Henry moved his thin lips slightly as if he wanted to say something.
But the master allowed him no such chance. He sneered harshly, "Frederick told you just now. The reason why Yvonne wants a divorce is because you hurt her feelings. Everyone can see that. That's also why I agreed to the divorce."
"But we haven't gone through with that, have we? We didn't go through with the divorce procedures!" Henry said sternly. 1
The master sighed, "Yes, you're not divorced yet. But since I promised Yvonne that, I'll make you go through with it. Besides, Yvonne left you the divorce agreement. It should be in your room. You can go and look for it later."
"I won't sign it!” Henry said without any hesitation.
The master frowned. "So what if you don't sign it? I'll b e in charge of this marriage, and you must get it done no matter what. Since you only love that woman from the Conrads, why don't you let Yvonne go? Otherwise, Yvonne will be much more grieved if this marriage continues."
"Let her go?" Henry's eyes fluttered slightly.
The master looked at him. "Yes. I asked you to marry Yvonne three years ago. Didn't you wish for freedom a t that time? Now after the divorce, both of you can finally be free. What are you dissatisfied with now?" 1
Henry lowered his eyes but made no reply.
The master said again, "I heard that you are trying to locate where she is. Is that so?"
"You know about that, Grandpa?" Henry looked up.
It had not been half an hour since he asked Joe to find where Yvonne was. How could the master know about it so soon?
Thinking about that, Henry glanced at Sue.
Sue averted her gaze guiltily and remained silent.
When Henry saw that, he soon understood the whole picture. Sue must have eavesdropped on their conversation and told the master about it.
The master coughed lightly. "That's enough. You don't have to bother about how I learned about it. Go and ask Joe and the others to stop looking for her. Don't look for her anymore." 1
"No! I must get her back!" Henry was persistent.
The master's facial expression worsened. "Get her back? Are you treating her like a prisoner? What do you plan to do after you get her back? Do you want to lock her up?"
Henry pursed his lips. "No. I just don’t want a divorce."
The master sneered, "You don’t want a divorce, but look at what you did all this while!" The master
supported himself with the walking stick and said angrily, "If it wasn't for the fact that you always side with that woman from the Conrads, and you don't even take revenge for your own baby, why would Yvonne be so disappointed in you? You're the one who brought it on yourself!"
"I know," replied Henry.
He knew all along that Yvonne was dissatisfied with how he dealt with the Conrads.
"Since you know about that, did you do anything? If you did something about it, why would she want a divorce? She wants a divorce now because she’s deeply disappointed in you. It's because she knows you’ll never protect her no matter what happens. So she made up her mind to divorce you." The master pointed at Henry.
Henry rubbed the place between his eyebrows. "I asked the Conrads to move abroad."
"Is moving abroad punishment for the Conrads?” The master smiled coldly. "Henry, don't you ever assume that I didn't see through your tricks. You asked them t o move abroad just because you know that I can't do anything to them since they would be quite far away. That’s true indeed. I cannot do anything to them for the time being. But as soon as they return to our country, I'll never let them get away with it."
"Grandpa..." "That's enough. I won't change my mind. Besides, I hope you remember what I said to you just now. Don't go looking for Yvonne, and sign the divorce agreement immediately. Get it done quickly. I came today just to tell you about this."
Then, the master got up wobbly. Frederick quickly went and helped him. Then, the two old men disappeared from Henry's sight as they left the villa.
Henry stayed for a while there before he went upstairs to his room again.
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