Dear Ex-Wife, You Are MINE! novel Chapter 66

VICTORIA’S POV

“What?” I heard his surprised gasp as my gaze found his eyes again.

Those blue eyes suddenly lost the spark in them and became dull. His bright expression turned sad as he stared at me in a daze.

“You think I am trying to get you back for your identity?” he asked. His tone conveyed a sense of disbelief, as if he was questioning himself.

Did I think it wrong?

Fuck! He cursed suddenly and started placing on the deck, wracking his impatient fingers in his hair. He stopped and turned to me.

“How could you even think that, Victoria? I wanted you for your identity? Shit!” He shook his head and started pacing again as if he could not believe those words.

He stopped again and turned to face me, finding my gaze calmly fixed on him.

“I, Alessandro Devonte, don’t need a woman with a posh identity, Victoria. I...” He shook his head and expressed his inner conflict with a pained expression. “I want you only, Victoria. Not your identity,” he said.

I wanted to believe his words, but I was scared after the betrayal I had gone through over time.

“How would I believe you that you don’t, Alessandro? Your family has always taunted me for being a normal girl, and you have only watched, standing in one corner. Never have you stopped them nor cared about my image.”

The recollection of the past disrupted my composure.

“How would I believe that you are not here because of your family’s words but for me? Is there any reason to trust you, Alessandro?”

I shook my head. “Cleary, there isn’t.”

He rubbed his face, utterly frustrated.

“Fuck, Victoria!” He groaned and shook his head, fixating his gaze on me again. He stepped forward a bit.

“I know I have hurt you a lot. I hurt you too much that I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try to gain it.”

“I know there is no reason for you to trust me. I have never given you the situation, and I regret my every action from the past where I never cherished you and your care.”