Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
This time, Jamie lost control of her emotions. She shouted, “No! I don’t want it. I want nothing but you. I want to marry you!”
Jamie clutched Jarrod’s sleeve tightly. Her tears fell on his suit.
She looked at him pitifully and pleaded, “Jarrod, you can’t abandon me. You promised you would never abandon me. Jarrod, marry me. Please…
I promise I won’t be so willful in the future. I’ll be a dutiful wife. I will do everything you say.”
Jamie was so heartbroken that she cried hysterically.
She didn’t want any compensation. If she married Jarrod, she would have everything.
A mere compensation was nothing. She wanted everything! Everything!
At the thought of this, Jamie cried even harder. It was as if her heart was broken into pieces. When Jarrod saw this, his expression softened.
Jamie didn’t care if her makeup was ruined. Her appearance didn’t matter now. There was only one thing in her mind. Jarrod had to stay and marry her no matter what.
At this moment, the door was pushed open again, and Alec came in.
When Alec saw the scene inside the lounge, he turned around and was about to leave. However, Jarrod stopped him. “Give me the phone,”
Jarrod ordered.
Jarrod drank a lot. He was so drunk that he didn’t even notice he had dropped his phone and broken it.
There had been many calls in the morning, but the screen couldn’t display them. Therefore, he decided to just turn it off.
Alec handed the new phone to Jarrod with both hands.
Jarrod checked the call history and saw many missed calls from different numbers. Some were saved on his phone, and some were not.
Suddenly, a voice message prompt popped up.
His eyes widened when he found it was from Nicole.
He turned to Jamie and said, “I have to make a phone call.”
Jarrod shook off Jamie’s hand and walked to the side. He pressed the voice message and listened to it. The message was filled with crackling noises.
Instantly, a bad hunch surged in his heart, making him feel uneasy.
Then, Nicole’s sad and desperate voice sounded, “Jarrod, please save my dad…”
Jarrod’s mind went blank.
He felt like his nightmares turned into reality.
His heart ached so much. It was as if an invisible hand was tearing it apart mercilessly.
Jarrod called Nicole back immediately. However, no one answered. His anxiety escalated.
Striding out, Jarrod commanded, “Alec, prepare the car!”
Jamie, in a panic, rushed after him. “Jarrod, what about our wedding…”
As Jarrod departed, Jamie found herself engulfed in the car’s exhaust.
Jamie stood helplessly, watching him leave her alone at their wedding.
Her eyes brimmed with bitterness and anger. Jarrod must have left because of Nicole. That bitch made Jarrod run away on the day of their wedding! He must be out of his mind!
Jamie couldn’t accept it. The idea that Nicole had succeeded again in taking Jarrod from her was unbearable. Damn Nicole!
Fuming, Jamie vowed to settle scores with Nicole.
Jamie summoned the hotel concierge, lifted her gown, and said determinedly, “Follow that car.”
In the car, Jarrod sat rigidly, absorbed in a live stream on his phone. His lips were a tight line, his demeanor chilling.
Crack! Suddenly, rain started pelting down heavily.
The heavy downpour cast a gloomy shadow over the city.
Despite the poor signal and noisy background, Jarrod could hear panicked voices.
“Oh, my God! Someone’s about to jump off that building!”
“Why would he want to kill himself by jumping off the lawrence Group building? Could he be an employee in a dispute with the lawrence Group?”
“I’ve heard it’s the CEO of the lawrence Group. The reason for his decision to leap is unclear. The police were here for him earlier, likely to arrest him. Perhaps the pressure became too much for him to bear…”
The crowd buzzed with speculation.
Upon hearing these, Jarrod’s eyes reddened with rising anger.
“Alec, investigate the issue with Nicole’s father,” Jarrod instructed.
“Understood”, Alec responded.
Jarrod massaged his aching temples.
Jarrod had encountered Wesson on several occasions and found the latter shrewd and complex.
The thought of such a man contemplating suicide puzzled Jarrod.
Was Wesson actually going to do it? Or was it just an act?
Internally, Jarrod mused that Wesson’s potential suicide might bring closure to his parents’ miserable demise.
Yet, he couldn’t help but worry about Nicole’s well-being in such a scenario.
For the first time, Jarrod considered sparing Wesson for Nicole’s sake.
Nevertheless, he doubted Wesson’s intention to end his life, suspecting it as a ploy linked to the lawrence Group’s financial woes.
The live stream continued.
Suddenly, the camera jolted and zoomed in on a woman’s despairing cries. It was Nicole.
She was on her knees, her sobs heart-wrenching.
“Dad… Dad… Please come down… Don’t do this…”
Jarrod’s heart raced. He recalled the haunting nightmare. In his nightmare, Nicole was staring at him with bloody eyes…
Overwhelmed by an unfamiliar fear, the composed Jarrod grew visibly pale.
With a strained voice, he choked out, “Speed up!”
At the lawrence Group, a fragile figure stood by the window in the pouring rain.
Nicole, disheveled and distraught, knelt, her pleas barely audible amidst her hoarse cries.
“Dad. Please, come down… Don’t leave mom and me… Please don’t go.
Her voice faded into a whisper, her anguish palpable to all present.
Her actions touched everyone’s hearts.
All the while, the fire department rapidly deployed a large air cushion.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Wesson, filled with anxiety.
A firefighter, noticing Nicole’s chapped lips and hoarse voice from prolonged crying, offered her a bottle of water, reassuring her, “Miss lawrence, don’t worry too much. We’re trying to reach your father. He’ll be alright…”
Just as Nicole took the bottle and was about to express her gratitude, a scream pierced the air.
“Ahhh! He jumped!”
Looking up, Nicole witnessed a dark figure plummeting.
Thump! The sound, heavy and jarring, echoed like thunder.
Her ears went buzzing.
For a brief moment, Nicole’s heart and breath seemed to halt.
Bang! The bottle slipped from her grasp, rolling away.
Suddenly, Nicole’s vision blurred as if the rain was overwhelming her senses.