NovelBookhapter 377 Divorce Papers and Quiet Goodbyes
James's eyes were red, but not because he cared about the money or the assets.
He loved her. He could give her everything he had without blinking.
What gutted him was knowing that after today, their marriage certificate would beca divorce decree. Lily
would no longer be his wife. That thought cut deeper than any blade.
Lily’s own sorrow had lodged in her chest like a stone.
She took several deep breaths to steady her voice before she finally spoke. “James, I've signed. Let's... let's go
get the divorce certificate.”
“Alright.”
James said nothing else. He took the signed documents and walked out of her room without looking back.
Watching the cold, distant line of his back, Lily felt her tears slip free again.
Terrified he might turn around and see them, she quickly turned her face and wiped them away.
She kept reminding herself - she'd just finalized a divorce and walked away with wealth most people couldn't
earn in a hundred lifetimes. What was there to be upset about?
What was she hoping for?
He wanted the divorce. He wanted it quickly. She should be doing everything she could to make it easier for him.
Worried about keeping him waiting, she forced her emotions down, grabbed her documents, and hurried
out,
James drove. Lily instinctively sat in the backseat.
Neither of them spoke on the way.
The road felt long, but also too short.
Maybe a part of them wished it would never end. But eventually, James’s car cto a halt outside the Civil
Affairs Bureau.
No one had cto register a marriage today - but there were several couples lining up to end theirs.
Standing in line, Lily silently wished twould slow down.
But ten minutes passed like nothing.
After answering a few routine questions from the clerk, their marriage certificate was replaced with a divorce
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcertificate, stamped and final.
It was light.
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So light, it felt like the slightest breeze could carry it away,
But in James's hand, it felt heavy.
His fingers trembled. He almost dropped the thin booklet.
The look in his eyes gave him away
a pain so raw, it shattered whatever composure he had left.
He turned his face to the side, hiding it for a long tbefore he managed to speak, his voice flat and distant.
“Lily, are you going back to the hospital? I'll drive you.”
“No need.”
Now that they were divorced, she didn’t feel right accepting his help.
Besides, she didn’t plan on going to the hospital.
She wanted to return to the Luke family estate to pack a few things, and then leave.
The doctor had told her last night that Jackson was recovering well and would be discharged in a few days.
She still didn’t know that Jackson was the youngest heir of the Scott family. She thought he was just an ordinary
student, struggling to make ends meet.
After sixteen years apart, they had finally found each other again. Parting wasn’t easy.
But if she said goodbye to him face-to-face, they'd both end up in tears.
It wasn’t a final farewell. She didn’t want to turn it into something tic.
Instead, she planned to leave him smoney - enough to finish school comfortably.
Once she arrived in that quiet, remote town, she'd let him know she'd left Capital City.
She believed they'd meet again one day.
After a moment, she turned to James. “I want to stop by the Luke house first and pack a few things. I've decided
to go on a spontaneous trip. I'll take a cab.”
“Ill take you.”
James had expected that after their divorce, she'd run straight to the marriage bureau with Jackson and sign
again -this twith him.
He hadn't imagined she’d choose to travel first.
He figured maybe their marriage had been too stifling. She needed sspace before coming back to Jackson
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The jealousy burned in him like acid.
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at all.
He forced himself to stay calm.
Walking ahead, he opened the passenger side door for her, motioning for her to get
Lily didn’t want to trouble him.
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“Lily, take care of yourself.”
She swallowed the lump in her throat. “I will. James... you too.”
“Yeah.”
His face looked like all the color had been drained from it
cold, lifeless.
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Jackson would never hurt her.
She would never be with him like that.
But those weren't things she was going to say to James.
So she just nodded, quietly. “Okay.”
After that, neither of them spoke again.
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