?


    Aside from herself, Rosalie couldn''t give him anything else.


    She felt many things for Sebastian: gratitude, touched feelings, and guilt. However, her love had long since died.


    Sebastian closed his eyes in pain. Rosalie''s silence was his answer. Everything was as he had expected, but the pain was still unbearable.


    He sighed softly, struggling with the heart-wrenching pain. "Alright, Rose. I won''t force you to answer. You don''t have to answer me, but I beg you to promise me that you won''t divorce me. I won''t force you to do anything you don''t want to do, but just this one thing-don''t divorce me. As long as you don''t divorce me, I will do whatever you ask."


    "Seb," Rosalie said hoarsely, "Is this a trade? If I agree to this, you''ll promise to protect my child when ites down to it, right?"


    "Yes. If that''s how you want to think of it, then it is a trade."


    Rosalie said, "You want me to exchange my marriage for this?"


    "Rose, you can hate me or resent me, but I can''t control myself. I''m going crazy. I don''t know how else to get you to stay. I love you too much. I can''t bear the thought of you not being by my side. I can''t bear the thought of us divorcing one day. I might... I might die."


    In the end, he was so choked up that he couldn''t speak. His eyes were red and filled with both pain and deep affection.


    "Seb, is it really worth it for you to do this? I don''t want to make you suffer. There are so many women who deserve your love and will love you in return. But my heart..."


    "Don''t say it, Rose." Sebastian covered her mouth once again. "Don''t say it. I don''t want to hear it. I only asked if you are willing."


    Rosalie pushed his hand away, shaking her head. "I don''t know. I really don''t know. Seb, please don''t force me."


    "But you''re forcing me too,"


    Sebastian said with some anger.


    "Rosalie, don''t you realize how cruet you are? For the child in your belly, you''re willing to give up your own life. You force me to agree as well. Isn''t that cruel?"


    "But this is my child," Rosalie said in pain. "I''ve already given up Theodore. I can''t give up his child. As long as I''m still alive, I must ensure the child is safely born."


    "I''m your husband!" Sebastian said with agitation. "My request is not unreasonable. I only ask that you don''t divorce me."


    "Is this marriage so important to you?"


    "Are you saying it''s not important to you?" Sebastianughed through his pain. "Since it''s not important to you, then what does it matter if we divorce? Moreover, even if you divorce me, what then? Do you want to reconcile with Theodore? Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.


    "No!" Rosalie cried. "I never thought of reconciling with him. I just..."


    "Just what?" Sebastian interrupted her. "Rose, you should know that even if Theodore is still alive now, you can never return to him because you''ve given him up. If you divorce me again, you''ll have hurt twox vo frien. Do you want us both to suffer? You should at least protect one person. You can''t let both men suffer because of you."


    Rosalie was silent for a long time.


    Things hade to a point where all three of them were in pain.


    If only she had left earlier, things wouldn''t have ended up like this. She had meant well, but in the end, she only made things worse.