27 Hedy's POV My face turned utterly cold , the kind of cold that made me want to tear Bryson apart with my bare hands . " I don't want to hear a single word you're saying . Get out of my way ! " I snapped . Late remorse was like milk long past its expiration date - not only undrinkable but nauseating even to smell . I turned on my heel , ready to leave , but he refused to let me go . He stepped forward , blocking my path , reaching out as if to hold me . " Hedy , don't go . Please , listen to me . I already know I was wrong ," he pleaded . " The reason I did all those things before ... It was because Debbii saved my life , " he explained . " I only wanted to return the favor . I thought that once my debt was paid , I'd never see her again , and we could go back to living the way we used to . " He looked at me with an intensity so focused it was almost frightening , his eyes brimming with emotion . But when he saw that my expression remained as cold and unmoved as ever , his desperation spiked . He pulled out his phone , fumbling with it as if to show me something . Even though I quickly turned my gaze away , I still caught a glimpse of it . On the screen was a video of a person drenched in blood . There was so much blood that I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman . Flesh and skin blurred into something unrecognizable . I had thought it was just some grotesque video he'd found to scare me . But the words that came out of his mouth corrected it . " Look . I've made Debbii pay the price . No one will come between us again . No one will interfere with us anymore . " Debbii has paid for all the things she did . She's already dead now . Hedy , for the sake of all our years together , please forgive me . " Come back to me . I can't live without you . " From the moment I had known him , he had always been untouchable - aloof and proud , a man who carried himself like a favored child of the heavens . Even when the Lundeberg Corporation went bankrupt back then , he never lost that haughty air . My Marriage Died in the Operating Room 1/2 03 9 9:50 Wed , Oct 15 For him , pride was something he could never put down . ( 32 ) Yet now , just because I stared at him with a blank face and refused to accept his apology , he actually wanted to kneel before me . His voice had become unbearably humble , as though I was suddenly more important than the principles he had upheld for so many years . Too bad for him , it didn't touch me in the slightest . When he bent slightly , trying to kneel and take hold of my legs , I quickly stepped back , disgust twisting my face . " My god , Bryson , you really are insane ! Can't you understand plain words ? " I spat . " I've told you - we're done . We have nothing to do with each other anymore , " I enunciated . " Didn't you get the divorce papers ? If not , I'll have the county clerk's office issue another copy for you . " My sneer and sarcasm made his whole expression collapse into pain . Obviously , he had never imagined that in the face of his apology , I would not only be unmoved but also filled with utter loathing . Would someone like me ever come back to his side again ? I looked at him the way one might look at a stranger - without even a trace of love or hate . How could I look at him like that ? How could I feel nothing at all for him - not even hatred ? If I hated him , at least he might believe there was still some chance to win me back . But now ... The unease in his heart grew heavier and heavier . He reached out weakly , as though trying to shield my eyes with his trembling hand . " Hedy , please don't look at me like that . You're supposed to like me - or hate me , fine- but not like this . Don't look at me like that ," he whispered , his voice breaking . It was as if he could no longer endure the pain . A bitter laugh slipped from my lips as I stared at him with open contempt . " Bryson , do you really not know what you've done ? " I said slowly . " You protected Debbii and let her hurt my mom without consequence . You sent my brother to jail for her . You even had your people beat him so badly that he's still not awake to this day . What exactly are you trying to do now , huh ? " And after all that , you still dare to beg for my forgiveness ? Gosh , Bryson , do you even realize ... the blows you struck on me back then killed our only child ? " 27 22 2/3 95.1 % 9:51 Wed , Oct 15 I looked him straight in the eye , my voice like a blade , each word cutting . In an instant , his face went deathly pale .