Even then, so what?
The comparison was too stark. I felt as though everything I’d ever done up until that point had been in
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vain.
I blamed her for everything. I also didn’t know when, but I’d started visiting clubs and brothels around that time as well. Since I had a very handsome face, I was quite popular with the female workers anywhere I went. They just couldn’t wait to throw themselves at me.
Selene never said anything. She wouldn’t have dared anyway.
I knew very well that she could only continue living her lavish life if she stayed with me. Without me, she, Luna the jewelry designer, would have been nothing.
That night, I’d been out meeting a client when I received a call from Selene, telling me that she was pregnant.
My first thought was that she was going to use that excuse to force me to come home earlier. However, her next line made my ruffled feathers calm down a little bit.
“Archie, I’ll abort the baby if you don’t want it.
I felt sorry for her for just a fraction of a second before the feeling vanished. I just answered simply,” Then, rest well. I’m busy.”
I hung up after that.
A long time after that, my guilt suddenly reappeared when I suddenly recalled that I still owed Selene a grand wedding.
I couldn’t help thinking how touched and happy Selene would be if she learned that I still remembered about the wedding.
However, I had been very wrong about it.
My new secretary ticked off every box. She was exactly my style and taste. She was very emotionally stable and knew how to appease me and my appetite as well.
I didn’t go home for an entire week. When Selene called me saying she wanted a divorce, I was actually enjoying myself with Jacklyn Willow in the bedroom.
I could see Selene’s shadow in Jacklyn’s eyes–naive, innocent, and simple–minded.
I didn’t even pay much attention to what Selene was saying. I was too entranced and distracted by Jacklyn.
It wasn’t until long after that night that I realized Selene had aborted her baby that day.
I felt my entire being shake as soon as I learned about it. I couldn’t believe that I’d done such a horrible thing to her.
I had killed my baby. I had also killed my future and happiness with Selene.
I started looking for her everywhere around the globe but she’d changed her number and blocked me everywhere else, leaving not a single shadow of her existence in my life. She left absolutely nothing behind.
The fear seeped into my bones. I only realized then that I was the one who couldn’t live without her-
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When the media kept reporting about how our marriage was falling apart, I did everything in my power to suppress the articles. I didn’t want to read any of them.
If I read them, I would instantly be reminded of myself during our wedding, where I’d picked Jacklyn off the floor and left Selene behind on the ground.
How could I have been such a monster?
I started regretting everything I did.
So, I started projecting all of my hard work and effort into expanding my business. I had to make it as big as possible. That would be the only way that I could ever catch just a glimpse of her shadow when she wasn’t looking.
Ultimately, I did it.
However, she didn’t want me anymore.
That young man next to her had his eyes completely overflowing with his love and adoration for her. I could tell that he was the kind who would betray the world just to be with her.
It finally hit me. Selene, the radiant moon I once cherished, could choose to shine her light on anyone she wanted. And I no longer deserved it.
I’d lost my privileges a long time ago.
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