"If you had agreed to divorce me earlier, I'd be quite happy. But now, if I agree, doesn't that make me seem like a backup?"
"Someone to support you shows up, and you immediately ditch me? Yumi, who gave you that courage?"
"Wasn't it you who initially asked me to provoke Bernard Gray?"
Yumi's calm voice made the smile on Jackson Russo's face freeze abruptly.
Jackson stared at her with a grim face, the bedroom was silent.
"Jackson, I've known from the start that this marriage was something you entered unwillingly. Honestly, I do feel guilty for taking over your life. I just... I thought about compensating you, trying to be good to you, gradually becoming a competent wife, but you always cared about how this marriage started, and I couldn't change that.
I sought your help, Jackson... I sought your help, I was really desperate, and I never thought of finding anyone else but you to help me. I thought at most you'd say some harsh words, but you'd still help me solve the issues.
