---- been furious when I left without a word, but I'm back now! Stop saying things you don't mean." Empty words? Things I don't mean? What made her think that? I thought I had made myself perfectly clear. She suddenly reached for the pendant around my neck, yanking it out from under my shirt. "This... this is the charm I gave you when we first got together. It's been over a decade. The cord is already worn out, yet you still wear it..." I snatched the charm back from her, finding her assumptions ridiculous. In our previous life, she had given me a charm, and I had even given her one in return. However, just a few days later, she decided it didn't match her style and took it off. On the other hand, I had worn mine for a long time. Alas, that was then. ---- This charm around my neck now wasn't the same one she gave me. It was a new one, something Catherine had specially sought out for me on one of her exotic trips. "you're mistaken. This was a gift from my wife. The one you gave me? I got rid of it a long time ago." "T don't believe you!" she said, eyes wide with denial. 'You're just trying to upset me. Alex, divorce her. I don't care if you've been married before. If you won't go abroad for me, then I'll stay here for you. I have money now, so I can support all your decisions. Let's have another child together. Bring Emma back to us." She still didn't get it. Talking to her was starting to give me a headache. I let out a long, weary sigh and replied, "I'm not divorcing Catherine." "You won't divorce her?" I didn't bother responding and strode away ---- without looking back. "Fine! But don't you dare regret this!" I heard her voice echo behind me, full of stubborn, unrelenting defiance.