Chapter 27: Chapter 27: She Couldn’t Love Anymore

"Noelle Sutton, what do you mean by this?"

Tessa Lawson thought today’s Noelle Sutton was acting very strange.

Noelle Sutton was mute, and she didn’t want to pull out her phone to type for Tessa Lawson.

’She was already planning on leaving her husband and son, so why would she care what Tessa Lawson thought of her?’

Seeing Noelle Sutton remain silent, Tessa Lawson grew frustrated and said angrily, "I’m calling Tristan right now and telling him to dump you!"

With that, Tessa Lawson pulled out her phone.

Noelle Sutton didn’t leave. ’It would be great if Tessa Lawson could convince Tristan Lawson to dump her.’

’She was just thinking about divorcing Tristan Lawson anyway.’

The call connected quickly.

Tristan Lawson hadn’t found Noelle Sutton at the hospital and was now on his way to the hotel.

"Tristan, I ran into Noelle Sutton at The Regent Hotel. She’s dragging a suitcase, who knows where she’s going. She saw me but didn’t even say hello. I tried talking to her, but she just ignored me. Joshua is still in the hospital, and instead of taking care of him, she’s running around all over the place. If she’s going to act like this, you should just get rid of her."

Tessa Lawson vented all her anger in one breath.

Tristan Lawson’s voice, however, was calm and composed. "Keep an eye on her. Don’t let her leave. I’m on my way."

Tessa Lawson hung up, a disdainful smirk playing on her brightly painted red lips. "I’ve already called Tristan. He’ll be here soon. You’d better stand right here and not go anywhere."

Noelle Sutton lowered her gaze, a hint of mockery in her smile.

Tessa Lawson and Tristan Lawson were fraternal twins. She doted on Tristan, and because he was so outstanding, she saw her dear brother through rose-tinted glasses.

She felt that Noelle Sutton marrying Tristan Lawson had dragged him down.

As a result, Tessa Lawson had almost never been pleasant to Noelle Sutton.

Even so, out of her love for Tristan, Noelle had extended the same affection to his sister. She had never been hostile toward Tessa Lawson, never gotten angry with her, and had cherished her as if she were her own older sister.

She remembered one time when Tessa Lawson was in a minor car accident and broke her leg.

Joshua Lawson was only two or three months old at the time, and Tristan Lawson was away from home.

So she took Joshua with her, moved into Tessa Lawson’s spacious apartment, and served her three meals a day.

She would even cook with Joshua strapped to her back.

No matter how much she did, she never earned even a shred of goodwill from Tessa Lawson.

’She no longer had any interest in shamelessly trying to warm up to people who would never reciprocate.’

Tristan Lawson’s car came to a smooth stop beside Noelle Sutton.

Tristan Lawson pushed open the car door, and Tessa Lawson rushed to greet him.

"Tristan, look at the face on Noelle Sutton! It’s like I owe her hundreds of millions."

Tristan Lawson slammed the car door shut and strode toward Noelle Sutton.

’He was still so dazzling.’

’Just as proud and elegant as the day he had walked up to her, step by step, and asked if she would marry him.’

’Unfortunately, she no longer had the strength to love him...’

Tristan Lawson stopped in front of her.

He stared at her.

For a long moment, he said nothing.

After a moment, he reached out and took the suitcase from her hand.

"Let’s go home."

His voice was uncharacteristically gentle.

Standing to the side, Tessa Lawson blinked, finding it a little hard to believe.

She walked over and grabbed Tristan Lawson’s arm.

"Tristan, Joshua is sick, and she’s not taking care of him. She saw me and acted like I was nobody. You’re not going to punish her? You’re being this nice to her instead? Do you have a fever?"

As she spoke, Tessa Lawson reached out to feel Tristan Lawson’s forehead.

Tristan Lawson pushed her hand away. "I don’t have a fever."

Tessa Lawson had been waiting for Tristan Lawson to come and deal with Noelle Sutton, to vent her anger for her.

However, Tristan Lawson showed no intention of getting angry at all.

Tessa Lawson was indignant. She rolled her eyes at Noelle Sutton and continued speaking to Tristan Lawson. "Tristan, you probably don’t know this, but on Grandpa’s birthday, I saw her at the fabric market with another man. They were acting intimately, laughing and talking..."

Tristan Lawson stared at Tessa Lawson, his eyes frosty and cold, his thin, chiseled lips tightening into a line.

Tessa Lawson realized Tristan Lawson was angry and quickly shut her mouth.

’She had been too impulsive.’

’Men all care about their pride.’

’And with Noelle Sutton being mute, her cuckolding Tristan would be even more unacceptable.’

’She shouldn’t have been in such a rush to say it.’

Tristan Lawson retracted his gaze and took Noelle Sutton’s hand.

Noelle Sutton tried to struggle, but he held her tightly.

Tessa Lawson was dumbfounded.

’Even after all that, Tristan Lawson was still taking her home?’ 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Tristan Lawson forced Noelle Sutton into the car and put the suitcase in the back seat.

Without so much as a word to Tessa Lawson, he got in the car and drove off.

Tessa Lawson’s face twisted with anger.

’But on second thought, given Tristan’s composure, of course he wouldn’t argue with Noelle Sutton in public.’

’He was probably taking her home to deal with her there.’

So, Tessa Lawson got into her car as well, ready to follow them and see what would happen.

Tristan Lawson took Noelle Sutton home.

Tristan Lawson held her hand, led her into the master bedroom, and, placing his hands on her shoulders, guided her to sit on the edge of the bed.

He squatted in front of her, gently making hand signs.

His fingers were long and slender, and he was handsome; watching him use sign language was a pleasant sight.

He had learned sign language, but he rarely used it.

Since Noelle Sutton’s hearing was fine, she could hear him when he spoke.

He and their son both knew sign language, mainly so they could understand her.

Tristan Lawson signed, "I’m sorry about this morning. I was up all night taking care of Joshua."

Noelle Sutton paused.

’This was the first time Tristan Lawson had ever explained himself to her.’

But she quickly came to her senses.

’It didn’t matter anymore.’

She signed back to him, "Let’s get a divorce."

The light in Tristan Lawson’s dark eyes instantly vanished, and his brow twitched slightly.

Then, he stood up and turned his back to her.

He wasn’t the type of person to waste words.

And he disliked trouble even more.

After they got married, their family life had been peaceful, a state of affairs he found satisfactory.

He had never once considered divorce.

Their child was already six, and things were calm.

He didn’t understand why Noelle Sutton was making a scene.

’Hadn’t they treated each other with mutual respect, like strangers, for the past seven years?’

’Was it because of that other man?’

’Her childhood friend?’

Tristan Lawson suddenly spun around, bent down, grabbed Noelle Sutton’s shoulders, and shook her, demanding furiously, "Is that wild man outside so good that you’d abandon your husband and child for him?"

A cold smile touched Noelle Sutton’s lips.

’She really shouldn’t have trusted the gentleness his explanation had brought her for that fleeting moment.’

She pushed Tristan Lawson’s hands away and signed heavily, "If I say yes, will you agree to a divorce?"

"Dream on!"

Tristan Lawson practically spat the two words through gritted teeth.

Then, he added, "I’m not generous enough to let you cuckold me. From this day forward, you are forbidden from leaving this house!"

Tristan Lawson stormed off.

The door slammed shut with a BANG.

As Tristan Lawson walked out, Tessa Lawson happened to arrive, catching sight of the dark expression on his face.

"Tristan, did Noelle Sutton make you angry?"

Tristan Lawson ignored Tessa Lawson and got straight into his car.

Tessa Lawson hurried into the villa and threw open the door to the master bedroom.