No Divorce? The Billionaire's Love Chase! novel Chapter 418

And she would still be clinging to her illusions, revolving her life around him with no sense of self, while he remained as he always had—passionate only in bed.

After a brief silence, Claudia said, "York, everything you did for Ann James and her son… no one held a knife to your throat. Every single thing you did for them was your own willing choice!"

She went on, her voice steady. "You lied to me for Ann. You defended her, even when it meant hurting me. You neglected me to take care of her. You chose to keep her by your side while suppressing and threatening me… Everything you did came from your own heart, your own desires, your own will. It had nothing to do with anyone else!"

Pain filled York's eyes. When he spoke again, his voice was heavy and muffled. "I admit, I was wrong."

"But Claudia," he insisted, "nothing ever happened between Ann and me. I never touched her, and I never thought about leaving you for her."

He took another step closer, looking directly into her eyes. "For the sake of the more than twenty years we've known each other, can't you give me one more chance?"

Claudia stood her ground, perfectly still.

She held his gaze and said, enunciating each word, "An emotional affair is still an affair. And it's precisely because of those twenty years we shared, a history no one else had, that I can never forgive you!"

A sharp pain seized York's chest. His eyes welled up. He took a shaky step back, tried to smile, but no words came.

Claudia glanced around the familiar living room. "If I hadn't pushed for a divorce," she asked him, "if I had compromised and quietly accepted the existence of Ann and her son, would you have ever come back to me?"

Before he could answer, she continued, "If you hadn't discovered Ann's crimes, would you have ever been willing to send her and her son away?"

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