Surviving Heartbreak novel

---- Chapter 18 "T'm not going back with you!" Penelope yelled coldly. "I already divorced you long ago, and I don't want to see you! Get out!" "You tricked me into signing that divorce agreement, so it doesn't count!" Jacob yelled back. He hugged her tightly as he babbled incoherently . "I never once thought about divorcing you, Penny. I was originally planning to adopt Rebecca's child after she gave birth and let you have custody of him or her!

"T once promised you that I would be responsible for you for the rest of my life-" Rebecca shoved him away with an icy look on her face. "There's no need for you to explain yourself to me any further. I now have someone who loves me, and I'm living a very happy life, so don't come into my life anymore, Jacob Thornton. Alright?" Jacob completely ignored her words. "I bought back all the gifts you got for me that you sold off, Penny. 1 even replanted ten acres of crab apple groves for you.

How about you come home with me and have a look at them?" He raised his hand, showing off the wedding ring on his finger. "I also found the wedding ring that you ---- threw away. Let's start over, alright? We'll get ourselves a marriage certificate at nine tomorrow morning, then fly to Maredale for a vacation-" "It's not alright!" Penelope snapped coldly while shaking off his touch. "I already decided that I was done with you four years ago, Jacob. Do you hear me?

I'm with your stepfather now, and therefore I'm your future stepmother. "Stop being so stubborn and open your eyes to the error of your ways!" Her words struck him deeply. His large frame trembled violently , and his eyes reddened instantly . However , he immediately forced himself to act calm and said, "It's all my fault for not realizing my love for you before. I hadn't known just how much I cared about you. "However , it's alright ! Even if you do not want me anymore, I still want you!

I'm willing to dedicate my entire life to making it up to you!" Peter pushed the bedroom door open and walked in with a dark expression. 'Why are you here harassing Penelope instead of recuperating in the hospital, Jake? Put her down and get out!" "She's clearly my wife. Since when did she belong to you?" Jake said challengingly , looking at Peter with burning anger in his eyes.

"If you hadn't forcefully ---- abducted Penny overseas four years ago, I wouldn't have been apart from her for this long! "T've been living like a zombie every day without Penny around, yet you concealed her whereabouts from me and are even so shameless as to try and monopolize her!" Peter kicked him with a fierce expression . "How do you still have the nerve to accuse me? She sincerely wanted to spend her life with you, but you deceived her with a fake marriage certificate .

Did a dog chew up your conscience and toss it to the curb? "You betrayed her trust by cheating on her and even forced her to peel so many oranges for the sake of letting your mistress vent her anger. Your actions caused her to pass out from anaphylactic shock. How about you ask yourself whether you make a qualified husband?" Jacob braced his hand on the floor and struggled to his feet, then sent a punch toward Peter. "I'm not, but how are you any better than me?

Does it sound morally right for someone a generation older to deliberately take their stepson's wife for his own?" The two men kicked and punched at each other. Jacob gradually lost the upper hand and ended up lying on the floor. Penelope did not spare him a single glance. Instead , ---- she walked quickly over to Peter, who had a hand over his chest. "Are you alright , Peter?" she asked in concern. "Are you hurt?" Jacob's eyes widened in disbelief.

He coughed violently , and pain filled his gaze. "You're showing concern for him right in front of me, Penny? I'm your lover, not him!" Penelope looked at him and said firmly, "No, you're not. He is. I truly didn't say that I wanted to marry him in order to make you angry. I was serious about it. "