem, after all, his status was there for all to see, and his daughter Wanwan marrying into the Yan Family was her reaching above her station.

He and Mother Xia did their best not to hold Xia Yiwan back, only wishing for their daughter’s happiness.

Earlier, when Yanxi came over, he had Mother Xia prepare a late-night snack. After it was ready, he went upstairs to call his daughter and son-in-law to eat.

But just as he reached the doorway, he heard the couple engaged in a heated argument.

Father Xia caught the gist of it.

What Wanwan meant was that Yanxi had another woman outside, and he was unwilling to draw a clear line with this other woman!

How could Father Xia stand for this?

How could his treasured daughter be treated this way?

The moment Yanxi emerged, he fiercely aimed a punch at his handsome face.

A corner of Yanxi’s mouth was split by the punch, and he lifted a hand to wipe away the fresh blood from his mouth corner.

He didn’t say anything, his expression darkening as he went downstairs.

“Yanxi, if you can’t give my Wanwan happiness, then please let go of her hand!”

Yanxi did not respond and soon left the Xia household.

…

Yanxi returned to the capital city overnight.

He didn’t go to the Yan Family’s home but instead headed to a bar he frequented.

Entering a private room, he ordered drinks, slumping down on the sofa to drink.

After drinking until past seven in the morning, Yanxi called for a driver to take him to a seaside villa.

Shi Ying had just gotten up when she saw Yanxi sitting on the sofa.

Noticing one side of his face was swollen, she asked in surprise, “Yanxi, what happened to your face?”

Yanxi rubbed his brow, his peach blossom eyes slightly heavy as he said, “It’s nothing.”

Shi Ying quickly got an ice pack from the kitchen. She reached out, wanting to place it on Yanxi’s face, but he moved his hand away, avoiding her.

Yanxi waved her off, “It’s a minor injury, no big deal.”

“Who hit you?”

“Really, it’s nothing.” Yanxi took a deep breath and said, “Sister Shi Ying, I actually came here to talk to you about something.”

Shi Ying sat down next to Yanxi, nodding, “Go ahead.”

“I bought you an apartment. Move there, I won’t be coming to see you for a while. If you need anything, you can contact my assistant.”

Upon hearing Yanxi’s words, Shi Ying’s pupils shrank slightly.

“What’s the matter? Did your wife give you an ultimatum?”

Yanxi pressed his lips tightly together and said, “She’s pregnant now, so it’s easy for her to have wild thoughts, and I haven’t been doing well lately, causing her undue worry.”

While drinking at the bar, he had thought a lot. He could understand why Xia Yiwan was angry; after all, he had deceived her. If he had been honest from the start, perhaps these problems wouldn’t have arisen.

Towards Sister Ying, he had indeed cared too much, which would be too much for any woman to bear without a trace of resentment.

He was clear about where his sense of responsibility lied; Xia Yiwan was his wife, and they were expecting a child. He had to be responsible for her!

Shi Ying lowered her gaze, remaining silent for a long time.

After what seemed like an eternity, she lifted her head, her eyes slightly red as she nodded, “Although I don’t know what your wife has said to you, if my presence is affecting your relationship, I can stop contacting you.”