Chapter 431

Isabelle was speechless. Luke glared at her, unwilling to back down. "Belle, there's no need for this. We can find a better way to be together. In this circle, there are plenty of couples who live separate lives. I'll marry someone else, but I won't mistreat you—just say yes to being with me." "What do you take me for? You don't respect me, and you don't respect your wife. Luke, can you stop being so disgraceful? Is this really necessary?" Isabelle looked down on his behavior, disgusted by his hypocrisy. "Luke, please have some self-respect. Don't think the world revolves around you—it doesn't. People can live without you." "But you said you wouldn't get married or have children," he interrupted. "Yes, and what does that have to do with you?" "Then, why can't you be with me? You love me, don't you?" "Luke, how do you have the audacity to say such things? I loved you—once. I don't love you anymore." Recalling the days when she shamelessly clung to him, Isabelle felt it was laug