Divorce me I'm done serving you (Ayla) novel Chapter 884

Halle wasn't at peace with it either.

The best thing she had ever carried in her heart had been crushed by Edgar himself. How could that not hurt? How could that not break her?

“Didn’t you want to settle things with me? Fine. Let’s put everything on the table today. When exactly did you stop loving me?”

It took courage for Halle to admit that Edgar no longer loved her. Maybe the attachment he showed now was nothing more than a habit, built from all the years they had known each other.

If you truly loved someone, you wouldn't get together with another woman and have a child with her.

Edgar had stopped loving her a long time ago.

Today, Halle wanted the truth, no matter how ugly it was. “Edgar, don’t chicken out. Tell me. Admitting you don’t love me isn’t the end of the world. I’m begging you—say it now. Stop being so pathetic.”

The word pathetic hit Edgar where it hurt. His eyes went red. “You think I wanted any of this? Halle, this is all on you. All of it is your fault!”

Halle stared at his reddened eyes, unable to tell whether he was truly about to cry or whether his body was simply reacting to the intensity of his emotions. She gritted out, “Then, tell me what I did wrong.”

She wanted to know, too. What exactly had she done wrong?

Because he had once mattered so much, she wanted to hear what he truly thought.

Edgar’s voice turned hoarse. Maybe emotion had finally taken over, or maybe Halle had truly never considered this side of him. Either way, he ripped himself open. "It’s because you’re too good. You’re so driven, so successful... I felt like I couldn't keep up. Being with you just made me feel inadequate to be your partner. Being with you made me feel inferior. I couldn't handle that blow to my ego."

Halle stared at him, stunned.

Edgar reached for her and pulled her into his arms, but his strength seemed to drain out of him. He slid lower and lower until he was almost kneeling in front of her, his forehead pressed against her stomach. “I stopped knowing how to be with you a long time ago. When I betrayed you, I panicked too. I even slapped myself. But I didn’t know what else to do. I only knew I loved you. I couldn’t bear to lose you.”

He lifted his head and looked up at her, tears unmistakable in his eyes. “Can you not leave me? Please don’t go.”

Now, Halle understood that Edgar had a sensitive streak. At the beginning, she hadn't seen it. For him, saying all of this out loud must have taken something.

Because it meant admitting he felt smaller than her.

But did that make it right?

Disappointment filled Halle’s eyes. “You know what my family was like. If I didn’t fight, if I didn’t push, I’d have nothing. That’s why I worked so hard. I kept becoming better, and instead of being happy for me, you didn’t know how to face me anymore. Edgar, tell me. Is that right?”

Edgar hadn’t expected her to stay so cold. He had shown her the most humiliating part of himself, and she still wanted to judge him?

Why couldn’t she understand that?

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