Chapter 221 If It's Just Guilt, Why Does It Hurt So Much?

Jeanette said it softly, gently, without any obvious emotion, yet the words felt sharper than anything else. William's fingers curled slightly. He stared at Jeanette. "Are you serious?" "Yes." Jeanette nodded. From the moment she agreed to divorce him, she had never intended to reconcile. She truly wanted the marriage to end, regardless of whether Giselle was still around. Three years of marriage had already given her the answer. She had given William so much, and none of it had ever moved his heart. Jeanette believed that even if there had been three more years, the result would be the same. She did not want to waste time trying to please someone who was never going to love her, and she did not want to spend her life trapped in love itself. That was the realization she had reached only after nearly losing her life. William could see the resolve in her eyes. He knew she was determined. The promises he had once made so confidently to Cordelia now felt like a resounding slap, shat