Chapter 110: Marriage Registry
The moment Mia heard him agree to sign, her lips trembled slightly, almost invisibly.
But it only lasted a few seconds, too quick for anyone to catch.
Then she bit down hard, hiding the emotions she shouldn't have.
A man who had another woman in his heart and whose body had also betrayed her—what was there to hold onto?
He was a bad man!
Just better at pretending than most bad men!
Mia, you can't be this pathetic!
Don't forget what you said yourself—if you forgive betrayal once, there will be a second time, a third time, countless times. Do you want to experience that humiliation and pain again and again?
She could allow herself to make one mistake, but she would never allow herself to be so shameless as to not learn her lesson.
To fall in the same place twice, giving someone else the chance to keep hurting her.
James's heart was full of bitterness. Just now, caught between two difficult choices, he had blurted out his agreement to sign because he felt sorry for Mia.
But the instant he said it, he already regretted it.
Before he could take it back, though, the pen was already in front of him.
"Mia..."
James didn't take it. An ordinary pen looked like a terrible threat in his eyes.
For the first time, he—who always kept his word—wanted to go back on it without caring about anything.
He regretted it. He didn't want to sign!
He really couldn't bear to divorce her.
Mia looked away from his eyes that would disturb her emotions.
The reluctance in his eyes was so well acted.
This man who was good at reading people's hearts could easily manipulate her emotions if he wanted to.
Deep down, she knew clearly that she was no match for him, that she couldn't beat him.
She didn't want to dig into his reasons for not wanting a divorce anymore.
She just needed to be clear on one thing: James had betrayed her.
A man who was unclean in both body and heart.
She couldn't possibly want him!
Pushing down the bitterness deep in her heart, she grabbed the pen from the side and cut off James's words directly. "Sign it."
She wasn't giving herself a way out.
Pressing forward step by step.
Not giving him a chance to play tricks either.
Under Mia's stare, James had no choice but to reach out and take the pen.
Mia didn't want to waste time. After he took the pen, seeing that he just stared at her without making the next move, she directly helped him open the divorce agreement.
Yesterday, when he received the agreement and saw her signature, his emotions had already collapsed. He hadn't looked at the content at all.
In his eyes, there was no way he would divorce her.
Now, he saw the property division.
Mia's request: one hundred thousand dollars in cash.
Besides that, she wanted nothing.
This was basically the same as wanting nothing.
James's heart was stabbed by her again.
He understood Mia too well.
The less she asked for, the more it showed her determination to divorce.
She was so afraid that asking for more would entangle her with him financially and prevent her from getting divorced as quickly as she wanted.
Looking at this divorce agreement, James felt all kinds of emotions inside.
From the day he married Mia, he had never thought they would divorce one day.
He also never thought that one day Mia would be so determined to divorce him.
So he had never considered the issue of property division in a divorce.
But one thing he was very sure of.
Mia, whom he had cherished for four years, there was no way he could let her go out to suffer hardship like this.
If she didn't feel sorry for herself, he did!
Not to mention, she was carrying his child now.
James's gaze left the agreement. Without signing, he looked up at Mia and said in a gentle tone, trying to negotiate with her, "Mia, this agreement won't work. Let's talk. I'll have the company's legal department draft a new one..."
Once again, before he could finish, Mia interrupted him. "James, I have nothing to talk about with you. Stop dragging your feet. There's nothing wrong with this agreement. I don't want anything else!"
"I just want a divorce. Just sign it quickly. Once you sign, we'll go get the divorce certificate right away!"
She wouldn't give him a chance to create complications!
She just wanted to get divorced quickly and be free soon.
She didn't want to be tortured anymore!
"Don't you love Amelia? Didn't you see how upset she was downstairs when I pointed at her nose and called her a homewrecker?"
"Can you bear to see the woman you love suffer such grievances? Just sign it quickly, and you two can be together openly. Isn't that good?"
"Why drag it out, making her feel wronged, torturing yourself, and disgusting me?"
James was left speechless.
Several times he wanted to interrupt Mia and say that he didn't love Amelia, that the person he loved was her.
But looking at Mia being so aggressive in front of him, he just couldn't say it.
Even if he said it, it would only make her more emotional.
She wouldn't believe it.
A month ago, he had personally told her he loved Amelia.
At this moment, James really wanted to slap his past self hard several times.
How could he have done that!
To tell Mia he loved Amelia when he clearly knew she loved him.
"James, I really will stop at nothing! Don't push me anymore!"
Don't push her to keep doing things she didn't want to do!
James looked at Mia's exhausted face. Even though he didn't want a divorce, at this moment, he really couldn't bear it.
Under Mia's stare, he signed his name.
Since sitting in the CEO position at the Smith Group, he signed many documents every day. This was the first time he didn't want to sign.
But no matter how unwilling, he still signed.
The next second, Mia picked up the agreement.
"Let's go to the marriage registry office."
She stood up and walked straight out.
Before leaving this morning, she had already prepared all the documents needed for the divorce.
After walking a few steps and seeing James get up but not move forward, she turned around and cut off whatever excuse he might have. "James, now that you've signed, don't drag your feet. Aren't you all about efficiency and not wasting time? The sooner we divorce, the sooner we're free. The Smith Group won't collapse just because you're not there for two or three hours."
Mia directly cut off his chance to delay using work as an excuse.
James looked at Mia, who had turned into a porcupine for the sake of divorce, not missing any chance to prick him.
He did value efficiency the most, but right now he just wanted to break his principles and drag it out, drag it out endlessly, hopefully until she was willing not to divorce.
But looking at Mia's determined gaze, full of helplessness, he could only follow.
He really didn't know what to do anymore.
Step by step, pushing him forward.
Were they really going to divorce?
The two walked into the elevator one after the other. He wanted to stand closer to her, but as soon as he got close, she immediately pulled away and stood in the corner.
Getting in the car, she went straight to the back seat. After fastening her seatbelt, she turned her gaze out the window.
Silent all the way.
Even though she knew that throughout the journey James kept looking at her through the mirror, his eyes gentler than ever, she didn't give him a single response.
Until the car stopped at the entrance of the marriage registry office.