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Chapter 470 Maeve handed the phone to Sergio. âThe video evidence is all here. Itâs your call.â
Sergio took the phone with a frown. He replied seriously, âI came back for you I can only be at peace if youâre safe.â âThank you, Mr. Brooks. But if you truly want me to be safe, please divorce me as soon as possibleâ
Ultimately, Hailey had done so much simply because Sergio refused to divorce her.
âWill you be with Zion after the divorce?!
âYes.â Maeveâs straightforward answer hit Sergio like a punch to the p riage was a mistake.
She looked at him calmly. âI thought I made myself clear last time. You should understand by now that our marriage was âClaraâs child is gone now. Canât we-?â
Maeve abruptly shook off his hand with her eyes filled with disgust. âDo you think that thereâs nothing in our way if the childâs gone? Sergio, wake up! Clara was never the obstacle between us!â
Hearing her words, Sergio grabbed her shoulders. His eyes were desperate and confused. âThen tell me, what is the obstacle between us? Why did you choose Zion over me?
âI know Iâve neglected you in the past, but that was because we had no emotional foundation. Things are different nowâ
âLet go of me!â Maeve wrenched free from his grip, and her gaze plorced into his. âSergio, I chose you once. Youâre the one who gave up on me.â
Sergio wanted to explain, but Maeve cut him off coldly. âSergio, Mr. Brooks, Iâm sure you know how people in Seathburn describe me.
âThey say the eldest daughter of the Scott family is desperately chasing after you. They say Iâm a disgrace, willing to demean myself to mimic a college student just to win your favor.â
Sergioâs confidence wavered. Heâd heard those rumors before. Even in his presence, people had mocked the idea of the Scott familyâs heiress trailing behind him a puppy.
He never took those words to heart astranger he had never met.
Back then, Sergio considered marriage merely an unconventional business arrangement, and Maeve was nothing more than a st He intentionally distanced himself from Maeve in an attempt to break free from Haileyâs control over him since childhood.
Initially, he despised Maeve for pestering him and mimicking Claraâs style, assuming Hadley had put her up to it to manipulate him further.
But then, at that auction, heâd seen Maeve in that red evening gown, standing out on her ownâconfident, radiant, poised. For the first time, he saw Maeve for who she truly was.
Sergio pressed his lips together. âIâm sorry for hurting you in the past. I can make it up to you. Can we start over?
âSergio, thereâs no starting over for us.â
Maeveâs tone was indifferent âYou must have a lot to deal with now, Mr. Brooks. I wonât hold up your time any longer. Iâll excuse myselfâ
Sergio clenched his fists tightly. âI will never agree to a divorce. I wonât let you be with Zion. You can only be my wife, Maeve âA marriage certificatecanât trap me, Sergio. Look at what youâve become now. Whereâs the man who once led the Brooks family?â
With that, Move walked away Sergio stood there and lifted a selfâdeprecating smile. He knew very well th you donât love her?â
Sergio was caught off guard by the question and didnât know how to respond.
Mare chockled lightly. âNever mind.â
cat he didnât look like the head of the family now.