---- Chapter 115 Iwas nearly ready to risk everything. Perhaps I could slowly earn that 100 million dollars on my own, then bring up divorce with Jonathan. But until then, I would have to keep enduring the humiliation of watching him and Alicia flaunt their affair. It just wasn't worth it. That price was just too high. What terrified me even more was the possibility of regaining my memories before the divorce. What would I even do then? Thad sworn I would never be some love-crazed fool again.

But after listening to Aria speak so confidently just now, I started to doubt myself. I began to panic. What if I turned back into that reckless girl who dropped everything and lived only for Jonathan once I got all my memories back If that was who I truly was, then I would rather have been dead. Jonathan didn't know what was going through my mind. His gaze was cold and heavy. It felt like a storm was about to break.

"Elise, is he the reason you want a divorce?" His voice was so chilling that it made my skin crawl. ---- Icouldn't drag Frederick into this, so I firmly said, "Don't you get it? It's not because of Frederick. I want a divorce because of you." Ilooked him straight in the eyes and added, "You don't love me. You don't respect me. You don't even care about me. To you, even the smallest thing about Alicia matters more than my life.

So tell me, what's the point of a marriage like this?" Jonathan tightened his grip around my wrist. His dark eyes were so intense that it felt like I might drown in them. "You're my one and only Mrs. Ford. Isn't that enough?" I pulled my hand away and said, "Maybe to you, that title is a privilege. But to me, it's nothing but a cage. Jonathan, I don't want to be your Mrs. Ford anymore. If Alicia wants it so badly, give it to her. What's stopping you?" I thought I sounded calm and sincere.

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I wasn't trying to start a fight. In fact, I was just being honest about how I felt, but he still looked at me like every word I said was a personal attack on Alicia. "If you really want to fight over this, then I'll give you an answer," he said. "What kind of answer?" Tlooked him in the eye, feeling drained. Jonathan raised his hand and gently cupped my face. "Alicia's birthday party is next week. Come with me." ---- limmediately slapped his hand away. "Don't even think about it.

I'm not going." Just as I turned to leave, he called out behind me. "You saw it yourself. There's something going on between Jim and Alicia." "'So what?" I replied. "If I really had something with Alicia, I wouldn't let her get that close to Jim," he explained. My steps faltered for a moment, but I didn't respond. Perhaps he really didn't have feelings for Alicia. But even if that were true, what did it matter?

The way he openly favored her had already made a fool out of me in front of everyone. There was no way I could just forgive that. Doing that would be a betrayal of the 25-year-old me who endured five painful years because of him. Isaw Aria walk out of Jim's office. Her eyes were red and puffy. It looked like she had been crying. Meanwhile, Alicia was sitting casually in Jim's chair. She rested her chin in her hand and looked up with a face full of fake innocence.

She deliberately asked Aria, "You've been stopping by Jim's office quite a lot lately. Do you like him or something?" Iwalked up just in time to hear her pretend-to-be-casual question. ---- Aria's eyes were filled with panic. She pressed her lips together but said nothing . However , her gaze instinctively shifted to Jim. "Tdontt..." she stammered. Even her denial lacked conviction.

She didn't have the courage to admit her feelings to Jim, but she couldn't bring herself to deny them outright either. She simply couldn't let go of those quiet, genuine emotions she had for him.