312: Chapter 312

Chapter 312

"But I am the other woman," Kate said. "You were engaged with that woman when you did it with me. You showered me with love until I was intoxicated, thinking that you were in love with me."2

"You said that I am your only one and you'd marry me as soon as possible," Kate said. "You said so many sweet words from your lips and fooled me up until this point."

"B—But the engagement is all just a facade!" Henry said. "My father, he—he is a crazy old man with so much ego. He wants me to marry a noble lady so it will continue our family legacy as a noble family from long ago. I was never in love with her, and she was never in love with me."

Henry remembered what Sarah had done to seduce him. He was disgusted, but at the same time, he was thankful for what she was doing because it was a wake-up call.

Now he realized that he couldn't trust Sarah. 

There was no way he'd trust a woman who lusted over me after telling herself that she liked James more than him. 

"Did you exchange an engagement ring with her?" Kate asked, still turning her back against Henry. She held back her tears as she knew she had been unreasonable.

Her logic told her that it wasn't Henry's fault because he was being forced into the engagement.

But her heart was hurting so bad that no logic could rationalize the pain. 

She was the other woman, end of the story.

Henry fell into another silence, knowing Kate checkmated him.

Indeed, he exchanged an engagement ring with Sarah, but he only used it in front of his parents, so they were still convinced that they were still engaged and in a good relationship. 

"You did, right? You have a ring for her," Kate sneered. She held her tears because she didn't want to look pathetic. "You make me a mistress, Henry. All this time, I've always thought that I am a high-valued lady, earn my own money, and try my best to steer clear from unnecessary relationships, especially love."

"But you brought a new passion to me," Kate said with a shaky voice. "You make me dream that we are meant to be together, and you see me for my quality."

"But you turned me into a mistress. I am nothing but a kept woman you fucked and knocked up because you aren't in love with your soon-to-be real wife," Kate said.

"Kitty…" 

Henry wanted to touch her shoulder, but she quickly brushed it off and said, "We're done, Henry. I refused to be a homewrecker and a mistress. I'm not a trash woman… that's what I believed before you completely fooled me."

"I will leave your apartment tomorrow morning. But if you want me to leave now…" Kate was about to get up from the bed, but Henry pulled her back, ensuring she stayed. 

"Don't do this, Kate. This is our home. You're supposed to stay here," Henry said.

"As your mistress? No, I refuse," Kate said. "I will never be a kept woman, no matter what. What."

"N—No! You're mistaken!" Henry thought he could speak slowly with Kate, allowing her to let the information sink in before he continued.

But seeing Kate's reaction, he decided to come clean as soon as possible.

"Look, I went to her today and officially annulled the engagement. We are no longer engaged and are free to do whatever we want according to our wishes, and I wish to marry you, Katherine," Henry said, wishing this would be enough to make her feel at peace in his heart. 

…

"I… I never touched her during our entire engagement, and I've never touched another woman after getting with you. You are truly the only one."

…

"P—Please understand, Kate. I was stuck in a hard place. I was under enormous pressure, and after James' death, I lost my track," Henry said. "I don't know what am I doing, I—"

"So you don't know you are getting engaged with another woman after knocking me up with a baby?" Kate sneered. "Oh, Henry, I really want to trust you but can't. This is too much for me."

"But you promised that you'd accept me no matter what…" Henry began to panic after realizing that Kate was about to slip from his grasp. He was so scared that he began hugging her even tighter. "Please, I am doing this for you. I do everything because I want to be with you…"

…

Kate realized that he was right.

She promised she would accept him no matter what, as long as it didn't harm her and their baby.

And by all meant, he claimed that he had annulled the engagement of convenience. So, nothing else could stop them from getting a blessing from Dahlia. 

But she still had one question left for that.

"Who was your ex-fiancee? Did she accept the annulment? Is she okay with it?" Kate asked. "I don't want to be a woman that hurts other women and steals her man."

"Her name is Sarah, and it's… an engagement of convenience," Henry replied. "We were childhood friends and got engaged because of family pressure. I wasn't thinking clearly at that time. All I wanted was to appease my father and stop him from pestering me."

"Sarah and I decided to put everything as a mere official title, but we are finding love outside the arrangement. We've promised to break off the engagement once we found our loved ones, and I found you. That's why I broke the engagement this noon after visiting the mental hospital with you."

"So you don't need to worry, Love. I am free from any entanglement now. I am yours completely."

"You haven't answered my other question, Henry," Kate wasn't appeased yet, knowing Henry was hiding many things from her. "How about your fiancee? Did she accept the annulment without any protest? I doubt she will let you run free so easily, especially with the family status between you two."

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