“Oh,that dress—you’re wearing Chanel’s latest season,aren’t you?Bought with Adrian’s money,right?And that bag—Hermès?His money too.Take them off!Do you not understand what‘walk away with nothing’means?None of this belongs to you!”
Clara’s body went cold.
She turned to Adrian,her eyes holding the faintest plea.Even if there was only a shred of humanity left in him,a trace of their past…
For a moment,when Adrian met her gaze,he seemed to hesitate.His brows furrowed slightly as he said to Vanessa,“Vanessa,forget the dress…”
It was just a dress.Adrian still had that much generosity in him.
But that meager defense ignited Vanessa’s fury.
“Forget it?Why should I?”
Vanessa erupted,shoving him hard as though she had been gravely wronged.She began to stomp and wail hysterically.
“Adrian,what do you mean by this?You’re still protecting her,aren’t you?I knew it!You lied to me!You said you only loved me—what a joke!”