Chapter 969: Chapter 498: Extra Story: I Came to Take You Home_2

Christine Quinn gazed fixedly at Skyler Jones, her voice growing hoarser, "I don’t have the courage to ask you... because I don’t want to hear you admit that you like another woman."

"So you left on your own, abandoning the child, ignoring everything?"

Christine sobbed, wiping the tears from her cheeks, shaking her head fiercely, "I wasn’t ignoring everything... I just wanted some time alone because I really couldn’t face you at that time, and I knew Mom and Becca would take good care of Marie..."

Skyler Jones didn’t speak anymore, but his stern expression exuded a sense of impending danger.

The atmosphere became as heavy as lead.

Christine dared not lift her eyes to look at him, sensing the coldness in his gaze.

Just when the atmosphere was at a standstill, a knock on the door was heard.

It was clear that the lawyer whom Skyler Jones had invited was here.

Christine sniffed, wiping away the traces of tears from the corners of her eyes and cheeks, trying to appear as strong as before.

Skyler Jones shifted his gaze, walked to the door, and opened it.

Sure enough, it was the lawyer who came.

"Mr. Jones."

Skyler Jones nodded lightly, not saying much to the lawyer.

The lawyer entered the room, sitting quietly on the edge of the sofa, waiting silently.

When Skyler Jones walked back to Christine’s side, she had already regained her composure.

She appeared normal, except for the slight redness around her eyes and nose betraying her recent sadness.

"The lawyer is here... then, let’s begin!" Christine took the initiative to speak and intended to move toward the sofa.

However, just as she turned around, Skyler Jones suddenly reached out to grab her.

Christine’s body stiffened, feeling his familiar, dominant strength, her nose tingling with bitterness.

Skyler Jones’s gentle voice came from behind her, "Don’t bear all the mistakes yourself; there are many things I haven’t done well enough."

Such words seemed comforting, yet they felt more like a farewell...

Christine closed her eyes in pain, and when she finally controlled her emotions, she slowly reopened them.

She didn’t speak to him further, gently breaking away and walking toward the lawyer.

Skyler Jones stood silently in place, no longer stopping Christine.

After a few steps, Christine suddenly halted, as if she had more to say to him. She rasped, "Oversky, there’s something I also want to clear up with you..."

Skyler Jones listened attentively.

Christine stared blankly ahead, speaking softly, "The relationship between you and Justin Walter, master and servant but more like brothers, I understand... so if you’d told me from the start that you wanted to protect Justin Walter, I would have supported you without hesitation... But you didn’t understand me; you thought I would surely go after Jennifer Douglas out of spite because you’d already concluded I’m a narrow-minded, impulsive woman... I know there’s little point in telling you this now, but I still want to say that even if time can change a person, her essence doesn’t change; though time’s baptism has made me less naive than before, I’ve never been a selfish person."

After saying this, Christine was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Christine..."

His voice was hoarse, seemingly blaming himself for causing her such sadness and pain.

But Christine didn’t allow him to speak any comforting words, instead hurriedly wiping the stubborn tears from her face with a smile, saying, "Alright... we’ve said what we need to say, let’s get down to business!"

Saying this, Christine disregarded the two burning gazes on her from behind, walked straight to the sofa, and sat down.

Subsequently, Skyler Jones also sat on the sofa.

The lawyer said, "Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, the agreement is ready... once you both sign the agreement, it will take effect."

With a blurred vision looking at the agreement in front of her, Christine’s heart throbbed with pain.

She remembered the time at the Aegean Sea when he vowed he would never leave her again, yet in just a few short months, that vow had become a thing of the past...

The lawyer handed the agreement to Christine with respect, saying, "Mrs. Jones, you only need to sign your name in the lower right corner."

Christine’s tearful eyes couldn’t clearly see the content of the agreement...

But she didn’t need to look because she knew after the divorce, the only contentious issue would be the child, but the child was grown now, and they could let the child choose for themselves afterward.

"Mr. Jones, please sign," the lawyer said to Skyler Jones again.

Skyler Jones was silent for a few seconds; suddenly, he picked up a pen and signed the agreement without hesitation.

From the corner of her eye, seeing Skyler Jones signing the agreement effortlessly, Christine’s heart was filled with bitterness and discomfort.

Didn’t he hesitate? Thirteen years of love, over a year of reconciling, all of it was now about to dissipate into thin air...

Did he not miss it at all?

Though thinking this inside, Christine didn’t allow herself to show weakness in front of him, took a deep breath to suppress the sourness in her throat, picked up the pen, and signed the agreement like a lifeless body.

The lawyer put away the agreement and then stood silently to the side, waiting for Skyler Jones to leave.

Christine slowly stood up, wiping the uncontrollably spilling tears from her eyes, calmly saying to Skyler Jones, "I’m a bit tired, I want to rest now... I won’t see you out."

Skyler Jones looked at her but didn’t say anything.

Christine turned her back to him, silently waiting for him to leave.

She first heard the footsteps of the lawyer leaving, her heart already sinking to the bottom...

She knew the next second he would turn and leave, and their relationship in this lifetime was truly coming to an end...

Unfortunately, even the divorce agreement had been signed, and everything was irreparable.

Then, Christine heard footsteps turning toward the door.

She knew it was his departing footsteps, biting her lip to prevent herself from crying out in grief.

The next moment, there was the sound of a door closing...

Reluctance tugged at her heart, tears flooded her eyes, and she suddenly turned around, only to be stunned in place by the blurred vision of that moment.

She never expected that amidst her blurred vision was his tall and upright figure...

He exuded an aura of handsomeness and charm, standing right in front of her at this moment.