I Walk on My Own Destiny without Her

Adelaide shouted, “This is my mom not yours. Luciana, your classmates say you're a wild seed. Who gave you permission to call her your mom?”

Seeing Luciana fall to the ground and crying loudly, I was instantly anxious. I helped my daughter up. I then stare coldly at Adelaide.

“Apologize to my daughter right now!”

Isabella tightened her brows and said unhappily, “Reginald, why are you being so mean to a little kid?”

She held Adelaide in her arms without saying a word. She then stared at me sharply.

“I told you in advance last night that Adelaide doesn't stand to see people calling me mom, Reginald. She's just aggravated and angry. By the way, it's not like she pushed Luciana on purpose, okay?”

I stood firm. I was still insisting.

“Did she do it on purpose? Didn't you see it just now, Reginald?”

“Isabella, she just personally called Luciana a wild seed. You must tell her, is Luciana really a wild seed?”

Isabella hesitated for a few moments. But she still softly coaxed Adelaide without any intention of apologizing.

On the other side, Christopher rolled his eyes. He stepped forward to Luciana. 

He then apologized with a smile. “Mr. Reginald, I'm really sorry. My daughter, Adelaide, grew up abroad. It makes her personality easy to anger. She also doesn’t like to share anything with others. She just said what she wanted to say. Please, don't take it to heart.”

The little girl in his arms had an even more smug expression. I really hated both of them. They ruined my daughter's life.

“I didn't say anything wrong, Dad. The classmates have all said that Luciana is a wild seed. She's the one who robbed my mom!”

Adelaide still believed her statement. Meanwhile, I clenched my fists and stared coldly at Isabella.

Before she said that she had a cleanliness fetish called mysophobia, Luciana and I endured it. We indulged her blindly.

Unfortunately, she was willing to use overtime as an excuse to have an affair with other men outside. I also turned a blind eye when I found out about this. But now, I couldn't tolerate others calling my daughter a wild seed.

I asked loud to her, “Isabella, I'll ask you again. Is Luciana…?”

A point of displeasure flashed across Isabella's face, but she sneered and said, “How did she become my daughter, Reginald? Aren't you stupid? Alright, today is the day Adelaide comes to the house to play, okay? Please, don't make everyone unhappy right now.”

Christopher and his daughter were happy on the side. They knew that Isabelle would choose them over her daughter. 

Isabella picked up Adelaide with heartache. “I will buy you new dolls, okay?”

Adelaide replied, “I want Elsa's pretty dress, Mom.”

“Okay, we will buy it later.”

I saw Isabella's face full of love for Adelaide at this moment. Looking at her back, I felt a chill in my heart. It made me want to do something. I finally said the words that I had not been able to say even after weighing them again and again.

“Isabella, let's divorce!”

Isabella's footsteps lurched after hearing my words. She coldly turned back.

“Reginald, do you think this is interesting? If you think this can threaten me, then it's fine as you wish.”

After saying that, she left without looking back.

I saw a smile with a smirk flashed across the corner of Christopher's eyes. But he quickly suppressed it and turned back to apologize to me.

“I'm really sorry, Reginald. Isabella and I are innocent. She is the most affectionate person. I know she just cares more about me than you. It happens because she feels sorry for my heartbreak and my early divorce. You know that my only child does not have a mother. She is only to be more concerned about us for a while. I hope you do not take it to heart. Please, don’t be unhappy because of this.”

Before they left us, Christopher added my contact information. He said to compensate Luciana for that painting.

Isabella said, “Christopher, come quickly.”

Isabella stood outside not far away. She held Adelaide’s hands and called him softly.

Christopher replied, “I’m coming!”

Christopher chased after them with a joyful smile on his face. Before they could go far, the sound of their conversation clearly reached my ears.

“Isabella, you are such a fool. Mr. Reginald said that the divorce was just a word of anger. How could you agree to it?”

Isabella replied sarcastically, “I know he used all means to beg for this marriage. So, how could he possibly give up a divorce? I think he was so mean to our Adelaide. It was just a small punishment for him. It won't be long before he begs me to come back. Believe my words, Christopher.”

I couldn't help but sneer. I tried to calm down and take new steps in my future life without Isabella.