“I’m perfectly sober!” Theodore exclaimed, his expression especially
grim.
“I remember every word you said and everything you did! And did you really dislike that bracelet that much? Even if you didn’t like it, was it necessary to break it in front of me? Did I make a mistake giving you a gift?”
Theodore had been holding back his anger all this time. There were many things bothering him, which was why he had been drinking during dinner. But he couldn’t explode then, so he held it in until they got home, and was now finally confronting Rosalie about everything.
When the topic of the gift came up, Rosalie laughed sarcastically.
“Yeah, because you oh–so–carefully chose that gift for me, right? Cynthia told you to give me a crystal bracelet, so you gave me one. Would you have listened to her if she had asked you to give me
diamonds?”
Theodore frowned. “What are you talking about?“,
“You know exactly what I’m talking about! Asking another woman for suggestions on what gift to give your wife, really? Theodore, you’re something else, playing both sides and trying to please everyone!”
Just the thought of what he had done made Rosalie feel nauseous.
This was the man she had loved for ten years, but only now did she realize what kind of person he truly was. Even if he hadn’t put much thought into it, randomly buying her a gift would have still been better than asking another woman for advice.
“What do you mean I asked another woman? Explain yourself!”
“Didn’t you ask Cynthia what to buy for me? Didn’t she tell you that giving me a crystal bracelet was a good idea?”
Since he wanted to hear it, she would explain it clearly. Finally
understanding, Theodore’s expression briefly softened but quickly turned cold again.
“So, that’s why you broke it?”
“I didn’t do it on purpose,” Rosalie admitted truthfully. “It accidentally slipped from my hand.”
She had intended to follow Wesley’s suggestion and donate the bracelet. After all, it was still valuable, and it would be a shame to let it go to waste.
“If you hadn’t taken it off, how could it have fallen? You did it on purpose! You ruined something I gave you, and then you threw it into the trash can right in front of me!”
Even if Rosalie had accidentally broken the bracelet, forcefully throwing it into the trash had obviously been a deliberate action on her part.
“What else did you expect me to do? Keep wearing the crystal bracelet you gave me and just watch you cozy up with Cynthia?!
“Theodore, what’s the point of this? We’re getting divorced, and now you’re saying and doing these things. What exactly do you want? Don’t you realize that bracelet represents our relationship? That
it’s completely shattered?!”
From the moment he brought up getting a divorce, Theodore had torn apart their relationship with his own hands.
“We’ve known each other for ten years, and in your mind, our
relationship is like a broken bracelet? So, this is what you really think,
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“What else am I supposed to think? It’s the truth!”
“Rosalie, I’ve completely misjudged you!” Theodore’s grip on her
On a
shoulder tightened. “You’ve been putting show in front of Grandma, but lying through your teeth behind my back!”
“Lying through my teeth?!” Rosalie’s anger surged. “You’re the liar here!
“Did you ever tell me that you sent Cynthia away to another country? Did you ever mention that your supposed two–month business trip was actually spent traveling with her? And you knew the truth all
along! I thought Cynthia left you to go abroad, and you let me believe that without correcting my naive belief!
“You’re the one full of lies, Theodore Spencer! You’re the one who’s pretending in front of Grandma but doing something else behind her
back!”
