Gilded Ashes - Chapter 196: Beyond The Waterfall

Married for four years, Sabrina Hayes is coldly neglected by her husband and watches as he caters to Brooke's every need.“Give your job to Brooke and stay home to take care of the children.”“It's the one-year anniversary of Brooke's divorce, so let's skip our wedding anniversary.”“I'm going to Brooke's son's parent-teacher meeting, and I can't make it to our daughter's kindergarten event.”Sabrina Hayes laughs, turns away with her young child, and remarries into The Aethel Circle to its heir.On her wedding day, facing her ex-husband who is kneeling and repenting, Sabrina Hayes coldly says, “Do I need to arrange a separate table for you and Brooke?”“If our daughter calls someone else 'daddy' and you have a problem, go to court and sue!”“Want to remarry? Go to sleep early, you'll have everything in your dreams!”At this moment, The Aethel Circle heir approaches, wraps his arm possessively around Sabrina Hayes's waist, and says, “Dear, it's time to return to our wedding chamber!”

“Where do you think you are going with those bags?” Xander interrogated as soon as he cornered her.“Of course, I’m leaving you!” She said, standing her ground, despite the fear in her eyes.“Why?”“You forgot to mention how dangerous you were.”Xander let out a deep throaty chuckle. “Sweetheart, you didn’t ask.”“I don’t care! I don’t want to be a part of this anymore!” She insisted.Xander shook his head. “Too late. We are already married. You now belong to me, and divorce is out of the question.”—Aurora Swift’s world shatters when Owen—her boyfriend of five years—breaks up with her via text. The betrayal deepens when she finds out he’s also getting engaged to her half-sister, Olivia Swift on the same day.Heartbroken and filled with rage, Aurora has a one-night stand with Xander Scott, Owen’s enigmatic uncle and the youngest billionaire in the country. When the fling leads to a marriage proposal from Xander with a promise to help her get her revenge, Aurora finds it hard to refuse.However, Aurora soon realizes that this is anything but a whirlwind romance.Xander Scott hides more secrets than Aurora knows, and the dangers that follow his mysterious identity soon bring about complications in their marriage.When Xander’s secret identity comes to light, will Aurora choose to remain in the marriage as her love for him has grown in depth, or let it drive them apart?

The world is like a chessboard and all living beings are the pieces on it!

“I do not want to be treated as a chess piece by the players!”

Defeat in this chess is tantamount to the destruction of my body and I’ll thoroughly disappear! Victory in this chess and I’ll have a very long life!

With the help of an ancient Weiqi piece, Gu Hai arrived at the Divine Province Mainland!

Heavenly Dao is eternal, however life is limited, making heaven and earth pieces of a chessboard, then in the end transformed into a loess, vanishing like faded smoke and scattered clouds. Nevertheless people still jump out of the chessboard, and these people are already prepared for their death while playing chess against the heavens, and perhaps win eternal life for themselves?

“I’ve come, and I want to live through 10,000 lives without any boundaries!”

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The course of commitments never did run smooth.