Chapter 484

The clerk looked bewildered by Evelyn's question.

"Ma'am, aren't you here to replace your marriage certificate? How could we issue a replacement if you weren't legally married? Let me process that for you right away."

Evelyn froze in place.

The efficient clerk soon handed her a brand new crimson booklet.

She stumbled out of the civil affairs office like a ghost.

Sunshine bathed the streets, but her heart felt weighed down by stones.

Adrian Valentine had deceived her for years.

"Adrian, you lying bastard!" she muttered through clenched teeth. "We've been over for ages!"

She'd specifically inquired about divorce procedures during breastfeeding periods. Court intervention would expose their twins' existence.

"How could this happen..." Evelyn clutched her head in agony.

"All settled, darling?" Adrian's lazy drawl materialized behind her.

She whirled around.

Sunlight gilded his hair as he stood there with that infuriating smirk.

"Adrian!" Her entire body trembled with rage. "Was this some twisted game to you? Marriage, divorce—all at your whim. What am I to you? If you never loved me, why couldn't you let me go? Even the divorce papers were fake! Is there a single truthful word in that mouth?"

Years of careful planning—shattered in an instant.

Adrian studied her flushed cheeks in silence.

Even furious, she looked breathtaking—those parted lips, the heaving chest.

How he longed to confess his undying feelings.

"It took me two years to move on," Evelyn's voice cracked. "And now you tell me we were never divorced? Do you find this amusing, Adrian?"

Only those who've loved and lost understand the agony of forgetting.

Her intensity caught him off guard.

"Sweetheart, I—"

A glacial glare silenced him. She turned on her heel.

Three steps away, she remembered the offensive booklet in her hand.

With all her strength, she hurled it at him.

"I signed those divorce papers. You could've finalized it anytime. No shared assets, no complications—just clean closure."

Watching her retreating figure, Adrian's heart splintered.

He'd wounded her deeply, but surrender wasn't an option.

Evelyn drove off without a backward glance.

Adrian bent to retrieve their marriage certificate. His fingers traced the photograph of their smiling faces.

A smile tugged at his lips unbidden.

Those mesmerizing eyes burned with unwavering determination—he would win her back.