After My Death, She Saw His True Colors

A week later, I met Isabella again.

I saw the surprise flashing in her eyes.

She should be surprised. I was tortured by the pain and lost a lot of weight in just a few days, but I still dressed neatly.

I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau again, this time to get a divorce.

Along the way, the two of us sat in silence in the back seat of the taxi.

The scenery outside the car window was rapidly receding. While waiting for the red light at the intersection, I saw a young couple sharing the same ice cream.

She smiled and smeared the ice cream on his nose and cheeks. He smiled brightly and turned his head to tickle her.

Isabella also saw it. She was silent for a moment and said to the driver, “Stop here.”

Then she got out of the car.

This place was only two hundred meters away from the Civil Affairs Bureau in front.

Watching her walk straight to the ice cream stand in high heels, I knew that she had not forgotten that day.

That was the day to get the marriage certificate.

At that time, we rode a shared bike and navigated all the way to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

We were both very young at that time. I didn’t have a car or a house and even though I didn’t have money to hold a wedding, she was still willing to get the marriage certificate with me first.

After coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I was wrapped in huge joy and picked her up and turned around several times.

She pouted her lips and said, “I want to eat vanilla ice cream!”

I couldn’t wait to pull her to find the nearest stall.

She took a photo in the sun with a cute ice cream ball and smiled happily.

I couldn’t help but shake my head, silly girl, how could you be so satisfied?

I knew how much I owed her when I got the marriage certificate, so in the following years, I worked hard to make money for her to spend, just wanting to give her everything to compensate her.

But later, I had a car and a house and my love for her only increased.

But she fell in love with someone else.

“Here you go.”

Isabella’s voice brought my thoughts back from drifting away.

She handed me the chocolate ice cream and ate a vanilla one herself.

“I remember we had ice cream that day, so let’s have one today, so we can part ways in peace.”

I took it with a bitter smile in the corner of my eyes.

Did she forget that my stomach couldn’t stand any coldness as early as the end of last year?

The temperature was over 30 degrees today and the ice cream melted quickly, with some dripping down her hand.

I habitually searched in my pocket to see if there was a tissue.

Before I found it, I saw a room card fall out of her bag.

For a moment, time seemed to freeze.

Isabella lowered her head slightly to wipe her hands and explained with some stammering, “My classmate came to Lafcaster and this is her room card.”

I was so heartbroken that it seemed that even breathing became difficult.

She was like this and every lie would be seen through at a glance.

I didn’t expect that she had already checked into a hotel with Damian and that was before we even got our divorce certificate.

Why were she in such a hurry?

I didn’t understand. I didn’t do anything wrong. Why did Isabella hurt and betray me so much?

Perhaps because she saw my pale face, a trace of panic flashed through Isabella’s eyes.

“It’s not what you think…”

She even raised her hand to hold my hand to explain, but I used all my strength to push her away.

Her tone was calm.

“Let’s go.”

With that, she walked straight toward the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The formalities were handled very quickly. There were many people queuing at the stall for getting the marriage certificate and every couple’s face was filled with joy.

My stomach began to ache again, but I tried hard to restrain myself, not wanting to let anyone see any clues.

I asked for all the assets under their names to belong to me. When Isabella heard me say this, her face was stunned for a while.

“I know I am sorry for you, but you don’t want to give me a penny?”

I tried to force a smile and said, “Isn’t Damian very rich? You will be better off with him than now.”

When I mentioned him, Isabella’s expression was much looser and softer and she really didn’t care about the distribution of property.

“Okay, then it’s agreed that from now on we will go our separate ways and owe nothing to each other.”

When she came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, her steps were much lighter and she even turned around and kindly reminded me.

“I don’t think we’ll be in touch in the future. You should find a girlfriend as soon as possible. I haven’t taken good care of you these years. Find someone who’s considerate and takes good care of you.”

My stomach ached suddenly and I smiled bitterly and shook my head. “Go away.”

She noticed my expression and frowned slightly. “What’s wrong with you? Do you have a stomachache?”

I ignored her and stopped a taxi at random and the car drove away.

Through the rearview mirror, I saw Isabella standing there in a daze.

***

After returning home, I took the medicine and finally felt much better.

There were still her clothes and personal belongings in the house. I didn’t know when she would come to get them, but the memories in the house tortured me every time I saw them.

I found a few boxes, put her things away bit by bit and piled them in the empty corner of the living room.

In the next few days, I lived in a daze. The days when I needed to rely on painkillers to maintain sleep at night passed in a flash.

My physical condition was getting worse and worse, but before I died, I still stubbornly wanted to see her again.