Chapter 9: A Dirty Lie

After a pause, he said word by word, "Zoe and I? Do you think Zoe can be used as an excuse? I did have a relationship with her, but that was in the past. What about you and Edmonds? Aria, are you trying to cover up the fact that you have cuckolded me with such a dirty lie? It seems that I have overestimated your intelligence!" Grayson's face was gloomy and there were flames of anger in his eyes. He gripped her chin tightly like he was to crush her. Lie? He said she lied? The last thing Aria would do in her life was to lie, and she had never lied, except that time when he asked her if she wanted to divorce because of Lucas. She didn't understand what was going on with herself. She was completely stunned by Grayson's aggressive offensive. When Aria was absent-minded, Grayson gave a cold snort and let go of her chin. His eyes were full of obvious disgust. The other hand that grabbed Aria also let go and even his body that clung to her retreated. Aria suddenly lost the support and collapsed to the ground like mud. Grayson's shadow enveloped her in a commanding posture and his handsome face was expressionless. "Give it to me..." He suddenly said. Aria was stunned, looked up at him blankly, and saw him frown and say lightly, "Don't you want a divorce?" In order to divorce him, she couldn't care less about her body and even lie against her conscience. Probably, being with him was too much torture for her, wasn't it? In this case, he would let her get what she wanted. But what Grayson hated was to see Aria's clean and flawless eyes, which were like colored glaze and would make him deeply moved and out of control. He looked away because he was afraid that if he took another look, he wouldn't be able to resist keeping her around and would never let her go again. Keeping a person who did not love him was just torturing each other. Grayson's words really surprised Aria, but on second thought, it was reasonable. She thought that the reason why Grayson was so angry was only that he thought she was cheating. How could a person like Grayson, who had the honor and glory, tolerate his dignity being insulted? Aria hurriedly took out the paper in her handbag, a corner of which was soaked with sweat. Trembling, she was about to hand over the agreement when Grayson bowed coldly, quickly took it, and turned to sit on the sofa. The white paper was spread flat on his crossed legs. Grayson took out a pen from his jacket pocket and he pressed his thin lips indifferently. As soon as the nib touched the signature line, Grayson suddenly paused and stared at the divorce agreement in front of him with a sense of loss. Aria sat on the ground looking at Grayson's every move and accidentally noticed his slightly trembling hand. What was wrong with him? Aria sat up from the ground and looked away, startled by her sudden thought. He hated her so much. How could he be unwilling to divorce her? If she hadn't agreed to marry the Harris family at the beginning, how could his relationship with Zoe have ended? Essentially, she was the hated interloper, right? But how... Aria thought to herself, while Grayson signed his name on the divorce agreement. He got up and returned the paper to Aria. She looked down and saw that the first stroke of his name was blurred with black ink. A lump came into Aria's throat and tears nearly started from her eyes uncontrollably. Grayson stood still with his shadow under the light. Both of them could not speak. Aria stuffed the agreement back into her handbag. She was a little uneasy when a sour liquid spread up to her throat. After a long time, she said, "Since we have signed, when shall we go..." They had already signed and only needed to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau for divorce procedures, but Grayson was busy every day. She... When Aria was hesitating about what to say, Grayson said and dispelled her worries. "On Saturday, I will let the secretary call you." Aria heard this and sighed silently. It was a foregone conclusion. From then on, the two became strangers. "All right... I've got to go." Staying here with this man, she only felt that there was a huge rock pressing on her heart, which made her breathless. Seeing that he did not speak, Aria walked to the door, but just as she was about to step over the threshold, she suddenly stopped as if thinking of something. She turned her head and said lightly, "Today, Riley..." Before Aria finished her words, she felt a freezing coolness leaning over her body. She retreated unconsciously, but almost tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground. She staggered to her feet, looked up, and saw Grayson's cold face with a pale and sarcastic smile on his mouth. "Aria, don't you know that from the moment you asked me to sign the divorce agreement, we have nothing to do with each other anymore. You want me to help you, but you need to know yourself first!"