Chapter 172

Vivienne’s POV I looked at Alexander coldly, as though I had just heard a bad joke. "Didn’t you say you were going to set me free? Pop-Pop is gone, and we’re already divorced. Why are you still pretending like this?" A flash of pain crossed Alexander’s eyes, as if he hadn’t expected me to say this. I truly no longer trusted him. "I regret it, Vivienne," he said, his voice low. "I shouldn’t have let you go. You’re right—Pop-Pop is gone, so why should I keep pretending? Vivienne, whether you believe it or not, I really do care about you. I don’t want to divorce you." He’d said this before—that he cared about me. But when I asked him when he started feeling that way, he couldn’t answer. And even if he was telling the truth, why should I take him back? Should all the pain I had endured just be erased like that? I spoke coldly. "There’s no cure for regret. I don’t know what made you say this, but let me be clear—I don’t plan on remarrying y