"Lionel, today, in front of all your rtives, I''m making this clear. I don''t care if you were drugged or not. The fact is, in our three years of marriage, you only starteding home frequentlyst month. For three years, you ignored me, misunderstood me, and insulted me for Sandra''s sake. You showered her with gifts and repeatedly allowed her to use the media to nder me."


    "I gave you time to retrieve those things yourself. You didn''t. You deliberately stalled. You were given a chance to handle this with dignity and you threw it away. Don''t me me for not giving you any."


    Hannah grabbed the divorce papers from the table and threw them hard in his face.


    “A month ago, you tricked me into signing divorce papers, thenter told me they didn''t count. Well, today, in front of your family, I''m telling you loud and clear: we are getting a divorce."


    "The fact that I haven''t exposed your secret marriage and your adultery to the press is thest bit of decency I''m showing you, Lionel. If you continue to be so shameless, we''ll see each other in court!"


    The dozens of pages scattered in the air, fluttering down tond at Lionel''s feet.


    He stared down at the papers, each one a testament to another piece of Hannah''s dwindling hope in him.


    Hannah left the main residence with Samuel, who hurried to catch up.


    "Damn, you''re my hero! You actually said all that in front of the entire Rosenberg n. That was incredible."


    Just moments ago, standing beside Hannah in that tense environment, he had been nervous himself. He''d even reached into his pocket, debating whether to call his Uncle Peter for backup in case that pack of wolves tried to tear Hannah apart.


    But to his amazement, she had taken on a dozen of them and emergedpletely unscathed.


    Hannah gave a small, wry smile. "If this were the old me, I wouldn''t have had the guts. I used to be terrified of his rtives at family events."


    She looked at Samuel, a genuine smile gracing her lips. "But things are different now, aren''t they? I have you and the Temple family backing me up If something had really happened to me at the Rosenberg estate today, I knew the Temple family would have my back. And even if they didn''t, I know you and Uncle Peter would never let them harm me."


    "You bet we wouldn''t!" Samuel puffed out his chest. "Don''t worry. I''ll always be your staunchest supporter!"


    A warmth spread through Hannah''s chest. She wasn''t lying. When she had first faced them all today, she had felt a flicker of fear.


    But as the confrontation went on,


    that fear vanished, reced byane


    St. With Gary by her side,


    and knowing she was in the right, what was there to be afraid of?


    The siblings chatted andughed on their way home. Meanwhile, Lionel was being subjected to a series of lectures from his elders, who


    Vol.n


    instructed him to stay home from


    the office for a while to reflect on his


    actions and find a way to appease Hannah.


    They couldn''t let this scandal escte and bring further shame upon the Rosenberg name.


    When Hannah and Samuel arrived home, Cherry and Gary were waiting, smirks on their faces.


    "Well, well. I thought after the scene you caused today, the Rosenbergs would eat you alive. I''m surprised you made it back in one piece."