Female Novel
Chapter 53
“Yes, but I’m…” Alyssa tugged him hard, signaling Sean to shut up. Sean quickly caught on and keptquiet.
“Well, Jonah didn’t spare any expense when he assigned his most trusted secretary to you, Alice,”Jasper sneered. “He must think highly of you. Congratulations, you’re about to marry into anotherwealthy family. You fooled me completely, and now it’s Jonah’s turn. I hope he never sees your truecolors.”
The words cut through Alyssa’s heart like sharp blades, and Jasper didn’t stop there. He seemed intenton further unsettling her.novelbin
Sean immediately noticed Alyssa’s unsteady breath and her trembling shoulders in his arms. Whatbaffled Sean were Jasper’s words. Was Jasper out of his mind? What nonsense was he spouting?
“Sean, allow me to introduce you,” Alyssa said. Her voice was steady despite the turmoil inside her.“This is Mr. Beckett from Beckett Group, my ex–husband of three years.”
“What?” Sean was utterly shocked, his face turning as white as a sheet. He couldn’t believe that Alyssahad disappeared for three years and had secretly married Jasper. Alyssa had kept it hidden from theworld and the Taylor family. What was she thinking?
“We are divorced now. I have severed all ties with the Beckett family,” Alyssa said firmly, trying to hideher pain with a smile. “From now on, we are strangers.”
“But we are not officially divorced! Grandpa’s birthday…” Sean tried to reason.
‘That’s enough! Stop using Grandpa as an excuse!” Alyssa’s frustration and anger were evident in hertrembling voice. Her eyes turned bloodshot. “You’re just using Grandpa as an excuse to keephumiliating me, aren’t you? You know I care about Grandpa!”
Jasper’s body shuddered as he felt the impact of Alyssa’s sharp words. He tried to compose himselfamid their intense exchange. He couldn’t recall a time when Alice had been so wrathful.
In his memory, she was always as calm as a summer’s day, rarely showing her emotions. She lookedangry, and her brows furrowed with deep–seated resentment. This was worse than their previousencounter at the hospital.
“We were merely lingering in a dying relationship. You ended our relationship with your own hands. Youhad an affair while we were married, and yet, did I ever blame you for anything? So why should I sufferas a widow and remain chaste for you? Do you expect me never to marry again? How can you be soselfish!”
“Selfish?” Jasper felt a pricking pain in his chest. He couldn’t fathom why his actions were becomingerratic. He couldn’t understand why he clung to his divorced wife.
“Besides, I’ve never been unfaithful to my word. I intended to keep our divorce a secret until Grandpa’sbirthday. Your mishandling of the situation led to Liana exposing everything,” Alyssa said, her lipstugging with bitterness.
The last glimmer of affection in her eyes faded away. “Now you’re turning it around and blaming me,but I can see why. You can only blame me. You can’t bring yourself to blame her, can you?”
Jasper stood frozen in the wind as if turned to stone. He watched Sean lead Alyssa away. His cheeksburned as if slapped repeatedly.
“I won’t look back on what’s left behind.” Jasper clenched his hand. Although he had been the one toinitiate the divorce, he now felt abandoned. His throat filled with bitterness. His heart shattered.