Chapter 3

　　One year later, Xia once again mentioned her failed marriage, but she was completely calm, not angry, not annoyed, not attached, nor slanderous, like an outsider. 　　"And you are different from James. You didn't have feelings in the first place, but the relationship has become more and more harmonious over the years, so I think it's better for you to think about it carefully." 　　Giselle opened her eyes suddenly, and her beautiful eyes were full of self-deprecating smiles. 　　"Xia, no woman is willing to go to the stage of divorce." 　　"But I'm really tired." 　　Speaking of these things, Giselle’s originally beautiful eyes grew dimmed. 　　"But you said our relationship is getting more and more harmonious?" 　　"But that's just rapport, isn't it?" 　　"He doesn't love me. I can't erase this fact. This is also a fatal injury to our marriage." 　　Giselle watched Xia talking word by word. 　　"It makes me feel desperate." 　　"It's like we’re playing a game. If this level has not been passed, no matter how enthusiastic or obsessed we are with the game before, all the enthusiasm and passion will be consumed because of the stagnation of this level until I feel frustrated and exhausted, I don’t want to touch him anymore." 　　When Giselle said this, she smiled lightly while showing loneliness. 　　"My feelings for James are like this." 　　In the five years of marriage with James, she was so enthusiastic at the beginning, struggling to please him and cater to him. She wanted to win his heart. 　　She used to be cheerful and bright. She used to be lively and laughed. 　　After hearing his furious words over and over again, she slowly became depressed, guarding a man who would never fall in love with her very day, guarding a hopeless marriage, how could she be as cheerful as before? 　　Slowly she became quiet, speechless and less expectant. Gradually, she lost her anger and became a sad woman. 　　This is the change brought to her by the feelings of the past five years. 　　Sometimes she often asks herself, is this what she wants? 　　Xia wanted to say something more, when the cell phone Giselle put in her bag rang. 　　Giselle took out her mobile phone, glanced at the caller ID, and hung up. 　　It was from James and she didn't want to pick it up. 　　However, he refused to give up, so she finally picked it up. 　　His voice was abnormally cold on that end and his suppressed anger could be faintly heard. 　　"Where are you?" 　　She did not answer his question and only asked indifferently, 　　"What's up?" 　　"Nery woke up and crying. She’s looking for you!" 　　She felt his anger on that end worsened, and there was a bit of gritted teeth. Giselle thought that if she was in front of him at this time, he would definitely swallow her alive. 　　As soon as he finished speaking, her daughter's stern cry transmitted to her eardrums through the phone, and her heart was instantly painful. 　　Nery is their daughter. She is over three years old this year. She just went to kindergarten. She is a lively, cute and intelligent girl. She looks very much like she used to be. 　　"Mom-" 　　"Mom--" 　　"Where are you? Come back quickly to accompany me. Huuuu.. Huuu.." 　　The daughter cried and called to her on the other end of the phone. She felt her heartache began to tremble. Since her daughter was born, she rarely left her daughter. Before her daughter went to kindergarten, she spent the whole day at home with her and accompany her. Child, a quiet husband and child. 　　James has invited his concubine. 　　But she didn't want her child to deal with other people, so she resigned and took care of her daughter's food and drink. 　　So now, when she thinks of leaving her daughter tonight, she feels terribly uncomfortable and tears flow from her eyes uncontrollably. 　　However, this time she was also cruel and determined to abandon this marriage. She comforted herself that after these few days, when they divorced, she would never be separated from her daughter again. 　　She will take her daughter out of here, go high and fly away with Xia. 　　She controlled her emotions with tears and calmed her daughter softly, 　　"Nery, Aunt Xia is sick. Mom will take care of Aunt Xia for now, so she won't go back tonight. You can sleep with your father." 　　Xia also has a daughter with her ex-husband, who is two years older than Nery. When they divorced, Xia asked for custody of her daughter, but now Xia is going to work, so the daughter was sent back to Xia’s hometown parents and asked them to help her take care of her. 　　In the past, Giselle often brought Nery to play with Xia's daughter. The two little girls played very well, so Nery also knew Xia and had a good relationship with her. 　　She thought that her sensible daughter would be considerate when she heard that Aunt Xia was sick, but she did not expect her daughter to cry more fiercely instead. 　　"No, I don't want—" 　　"I don't want to sleep with Dad, Dad is terrible—" 　　When her daughter shouted like this, Giselle instantly understood why her daughter suddenly cried so fiercely. 　　As a father, James has never been alone with his daughter as he does now, nor has he slept with his daughter at night, nor has he had any tender moments with her daughter. 　　His daughter is mostly unfamiliar with him, and his facial expression must be very ugly at this time. That's why his daughter rejects him like this. 　　"Mom, come back and save me—" 　　Her daughter actually used the word "save her", and she could see how terrifying the father was in her daughter's eyes. 　　The soreness and pain slammed her heart fiercely, so Giselle's tears poured out again.