Became A Queen After divorce

He felt heartbroken that she had to face so much alone, and he couldn’t be there to walk through the darkest times with her.

“I’m sorry…”

Guilt consumed him; it was his fault she had to endure such pain.

Otherwise, she could have always been the most cherished Miss Pearl of the Gilliam family.

He apologized…

But they both knew they could never go back to how things were.

Sam didn’t dare hope for her forgiveness.

He just wanted to cherish every moment with her, not even blinking, afraid that it was all just a dream.

If he woke up, she wouldn’t be there beside him.

Pearl’s heart raced under his persistent, charming gaze. No matter how many times she looked at him, she would still be moved by him.

Suppressing these thoughts, she tightly gripped her skirt.

“You don’t need to apologize to me.”

“What your father owed you, you owe me… Maybe it’s fate that I can’t be your wife.”

She spoke lightly, but her heart was bleeding inside.

Sam gave a bitter smile.

How could she not know that he already considered her his wife?

After a long pause, he finally said in frustration:

“You seem to take it well.”

Take it well?

Pearl lowered her eyes, her long lashes hiding her sorrow.

No! She couldn’t take it well; it was just a lie to comfort Sam and herself.

She loved him so much; how could she be indifferent in such a short time?

“Actually, I’d rather you hate me or get angry with me than be so calm.”

“At least that way, you’d remember me longer.”

He joked, but his hands hidden at his sides were sweating nervously, veins bulging.

Selfishness was his true nature; even now, he wanted her to remember him forever.

But would she agree?

In the quiet space, Pearl could almost hear her own accelerated heartbeat and his… even more intense and powerful.

Realizing Sam could also be nervous, she impulsively stared at his flushed lips and said:

“Do you mean it? I can hate you and get angry with you?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, come closer. I’m going to start getting angry.”

Who tells someone they’re going to get angry beforehand?

At this moment, Sam found her even more adorable.

He didn’t refuse and leaned in, closing his eyes and waiting for her “punishment.”

The next moment, he felt a warm softness in his arms.

Pearl had thrown herself into his embrace and bit down hard on his lips without a word.

Even as the taste of blood filled her mouth, Pearl didn’t let go.

Did it hurt?

Of course, it did!

But Sam felt a sweetness in his heart; even if she drained all his blood now, he would willingly endure it.

“Sob… Sam, you bastard! Liar… Why does it have to be you? Why?”

At this moment, all of Pearl’s pretense since seeing him shattered easily.

How could she not be heartbroken?

One was her father, the other the man she loved deeply… She couldn’t say who was right or wrong.

“If you want the Gilliam family to pay with their lives, I can give you mine. Everything my father did was for me, for me!”

She cried.

Hot tears fell on his cheeks and slid down his sharp chin onto his chest.

Right over his heart.

Pearl was crying, but Sam felt the pain too.

He slowly reached out and held her waist, pulling her onto his lap with a bit of force.

His other hand gently stroked her back as he spoke in a low, suppressed voice by her ear:

“When I was very young, my father was often not around. Every time we met, he would throw me into the training room and watch through a glass as I got beaten up.”

“If I won, I could have a full meal; if I lost, even those around me would be punished.”

“I didn’t understand then. I was his son; why was he so harsh? Other fathers loved their children, always holding or carrying them…”

“Only Gracie… At that time, I didn’t know she was my biological mother. She treated me well; even when my father scolded her, she secretly helped me.”Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

“I both hated her for taking my mother’s place and enjoyed her kindness. Until one day, I found out I wasn’t her only child; she had another son named Kelvin.”

“I wanted to kill Kelvin so I could always enjoy Gracie’s kindness and be the only one!”

But when he finally met Kelvin, he realized they were both unloved by their fathers.

From that moment on, instead of competing with him, Sam made an unprecedented friend.

Their relationship of both rivalry and friendship lasted over twenty years until Cheyenne’s appearance stirred things up.

To Sam, neither he nor Kelvin should be bound by emotions.

He was curious about what someone as heartless as Kelvin would look like deeply in love.

So he placed people around him and targeted Cheyenne…

In Kelvin, Sam saw a reflection of himself. Eventually, he gave up on his original plan.

“Just when I was ready to reconcile with him, my father died. Gracie died too.”

“I thought I wouldn’t be sad when that man died; there was no father-son bond between us.”

“Until he risked his life to pick Falling Petals for me. Only then did I realize he loved me more than I thought.”

“I had just begun to enjoy the warmth of family when it was taken away. Do you understand that feeling of shattered hope?”

Pearl released her bite, tears still clinging to her lashes as she looked at him shakily.

Her soft voice continued with a sob: “Because I understand you too well, I have no right to hate you…”

“I just feel regret. If only I could have stopped any of you.”

Seeing her cry again, Sam couldn’t help but gently kiss away her tears.

“Don’t cry. Once you leave here, you’ll never see the bad side of me again. That’s a good thing.”

Hearing this, Pearl glared at him through her tears.

“Who says? What if this baby inside me looks like you?”

Wouldn’t that mean seeing him and thinking of him every day?