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    “Maybe a week?” Kaiden softly brushed her hair back into ce. “Or perhaps a month?”


    Ellie frowned. It was a reflexive sign of rejection.


    Kaiden’s voice remained calm, though it had unintentionally grown colder. “El, I won’t agree to a divorce.”


    Ellie’s eyshes fluttered.


    “If you don’t want to see me during this time, I can stay away from Moon Manor,” Kaiden said.


    “Kaiden, you’re naturally domineering and controlling. I just shared my feelings, and you’ve already decided what I should do. You always want to keep me under your thumb. Just like with my eye treatment, you didn’t care about my opinion.”


    “Ellie, you’re my wife.”


    As his wife, it was his duty to look after her.


    “What if I’m not your wife anymore?” Ellie’s voice was calm, but there was an underlying bitterness in her words.


    “Ellie!”


    His voice roared like thunder before a storm, filled with frustration.


    Kaiden took a deep breath, trying to calm his anger. “El, you have every right to be upset. You can throw a fit. I’ve already let you have your way. However, I’m not consenting to a divorce, nor am I consenting to a separation.”


    “I’m exhausted. I want to sleep.”


    Ellie tried to turn away from him but stopped midway.


    The doctor had said that the fetus was still unstable and that she shouldn’t lie on her side yet.


    In fact, she wasn’t used to lying t; it made her tailbone ache.


    Kaiden watched helplessly as Ellie closed her eyes, lingered for a moment longer, and then left the room.


    He went to ask the attending doctor about Ellie’s condition and then returned to the room.


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    In a half-asleep state, Ellie heard the door open and woke up right away. The familiar sound and rhythm of his footsteps eased her.


    It was Kaiden.


    Ellie had initially tried to fake sleep, but Kaiden’s piercing gaze, always on her, made it impossible to ignore.


    Kaiden stood up and softly kissed Ellie on the forehead.


    “I’m sorry, baby.”


    Beneath the nket, Ellie’s fingers instinctively curled.


    Momentster, tears began to stream down Ellie’s face uncontrobly.


    Kaiden’s expression darkened, and his hand, which had been raised, dropped back down. He chose to ignore her tears.


    He acted as if he didn’t notice that she was pretending to be asleep. In reality, he had known from the moment he entered that she wasn’t really asleep.


    He could always sense the condition of the one he held dearest.


    One was pretending to be asleep, while the other was aware but chose not to call out the pretense. Both of them harbored a sense of bitterness in their hearts.


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