Jodie was in a mess. Her eyes widened as she looked at Old Master Carter. She murmured, "Grandpa, do you dislike me now? Even you think that I'm not good, right?"
Old Master Carter didn't say anything.
His silence was equivalent to his acquiescence.
Jodie was completely stunned. Tears welled up in her big eyes, making her look exceptionally miserable.
Heinz said, "Jodie, I must divorce you and dissolve this marriage. Although I have not filed a lawsuit, I had already handed it over to the lawyer, and not long after, the news about your death in Alsburg put this matter to rest. If there is a lawyer who can act as a witness and I file the lawsuit, our divorce trial will be effective very soon."
"Heinz!" Jodie felt a stab of pain in her heart. "I know, I know you can do that. I understand."
"Then sign it." Heinz glanced at Lester and his lawyer.
They quickly put the divorce agreement in front of Jodie.
Jodie saw that it was the agreement from six years ago. Heinz's signature came into view.
She felt pain in her eyes, as if it had been pricked by needles.
She bit her lips and shook her head. She could not believe that the agreement actually still existed.
She whispered, "Heinz, even if it's a divorce, the date of signing should be now."
"No," Heinz replied coolly. "I signed the agreement six years ago. You, on the other hand, promised to sign the agreement and have never fulfilled your promise."
"Heinz, I didn't sign it because I was sad. I didn't want to. I didn't expect you to abandon me after we fell in love."
Heinz didn't approve of this statement. "It was you who proposed the divorce. You mentioned it several times and you know that very well, Jodie. If I blamed you for what happened back then, I think it would be unfair. We'll divide the blame in half. It's only because we were too young to know what we wanted."
"You're killing our love?" Jodie asked in embarrassment. "Do you think you were wrong to love me?"
Heinz did not speak but looked at Jodie with a silent expression in his cold eyes.
Jodie looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar man. She realized that six years had passed and that they had put an insurmountable chasm between them.
She wanted to cross the chasm.
However, Heinz was still accelerating the excavation of this chasm.
She felt Heinz's ruthlessness and cruelty.
Jodie was so uncomfortable that she felt like she was suffocating. The suffocation rushed into her head. She had no choice but to ball her fists and beat her chest hard.
"I really hate myself. I hate myself so much."
Heinz berated her in a deep voice, "Jodie, please don't do this."
Jodie once again felt a stab of pain.
Heinz stood up, looked down at her and said to Lester, "Lester, keep an eye on Miss Lawson and make sure she signs the agreement."
He turned around and left, not wanting to see Jodie like this.
"Wait!" Jodie also stood up. "Heinz, if you want me to sign it, we have to do it alone. The rest of the people should back off."
Heinz frowned and turned to look at Jodie.
She looked up at him, her eyes sad and desperate.
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