121 After the divorce is finalized

[a few hours earlier]

kiyohira is sitting at the restaurant's private room. his gaze is distant and cold. there are a lot of things going inside his mind. 

"kiyohira." chisa smiles at him. "who would have thought that..."

who would have thought that he would send her an invitation for lunch?

"chisa." he smiles at her neither warmly nor coldly. 

she takes a seat opposite him. like always, she looks lethally beautiful - a red pencil dress, little makeup, and red lips. corner of his lips tilts up. "you look beautiful today."

"you are finally seeing me." she snorts. "i haven't forgotten how you tried to kill me that day. you also created some trouble for me."

"i was blinded by her." he leans back. "i didn't think that you would ever want to see me again."

the server sets the table and pours the drinks. when they are alone again, chisa speaks with a glint in her eyes, "i hear that you already filed for the divorce petition. it hasn't been a month since the wedding." 

kiyohira gives her a heavy nod. "it's difficult to be with someone like her. the sex is good, but she's insane and not suitable to stay as my wife. i have to keep her confined in the room for the safety of my family members." 

he pauses for a moment. "i apologize for what i did to you."

"people forgets themselves in a dream called love." she scrutinizes him from the head to the toes. a fine man like him can only belong to her. "i don't blame you since you didn't take long to wake up from that dream."

he lets out a sigh. 

"you don't blame me for the miscarriage?" chisa narrows her eyes on him. "honestly, i didn't know that she was pregnant. but, i don't regret doing it."

this should tick him off.

"i am not an idiot." kiyohira chortles. "does a two weeks old fetus even count as life?"

chisa lets out a laugh too. "then, you don't love her anymore?"

"i don't." 

"you really don't blame me for the things that i did to her two years ago?"

"i did blame you once." kiyohira's voice is even. "not anymore."

if he had said that he didn't blame her, she wouldn't believe him. chisa walks around the table and sits beside him. "i heard that the kamiyama groups is suffering."

another sigh escapes his lips. 

she places her hand over his. "i can help you." 

"you will still help me after everything i did?" he looks at her with shock in his eyes. 

"you know my worth now." her fingers hover over his thigh. "kiyohira, be mine. i can show you a new world."

he hands her the wine glass with a gentle smile. "i am already yours."

***

the recording ends there. rie plays the recording in the lipstick recorder. numbness is spreading through her veins. the same words play again and again through her earphones. 

"haha!" she lies down on the bed with a weary heart. "this is funny."

***

"there's no reaction yet." chisa pouts. 

"maybe she hasn't heard it." morikawa serves her the coffee. "do you doubt mr. kamiyama?"

"i don't think that he's faking it." they have a date today too. kiyohira is sweet to her. he knows that how useful she's for him. in his eyes, she has seen admiration. maybe after spending some nights with rie, he is done with her. a broken toy like rie can never keep him satisfied. it's only natural that he would wake up after a while.

money can easily buy people's loyalty. one of the servants from the kamiyama mansion helped in hiding the photos in the files the secretary imamura personally leaves in the kamiyama mansion every day. from the same servant, she heard about the bad relationship between rie and kiyohira. rie is truly confined inside the room. he's even sending her the profiles of suitable candidates who can become his second wife. it must be his way of belittling rie because kiyohira has already chosen chisa as his wife. her rightful place is coming back to her.

that's why she doesn't doubt kiyohira's words. 

she will bring her to that place after he divorces her. 

"but, i couldn't resist it. i want to break her dream as soon as possible. kiyohira gave me the perfect opportunity. let's see if he will come to the date today or not. if he comes, he will pass the test."

***

unbeknownst to chisa, kiyohira doesn't know about the recording or what is waiting for him at the home yet. he arrives at the restaurant. chisa is already there.

she welcomes him with a smile. "you are on time."

"you are early." kiyohira gives her a hug. 

"i couldn't wait to see you." 

"the same."

they sit together. chisa's heart is elated after seeing him here today. her eyes shine with happiness. he does look a bit pale. he hasn't said anything to her. either rie hasn't said anything or he doesn't care about what she did. "did your wife make trouble for you last night?" 

corners of his eyes crinkle. "a bit."

so, something did happen. "though you are getting a divorce, you are still married and i am the other woman. i had to fact check. i am sorry."

"don't overthink it." he mutters with little unhappiness in his eyes. that's why she likes him. kiyohira is different from other men. if he acted like other men, she would have doubted him. 

"my apologies." she coils her arm around his arm. "kiyohira, i won't overthink anymore since you are with me."find authorized novels in webnovel，faster updates, better experience，please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.