Chapter 141 Brother-in-law

• When Alessandro heard his beloved wife demand a divorce, the ground seemed to shift beneath him, and he watched in despair as his world literally crumbled before his eyes. When he married her, he had been indifferent to the idea of marriage, but he hadn’t realized when he fell in love with her. Seeing her made him feel like the luckiest man in the world, someone who possessed something precious and entirely his. But he had taken it for granted, and his possessiveness undermined him. He believed that threatening and intimidating Aria would ensure her loyalty and faithfulness.
• He was wrong—so, so wrong. He had witnessed his parents' infidelity and was terrified of suffering the same fate. He never wanted Aria to leave him, even though he believed she didn’t love him and was not loyal. He wasn’t ready to lose her at any cost, no matter her faults. He had loved her, and only her, in this world, after his mother.
• But a divorce meant breaking the marriage and shattering the sacred bond that bound them for eternity. He couldn’t imagine living without her; he couldn’t survive. The thought struck him like a thousand deaths in that single moment. When he emerged from his trance, he saw Aria walking away from him, and the gates closed between them.