Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
After studying Cornell thoroughly over the years, she felt confident in her understanding of him. But now, she felt like she didn’t know him anymore. It seemed he didn’t show her the real him.
Instead of answering Katie’s question, Cornell looked at her intently with a penetrating gaze and asked, “Katie, have you ever regretted what you’ve done?”
The expression on Katie’s face changed again. She stammered, “Cornell, what… What do you mean?”
Cornell’s face was extremely cold. His thin lips slightly parted when he said, “You know exactly what I mean.”
“I… I don’t understand what you’re trying to imply. Cornell, I swear I’ve never thought of harming you. You know my feelings for you. I love you so much…”
“That’s why you harm the one I love?” Cornell interrupted her sharply.
Indeed, Katie never intended to harm Cornell. The drug injected into him was meant for Audrey.
Katie just indiscriminately targeted everyone close to Cornell.
Whether it was Tessa or Cecilia, everything had turned out just as she had planned.
During those times that Katie did not do things herself, she subtly instigated others to do the dirty work and let them take the blame.
Her facade of being gentle and reasonable never showed any sign that she was the mastermind.
The list of people she had harmed was endless. Aside from Tessa and Cecilia, Cornell’s child he had never met were harmed. Also, Katie’s own assistant Abel and the innocent Luciana. Some of them even died without knowing it was Katie who had caused their deaths.
Katie had masterfully manipulated others behind the scenes. She only did the planning and the talking, and those bad people did worse to help her achieve her goals.
Cecilia’s being sexually abused by that despicable man was also Katie’s doing, a move aimed to intensify Cecilia’s hatred and anger toward Audrey. Knowing how much Cornell loved Audrey, she recklessly sought to eliminate Audrey.
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But Katie didn’t expect Cecilia to accidentally harm Cornell, which was a significant oversight in her calculated schemes.
Katie involuntarily shuddered. But she stubbornly insisted, “Cornell, I didn’t do anything. Don’t accuse me unjustly. I’ve always been a law-abiding citizen.”
Indeed, Katie was innocent in the eyes of others. After all, most of the dirty work was carried out by Abel.
After Abel’s death, Katie became even more cautious, making it almost impossible to find direct evidence of her crimes. Thus, she acted with righteous indignation now. She covered her face, feigning sorrow.
“Cornell, if you want to accuse me, you need evidence. Why are you doing this to me? Has Audrey bewitched you? She has already said she has nothing to do with you. She doesn’t love you. Why can’t you let her go?”
Cornell’s expression remained utterly serene, unaffected by Katie’s words.
He felt he had made the right decision. He couldn’t afford to let Katie continue to be a threat for Audrey. With the fatal toxin in his system and the lack of antidote at the time being, he didn’t know when he would meet his end.
After a long silence, Cornell said softly, “It’s fine if she doesn’t love me.”
This was the only sentence he said gently, showing Katie a different side of Cornell. It was a side of him she had never experienced.
Katie’s heart was overwhelmed by jealousy. Her face twisted. “Cornell, why can’t you even look at me? I am willing to do anything for you! But you only see that woman!” Katie shouted hysterically.
She didn’t just kill or harm people. She had done a lot in secret.
But why couldn’t she move Cornell’s heart?
Katie didn’t think she was wrong, thinking Cornell’s heart was as cold and hard as a stone.
Cornell responded coldly, “Katie, you don’t love me. The only person you love is yourself.”
Cornell looked at Katie with piercing cold eyes and rebuked sarcastically, “Loving me is just an excuse you made for yourself. You want me to submit to you, thinking your long-term investment entitles you to a return. After all your ruthless scheming, you still dare to use the noble word love to clothe your evil deeds! Katie, you disgust me to the core!”
Cornell’s words were simple but expressive. He clearly stated his strong revulsion to Katie. His eyes were filled with disgust. It was as if he never wanted to see her again for the rest of his life.
Katie felt like she was struck by lightning. Her entire being was rocked by his words. She cried out in a panic, “Cornell!”
Cornell’s eyes darkened. “Don’t call me by my first name. You are not worthy of it.”
Each word he said was like a knife dipped in chili sauce, cutting Katie’s every flesh. Disgusting? Unworthy? Those words from the man she had loved for years made her feel a dull pain in her chest.
Katie’s face drained of color. Her heart was overwhelmed by a turbulent wave of emotions. After a while, she finally regained her composure.
This time, she revealed her true self without any disguise. “So what? Everyone knows we are married, and the woman you love has left you. Don’t tell me you think you can live without me.”
Katie burst into laughter. But it was a bitter and hollow Laugh.
“Cornell, why are you being so stubborn? In the end, you are still a puppet in my hands. You can never escape from me.”
Katie seemed to have gone crazy. She flipped her hair back and said proudly, “Cornell, I always get what I want, and you are no exception.”
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“I seem to have overestimated you. You don’t know what repentance is,”
Cornell said through clenched teeth. His voice was extremely cold.
“Repentance? Why should I repent?” Katie retorted arrogantly. “I haven’t lost!”
To Katie, repentance was for the weak. It was a sign of cowardice.
She felt she could decide the fates of others since she was a notch above the others.
“Don’t worry. You are going to lose now,” Cornell said flatly. His handsome face was filled with murderous intent.
Katie scoffed. “What? You want to kill me? Cornell, do you think I’m stupid? I have plenty of bodyguards hidden around. If you dare to do anything, you will be the first to die.”
Cornell reminded her kindly, “Call them out, then.”
“Fine! You’re asking for it.” Katie looked around and ordered, “Everyone, come out.”
There was dead silence in the area.
Katie was confused. She yelled, “Everyone, come out now!”
Still, there was no response. No movements, either.
Katie was even more flustered. She murmured, “Where are they?”
She shouted, her voice tinged with panic, “Everyone, come the fuck out!”
The answer was still silent.
Katie finally sensed something amiss. She looked at Cornell in disbelief. “Where are my people? What did you do to them?”
“They are probably asleep,” Cornell replied nonchalantly.
Katie’s eyes widened in shock. “You knocked down my men?”
Suddenly, she realized something even more crucial, something she should have thought about long ago. “Cornell, what are you up to? What does this wedding mean? What conspiracy are you planning?”
Cornell said calmly, “Katie, I have given you a chance.”
“Chance? What are you talking about?” Katie, frantic, grabbed Cornell’s suit lapel, her face a mix of panic and fear. “Cornell, what do you want to do?”
“Why only ask now? It’s too late,” Cornell replied coldly. There was a trace of mockery in his eyes.
“You madman! Don’t you want to live anymore?” Katie roared. “Can’t you see that I am the only one who can save you? If I die, you won’t survive either!”
“I know. Cornell paused, his dark eyes piercing. “You can save me, even if it means turning me into a brain-damaged, bedridden man.”
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Katie got an electric shock at his words. She hadn’t expected him to be aware of everything. Indeed, the medication in her hands could damage his brain and make him bedridden for the rest of his life.
While he wouldn’t die, living might be worse than death.
Now, Alexis and Henley had been completely ousted. Cornell was the only grandson of the Clement family. Even if he was paralyzed, he held significant value.
With the wedding, Katie assumed even without the marriage certificate, she was still his wife in the public’s eyes and would be allowed to be involved in the Clement Group’s business. By then, she would gradually siphon benefits into her hands.
These thoughts flashed through Katie’s mind as she adapted to the changing circumstances.
Discarding the embarrassment of being exposed, she feigned ignorance.
“Cornell, everything I’ve done was for you. You must know that the life-saving medicine was obtained by Davey. He even lost several brave men just to get it.”
Katie wasn’t lying this time. The medicine was owned by a witch family in Aurora.
The witches were revered in Aurora. They were immune to threats from the Clifford family and the Maxwell family. This was the condition they had agreed to when they first arrived at this land.
The witches were not interested in money, preferring a self- sufficient lifestyle. Using only their goods, gold, game, and seafood within their community was enough for them to survive.
It wasn’t easy for Katie to convince Davey to get the medicine. The price she had to pay him was a bit steep.