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"Apologize or exile?" Zarina repeated those words again and again in disbelief, as if she is expecting that to be a dream rather than real.
The tension surrounding them was thick enough to cut with a knife. Zarina is still on the floor in front of Xavier, her eyes filled with unshed tears as she bit her lower lip to suppress the tremble in her voice.
"Are you really doing this to me, Xavier?" Dhe asked, her voice barely above a whisper. "After everything… after all these years of love and everything I've given to you, is this how you choose to treat me?"
Xavier’s face remained unreadable, but his silence spoke louder than words.
Cassandra, who had been watching all the drama, let out a mocking chuckle. "A man who can so easily abandon his wife who has been by his side for f
