After Divorce

Chapter 105 Like a Joke

Hearing Jonathan’s words, Cyril snapped back to reality, his eyes filling with bewilderment. “Wasn’t it you who said Sylvia married me using all sorts of underhanded tactics? Why the change of heart now?”

Jonathan, slightly taken aback, replied, “No, I mean, if it’s Sylvia we’re talking about, then we’ve got it all wrong. Please, she’s the younger daughter of the Ivan family. To put it bluntly, do all of our fortunes combined even stack up to theirs? Maybe she married you just because she liked you.”

“C’mon, Jonathan, you’re being hypocritical,” Cyril scoffed. “You’re talking about her like she’s a whole different person from before. Your tune would be completely different if her identity wasn’t known.”

Jonathan looked a bit sheepish; he hadn’t wanted to come across that way. But thinking

back, if Sylvia had been a nobody, then sure, she’d have had to put in a lot of effort to marry Cyril. Now knowing she was the protected young daughter of the Ivan clan, it hardly made sense she would stoop to deception.

“I did say some nasty things in the past, but look at it now. If Sylvia didn’t actually like why would she go through all that trouble?”

you,

Different people, different statuses, led to entirely different conclusions. Cyril felt like a joke at that moment. Sylvia’s status was lofty and complicated; why would she need to resort to such measures unless she did, in fact, have feelings for him?

“What does it matter if she is the daughter of the Ivan clan?” Bonnie couldn’t take it anymore. Sylvia, the woman she once looked down upon, had transformed into the esteemed Ivan scion. How could Bonnie accept that? She used to boss Sylvia around, sending her to cook, to clean; treating her like a servant was standard. She thought Sylvia deserved it for tricking her way into their family. But now she was told Sylvia’s status was higher than

her own.

Jonathan wasn’t pleased with Bonnie’s outburst. “Are you crazy? I didn’t say anything when Cyril married Sylvia. It was you who kept yapping about her not being good enough for him. Without your constant nagging, I wouldn’t have given it another thought. There’s obviously more to that story.”

“And now you say there’s an issue. Why didn’t you say something before?” Bonnie retorted, her voice laced with scorn. “You’re just changing your tune now because of her status. If you had said this earlier, I might have thought better of you. Now, it’s just laughable!”

Chapter 105 Like a Joke

Bonnie was disgusted with the flip–flopping, pandering based on someone’s standing. And when she had been kicking someone who was down, Jonathan wasn’t any better than her.

“Well, even if you want to make it up to her now, it’s pointless,” Bonnie sneered. “Sylvia won’t care about your so–called niceness!”

Bonnie was fuming. After a fierce shout at Cyril, she spun on her heels and stormed off, leaving the crowd shaken by her outburst. They couldn’t help but feel a twinge of melancholy, thinking about how they had once looked down on Sylvia, only to be the ones struggling to accept her new status.

Even Jonathan was having regrets. If he had known about Sylvia’s true identity before, he would’ve never acted the way he did. Looking back now, he realized his actions were quite laughable.

“So,

what are you going to do now? Have you thought about getting back together with her? I mean, I doubt it’s likely, but if she still has feelings for you…”

“Let’s just drop that topic,” Cyril cut him off, “Sylvia and I are done. We’re divorced and that’s the end of it. All I feel towards her now is remorse.‘

Ever since their divorce, Cyril had been aware that his behavior had been harmful. He wanted to make amends, to offer Sylvia what he thought she deserved, but what could he possibly give her now that she lacked nothing?

Cyril’s silence left Jonathan at a loss for words. They’d all done Sylvia wrong without knowing her truth.

“So, what should we do now? Should we leave? People are giving us weird looks.”

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“Do you

find their stares odd? Have you ever considered that Sylvia endured much worse over the years?” Cyril suddenly found empathy for what Sylvia might have gone through he had only faced people’s reactions after her identity had been revealed. Sylvia, on the other hand, had been on the receiving end of cold shoulders and unfair treatment for without voicing a single complaint or using her status to press down on anyone. In that regard, he couldn’t hold a candle to her.

years

Jonathan opened his mouth but found no words. He thought today’s Cyril seemed like a stranger. The old Cyril would not have acknowledged their wrongs. Before, he could barely recognize his own faults–now, Sylvia’s status had undoubtedly shaken him.

The truth about Sylvia was indeed shocking, and Jonathan didn’t know how to face her anymore, especially after everything they’d put her through. He worried that she might harbor a grudge, one she’d be fully justified to hold onto.