Chapter 146

“I remember,” I replied. When Vivienne was first slandered as the third party, I didn’t stand up for her. Instead, when she was injured in the car accident and couldn’t see clearly, I kept the truth from her. That was when I made her a promise. “You know what I was thinking back then?” Vivienne recalled, her expression pained. “I thought we were going to divorce eventually, and I couldn’t keep the pregnancy a secret forever, so I used that promise to ask you to give up custody. I wanted to keep this child! So, even when I was at my lowest, even when I wanted the divorce more than anything, I never used that promise… But…” Her voice faltered, and she couldn’t finish the sentence, choking on her tears. Maybe it was because she knew she would never have the chance to use that promise again. Vivienne’s words struck me like daggers, painfully reminding me of all I had done. While she had been planning for herself and the child at that time, I had been busy protecting Isabella’s