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  Hollywood What If Chapter 230

  "You have ged. You are not the woman I married." Victor let out a defeated sigh. He thought maybe Elizabeth had an ounce of love for her children.

  "Indeed. I have ged. You're the one responsible for my ge. Victor, I loved you, I promised to be with you forever. To live a happy life, to marry you... Maybe I was crazy back then. Love disappear." She smiled bitterly, remembering the past.

  "Our marriage was very happy, and I uand that you work hard for our future, for the children. When Aaron was born, I was so proud of him, I spoiled him and gave him all my attention."

  Victor lowered his head as he listeo Elizabeth reminisbsp;

  "But I guess there is a limit to my patience. When I regnant with Kazir, I needed you, I want you to stay with me. I want you to hold me and tell me you love me. But your business has taken a nosedive and you have to stay in the office 24/7... I uand that, I have tried my best to uand you."

  Victor bit his lip. That was the beginning of their marriage going cold.

  "Three days before Kazir was born, I begged you to stay. But you didn't listen and flew to Japan instead. What happened after that? Victor, tell me, what happened after that?"

  "I 't trol the weather, Elizabeth--"

  Elizabeth smmed her fists oable, cttering ptes and utensils.

  "You should have stayed! I gave birth to Kazir and the doctors surrounded me, but I need you the most! You..."

  Elizabeth frowned as she noticed tears f in the ers of her eyes. She clicked her tongue and wiped them away befring at Victor, who kept his head down.

  "Are you ashamed of yourself?"

  "..."

  "I hate you and God or whatever for this. The will above let you get stu the airport during a typhoon, doing your best and hoping to get back to your family, but you failed. And I hate you for that... Victor, why did you leave me?"

  "The Japanese ior o talk to me personally before he i, and I really he iment to start the project," Victor said in a tired voice. They actually had a versation like this fifteen years ago.

  Victor worked his ass off just to give his children a better future... It cost him his marriage.

  "Ah, yeah, I guess that's not so bad since we got rich afterwards, ahahaha." She giggled. Elizabeth was still getting money from her ex-husband. Maybe Victor felt bad about their separation.

  "After that, all my love for you disappeared... As for our children, Aaron grew up well, I heard he is married now. I felt bad about naming our sed son Kazir, but I 't go back to the past tht the wrongs. I have no iion of doing so. Kazir was one of the reasons I'm fucked up in the head. Giving birth to him made me lose my mind."

  "Elizabeth, he is your son," Victor replied.

  "That's why there's nothing wrong with using him for a few favors."

  "You really have ged."

  "What did they call it? Postpartum depression? Unfortunately, that kind of illness ot be diagnosed 30 years ago. If I had known, my retionship with Kazir might have been much better."

  Postpartum depression (also called PPD) is a dition that many women experieer having a baby. It's strong feelings of sadness, ay (worry), and tiredhat st for a long time after giving birth. These feelings make it hard for the mother to take care of herself and the baby. (Source: Google)

  Elizabeth tried to touch the wine gss but decided to pull her hands away.

  "I endured another 15 years of suffering, taking care of the childrehough my feelings for them were ent. When the children were old enough to uand, I k was the right time to end our retionship."

  "You should have filed for divorce first instead of cheating on me. Maybe our separation would have been much better if you had dohat."

  "Fufu, Victor, I did this on purpose to break your heart. I bme you, Kazir, the god, and possibly Aaron for all my suffering."

  "Elizabeth, you o see a therapist."

  "Is that an insult? But I don't care. I will do what I want. My daughter wants to be an actress and I will do my best to give her a beautiful life, something I was robbed of."

  "And you will use Kazir to do that?"

  "Of course. Just like I said, he is useful."

  The two locked eyes before Elizabeth chuckled and stood.

  "There is o tihis versation. You already know my iions, it's up to you if you want to tell Kazir about me. By the way, thanks for the monthly support, I used it to buy expehings. Keep it up."

  She patted him on the shoulder before leaving the restaurant, her hips swayiively. A few men even looked at her ass as she strutted out of the restaurant.

  Victrey was left alo the table. He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

  Talking to his ex-wife was very tiring. It would be a lie to say that it did not affect him, but all he felt ity. He could not believe that the woman he loved had bee a much worse bitbsp;

  If there was any good, Victor realized that he didn't love the woman anymore. Maybe it was time to think about himself and find his true love.

  But first...

  Victor pulled a recorder out of his suit. He clicked the button and listeo their versation.

  Betweeher and the children, Victor decided to side with his children. He would protect his son no matter what.

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  [Author's wo chapters today, and both chapters are whack. Rereading this chapter makes me groan. Well, I had a mental block when I wrote this, so I decided to write another POV (Kazir's parents) to move the plot along. I know this chapter is meh, I also agree].

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