My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1260 - 1089: What Affection? What Feelings?

"Do you really think there’s affection between us? Have you forgotten what you’ve done?"

"Do you truly believe you’re a good man? Actually, you’re not a good man at all. Don’t you have any self-awareness?

You’ve made so many mistakes, yet you always think they’re all someone else’s fault. You’ve never considered taking responsibility for your own mistakes. You’re just a coward, and I don’t want to marry a coward. I don’t want to spend a lifetime with a coward either!

Since things have come to this point, there’s no need for anyone to say anything else. We’re each living the lives we want, isn’t that great? Why keep tangling up the past? Everything from the past is now like smoke in the wind, don’t cling to things that don’t belong to you. Even if you always remember those things, they aren’t yours and have nothing to do with you. Why give up your lifelong happiness for them?

From the beginning, I’ve been using you. I used your love for me, your affection, to achieve my goals. To reach my goals, I would resort to any means, even do things you could never imagine. You could never guess what I’ve said behind your back?"

These past two days, I really didn’t want to hear him continuing to speak, so I raised my hand and slapped him. I was shocked by this move from my son. I never expected my son to hit a woman, just like I never expected my son to hit his beloved wife. If this is his love, then my son deserves some punishment.

"You shut your mouth! Don’t you dare say these things to me, or don’t blame me for not being polite. Whether I’m a coward or not is none of your business. Who I am is none of your business either. I made it clear in front of you. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other, we’re strangers. So why are you speaking to a stranger in such a tone? I don’t care anymore what you’ve done behind my back, or whether you were with me just to achieve your goals. I won’t pursue these things anymore, but I don’t want to hear anyone say I’m a coward again. Otherwise, I’ll put all the blame on you!"

Xia Jing didn’t expect Zhang Zhentian would actually hit her. In all these years, even though she’s made countless mistakes, Zhang Zhentian never laid a hand on her. This is the first time, and she was truly stunned.

"You actually dared to hit me, but I hope you remember this action for a lifetime. Since you’ve hit me, it proves there’s no more relationship between us. You’ve personally broken off the bond between us. Remember, if one day you come begging for me to return to you, think about what you did to me today. This slap has severed the bond of our ten-plus years of marriage. For those years you never hit me. Every day we spent laughing together, but today, because I called you a coward, you hit me. Are you really so fragile that you can’t take a joke? In your heart, you probably think you’re a useless man. You’re timid, never having the courage of a man. When facing difficulties, you need a woman to stand up for you. Don’t you feel your life is a failure? A man like you, do you find any meaning in living? Hitting a woman only proves you’re indeed a useless man.

I won’t say much anymore, but I hope you remember this slap, the fingerprints on my face, this slap shattering our acquaintance, our understanding, our companionship, and our separation...

If I’d known earlier you would hit a woman, I would never have been with you. Such an act disgraces me. A big man daring to hit his wife proves he has no courage. Your actions have shown you as a useless man, a coward, a man with no responsibility. This only highlights every mistake you made as contemptible in the eyes of others!"

Zhang Zhentian looked down at his hands. He couldn’t believe he’d just hit the woman he loved most in a moment of anger. Perhaps this family’s bond truly has been severed, and such a proud woman got slapped publicly by a man.

Xia Jing couldn’t accept such a scenario, no matter how much this man loved her or what he once sacrificed for her. In the end, today he hit her, but that slap shattered her heart completely.

"Xia Jing, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that slap. I just lost control in the heat of the moment. I never intended to hurt you. Please forgive me, don’t be angry with me, or I won’t know what to do.

You don’t need to say these things to me anymore, nor hope to keep me by your side. Whether you meant it or not, you hit me, and it proves you didn’t love me as much as you claimed. If you don’t love me, don’t burden me. Let me find the love I want, live my life, and obtain what I’ve always yearned for!

You might think that slap was thoughtless, but in my eyes, it was deliberate. You hit me on purpose to stop me from speaking because deep down, you couldn’t accept being called a coward. I’ve thought about it. If the man I love ever hits me, I won’t live with him no matter what. A man hitting his wife is no man at all. I absolutely won’t live with someone who’s not a real man!

Can you still claim you’re a man?"

Zhang Zhentian was speechless at Xia Jing’s question. He knew this time he was in the wrong!

What affection do we have between us? Where does affection come from?