Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Nothing?” Cornell sneered coldly.
“Then what is he doing here? It seems he is very worried about you. What do you want me to do?”
Cornell pulled Audrey into his arms tightly, and said firmly, “You are my wife. No other man can take you from me.”
Cornell held Audrey so tightly that her face turned pale at once.
She wanted to explain. But Cornell was very angry right now, and she knew he wouldn’t listen to any explanation.
As soon as Henley got up, Cornell kicked him. Then he stared at Henley’s hand that had touched Audrey and ordered coldly, “Break one of his hands.”
The two bodyguards immediately came forward from behind and held Henley. And without hesitation, they raised his right hand and twisted it, creating a crack sound. Henley could not help groaning in pain.
Audrey was too shocked to move. She felt like an invisible hand was clutching her heart tightly. It was so painful that she could hardly breathe.
“Where else did he touch you?” Cornell approached Audrey’s ear and asked. His voice was bone-chilling, and he was like a devil from helt.
“I’ll break every part of his body today.”
Audrey’s face turned extremely pale. Her teeth chattered while her tears kept falling uncontrollably.
“Cornell, believe me. He has nothing to do with this. Please let him go. I beg you…”
Cornell looked down at her and asked flatly, “What’s wrong? Do you feel sorry for him?”
As he spoke, his tone was indifferent. It was hard to tell if he was really angry, but it didn’t sound like he was saying anything good.
Audrey forced herself to calm down. Then, she said in a trembling voice, “Cornell, let him go. Let’s have a talk. It’s really not what you think it is.”
Suddenly, Henley, who was suppressed on the floor, fought back. Even if he only had one hand, he still knocked over the bodyguard beside him.
But one hand was no match for four. In the end, he was once again pressed hard on the floor.
Audrey was frightened by this scene. She pulled Cornell’s sleeve and kept begging, “Cornell, please stop them. This is only between us.
Please don’t get others involved. This child is not his.”
But her pleading was futile. It infuriated Cornell even more. He sneered, “Audrey, you know that I don’t want you to defend other men.”
There was a cold and cruel look in his eyes.
“Break his other hand.”
The two bodyguards promptly followed. They lifted Henley’s left hand and were about to break it.
“Ah!” Audrey suddenly shouted in pain. She shook her head desperately.
“Cornell, this is your baby. It’s yours!”
Cornell’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.
In the quiet of the night, Cornell’s gaze darkened with uncertainty.
He desperately wanted to believe Audrey’s words, but the doctor’s words, that damning report, and Henley now lying on the ground made her statement seem increasingly implausible.
As his hesitation grew, Audrey’s heart felt as if a heavy stone had settled within it.
It was clear that, even with the truth on her lips, Cornell remained skeptical, unwilling to trust her words.
Nevertheless, she had to make it unequivocally clear that she couldn’t allow Henley to get entangled in this mess.
Tears welled in her eyes as she explained, “I was only so angry that you didn’t believe me, so I lied to you. The child is yours.”
Audrey cast a sorrowful glance at Henley, who was bravely enduring the pain on the ground. In a choked voice, she added, “Can you please let Henley tend to his wounds first?”
Henley had come to her aid in moments of despair countless times, and now, he lay battered because of her.
The overwhelming guilt kept her tears flowing.
Cornell looked at the scene with a cold, unyielding gaze, his throbbing headache adding to his agony.
He grasped Audrey’s chin and forcefully turned her to face him. He asked coldly, “Audrey, are you lying to me again just to protect this man?”
Cornelll’s vice-like grip caused Audrey to cry out in pain. She managed to push him away and stammered, “I didn’t… I didn’t Lie to you…”
Seeing the pain etched across Audrey’s face, Henley couldn’t remain silent any longer. He exclaimed, “Stop! What kind of man are you?”
“Alright, alright, alright,” Cornell repeated with a sinister smile, raising his eyebrows. He then ordered his black-clad bodyguards, “Beat him! Beat him to death!”
The bodyguards, obedient to Cornell’s command, began to mercilessly rain blows and kicks upon Henley.
The sounds of fists connecting with flesh were a haunting symphony, sending shivers down the spine of anyone who heard.
However, Henley remained silent, knowing that any groans of pain would only deepen Audrey’s guilt.
“No! Stop it!” Audrey’s eyes were red, and her voice broke as she cried out. But how could the relentless bodyguards listen to her?
In desperation, she turned to Cornell, her tears now flowing freely, and begged, “Please, tell them to stop beating Henley. I’ll do anything you ask. Just spare him, okay?”
Why did life burden her with so much?
Why did he force her into such a sinful predicament?
Cornell’s indifference drove her to the brink, forcing her to rush forward and shield Henley, standing bravely against the bodyguards to halt their brutal assault.
The bodyguards didn’t dare lay a hand on Audrey. Instead, they looked at Cornell, waiting for his instructions.
Cornell’s anger boiled over when he saw her actions.
He bellowed, “Get over here!”
But Audrey shook her head defiantly, her resolve unyielding.
“Cornell, can’t you do something for the sake of your child? Please, just let him go!”
Cornell’s eyes welled up with frustration.
“Let him go? So you two can be together?”
At that moment, Audrey’s heart clenched with pain. Her tearful face was marred with disappointment and despair.
She shook her head, a sense of helplessness in her voice.
“Why won’t you believe me?”
Why was it so hard for him to trust her, just once?
Cornell retorted icily, “If you want me to believe you, then answer me this. Did the doctor make a mistake when he said you and Henley are a couple?”
“It was all just a misunderstanding. You saw it when you came to the hospital later. Henley took me there because of my injuries. He found out about my pregnancy from the doctor.”
Audrey knew she had to tread carefully, for the doctor’s sake. She had to tell the truth.
But where was Cornell when she needed him?
Should she have declined Henley’s help and braved the heavy rain on her own?
“Are you telling me that it was a misunderstanding that he knew you are pregnant and pretended to be your husband?”
Cornell’s eyes dripped with sarcasm.
Audrey knew that he didn’t believe her.
“Cornell, it really was just a misunderstanding. Henley had nothing to do with it. It’s just that you never trust me.”
She forced a bitter smile and added, “If those words came from Cecilia, would you believe them without a second thought?”
The mention of Cecilia made Cornell frown, and he asked, “Why bring her into this?”
The night was dark, the wind fierce.
Audrey stood amidst it all, trembling like a withered leaf on the brink of being blown away.
She murmured, “I’m just curious why you have so much faith in her but doubt everything I say. It’s been two years, and you still don’t know me? Am I really that dirty in your eyes?”
Hearing the profound disappointment in her voice, Cornell felt a pang of sadness.
He couldn’t understand why he treated her this way. If it were Cecilia, he would readily set her up with another man.
But when it came to Audrey, the mere thought of another man showing interest in her sent him into a fit of jealousy.