Chapter 172

Shirley's voice was firm. "I want to leave now." Benjamin's eyes turned cold, an icy sheen darkening his gaze. "What's the matter? Afraid he might see you like this?" Her fists tightened at her sides, trembling with restrained emotion. "What does this have to do with him? Why do you keep tying me to him? I've already told you, we're done. I stopped loving him a long time ago. Why won't you believe me?" She was his wife. Even if Benjamin didn't love her, did he need to humiliate her like this? Especially in front of everyone. She was still a person, a woman with dignity. "Is it that you don't love him? Or that you don't dare admit it?" The distance between them shrank as he closed in, one measured step at a time. "Look me in the eyes and answer me," he commanded. Don't love him? Or don't dare admit it? Facing his dark eyes, which seemed to pierce straight into her soul, Shirley felt a lump rise in her throat. Finally, after a tense moment, she found her voice. "I don't love him