Darius listened. His eyes turned red with anger.
He kicked me hard again and his voice filled with hatred, “Emma, how did you become such a despicable person?”
“Camilla’s dog was killed by your mother. She forgave you and even came to the hospital to visit your mother.”
“And this is how you treat her? Do you even know the etiquette of hospitality?”
“Or are you just like your mother, with cruelty in your very bones?”
I shouted at him in anguish, “Don’t you dare talk about my mother. You have no right to speak about her.”
Darius slapped me across the face. “Do you think I want to talk about her? I can’t even be bothered to look at you two.”
He embraced Camilla and said gently, “Let’s go. Don’t bother with them.”
Camilla didn’t move. She lowered her head and said, “Darius, I know you’re busy at work. You go ahead. I want to stay here to take care of Auntie and mend my relationship with Emma.”
Darius sighed, “You’re just too kind.”
“But I can’t leave you here alone.”
Camilla thought for a moment and said, “Darius, please leave the bodyguards here.”
“As long as Emma doesn’t hit me, I can endure anything else.”
Darius thought for a moment and told the bodyguards, “The two of you stay here. Do everything as Camilla says. Don’t let anyone bully her.”
The bodyguards agreed.
I coldly said to Darius, “I don’t need Camilla here. Please have your people leave.”
Darius pulled me aside and whispered threateningly, “Emma, don’t be ungrateful.”
“Camilla has already given you a way out and you’re still being stubborn?”
“Let me tell you, if you dare to target Camilla again, I won’t let you off the hook.”
I didn’t say a word. I just silently pulled out the divorce agreement.
Darius glanced at it and sneered, “Divorce? Who are you trying to scare?”
He casually wrote his name on it and slapped the divorce agreement in my face.
“Do you think I’ll keep spoiling you and pampering you like before and not sign it?”
“Emma, it’s not that I look down on you. I know you’ll keep your face and continue being my wife.”
He mocked me and walked away.
Only Camilla and I stayed in the hospital room. As soon as Darius left, Camilla revealed her true colors.
I wasn’t surprised at all because she had always been two-faced in front of Darius and me.
Camilla looked at my mother’s hospital bed and sneered, “Emma, I know a folk remedy that can cure your mom.”
I shielded my mother. “What are you doing?”
Camilla gave the bodyguards a signal. The two bodyguards immediately grabbed me and dragged me to the corner. She brought cold water and poured it cup after cup onto my mother’s body.
I cried and cursed her. I struggled desperately to stop her. But the bodyguards held me tightly and I couldn’t get to her.
Finally, I gave up hope and cried, “Camilla, I was wrong. Please let my mother go.”
Camilla smiled and said, “Sure, but will you kneel down for me?”
Without thinking, I knelt down on the ground. With my swollen belly, I bowed my head to her.
My tears streamed down my face and I softly said, “I’ve already divorced Darius. I have nothing to do with you anymore. Please stop tormenting my mother.”
Camilla walked over, suddenly raised her hand and slapped me across the face.
“Divorce is enough? As long as Darius still has even a shred of feelings for you, I won’t let you off the hook.”
