Seven Years a Shadow: The Stand-In's Escape novel Chapter 15

Before he could react, I continued, “Gavin, let’s get a divorce.”

When he heard the final sentence—“Gavin is just my dog”—his face drained of all color. He stood there, stunned, completely frozen.

Gavin, with a face full of regret, murmured, “How could this happen? So everything Susan said was a lie?”

I sneered, my eyes full of mockery. “Yes, only you would be foolish enough to believe her, over and over again abandoning your wife and daughter for them.”

It wasn’t until much later that he seemed to finally come to his senses.

He looked at me in disbelief, repeatedly asking, “What did you just say?

Divorce? What divorce? Wendy, are you joking with me?”

I just looked at him indifferently. “I’m not joking with you. With your actions, you don’t deserve to be a father.”

Gavin panicked. “I’m sorry. I never expected Susan to be such a person behind my back.”

“Moreover, I don’t have any feelings for her anymore. The only reason I’ve been taking care of her and her son is out of respect for my late brother…”

Thinking about the truth I had just learned, Gavin’s face showed despair, and his voice even carried a hint of pleading. “Wendy, can you give me another chance? I promise I’ll cut ties with them…”

I shook my head and spoke softly, “I’ve given you many chances, but you never cherished them.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Gavin’s body stiffened, as if all his strength had been drained from him.

But a moment later, he seemed to think of something and hoarsely asked, “Wendy, if we divorce, what about Yara?”

Before I could respond, Gavin continued talking to himself, “Yara is still so young. We should give her a complete family…”

When I saw Yara walk out of the room, Gavin’s eyes lit up, as if he had grabbed onto the last life-saving straw.

“Yara, please help Daddy persuade Mommy not to divorce Daddy, okay?”

Yara shook her head and responded in her clear, childish voice, “No.”

I protected Yara behind me and sneered, “When you called yourself another child’s father, did you ever think about Yara?”

“When you left us at the amusement park, did you think about Yara?”

“When she had a high fever, where were you?”