Chapter 170

Seeing Daniel's expression soften, Isabella quickly took Michael's arm, pretending to be a loving couple.

"Grandpa, it's true. Look, we've already made up. Those news reports won't appear again."

Daniel, who had been somewhat satisfied with Michael, saw the panic in Isabella's eyes, and his recently calmed mood changed again.

He had taken care of Isabella for many years and could see through her thoughts with just a glance.

The air became unusually quiet for a moment.

After a while, Daniel, lying on the hospital bed, shook his head. "You don't need to say anymore. I just saw the news about your divorce. How long has it been since you reconciled? And you say you're not lying to me?"

"Isabella, how can I be at ease with you living alone?"

Daniel, who had been a dominant figure in the eastern part of Valoria for half his life, couldn't help but tear up at the thought of Isabella having no one to take care of her after he was gone.

He couldn't keep Grace when he was young, and now in his old age, he had to watch Isabella suffer.

How could he bear it?

Daniel, who had never shed a tear in front of others, was now crying because of Isabella's divorce.

This made Isabella feel as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

"Grandpa, don't be like this. I'm really not lying to you."

Seeing Daniel cry, Isabella couldn't help but cry along with him.

Just as she was about to take a tissue to wipe Daniel's tears, a large hand took the tissue from her. "Isabella, please step out for a moment. I want to talk to Daniel alone."

Michael's tone was serious and stern.

He didn't seem to be joking.

Isabella had no other options now. If she couldn't convince Daniel with this reason, she wouldn't be able to find any reason to put Daniel at ease.

Hearing that he wanted to talk alone, Isabella got up and asked her uncles to leave the room as well.

But considering Daniel's health, she and her uncles didn't dare to go far and just sat on the bench outside the door waiting.

Inside the room.

Michael sat where Isabella had been sitting, facing Daniel.

Daniel had seen enough of the news on his phone and knew how Michael had treated Isabella over the past three years, so his tone was naturally not pleasant.

"You cleared the room. What do you want to say?"

"I once thought of you as a trustworthy and dependable man, but now it seems you are far from a good person."

Under the Wilson Family's background, he had never thought of having Isabella marry for alliance, only wanting her to live happily according to her own wishes.

Not to follow Grace's path.

So the man he chose for Isabella didn't need any material conditions, just one thing.

He had to be of good character.

He had to be good to Isabella.

But no one expected that Isabella would end up choosing someone from the Brown Family.

Originally, he thought that with his friendship with Aiden, Isabella wouldn't suffer any grievances marrying into the Brown Family, but he never expected.

For the past three years, all the suffering Isabella endured came from Michael.

Michael wasn't even good to his wife Isabella, and Daniel didn't want to look at him at all.

Daniel could barely restrain himself from kicking him out, only because he didn't want Isabella to worry.

Sitting beside him, how could Michael not see Daniel's hostility towards him?

But he couldn't leave.

Even if Daniel slapped him, he wouldn't have any complaints.

"Daniel, I know you don't trust me, and I know how much you don't want to see me right now."

He paused, taking a deep breath. "But I still want to tell you the truth. I love Isabella, and I will never divorce her."

"Love?"

Hearing this, Daniel felt like he had heard the funniest joke of the century.

"How dare you say that after what you've done to Isabella? Do you even deserve to love her?"

After saying that, Daniel couldn't help but get angry.

"And I'm not your elder. In the future, Isabella will find someone else to marry, someone who truly loves her. Only then will I approve, understand?"

As the Gambling King, when had his granddaughter Isabella ever been bullied like this? There wasn't only Michael in the world.

Isabella could find any kind of man.

He said he wouldn't divorce just because he didn't want to. Who did he think he was?

The emotional turmoil made Daniel, who had just undergone surgery, breathe heavily.

Michael's face turned pale with fear. Daniel was someone Isabella wanted to protect even if she reconciled with him. How could he dare to provoke him?

"Daniel, please calm down. That's not what I meant."

He quickly explained, "I truly want to be with Isabella. I know I was a jerk before and didn't cherish her. Now I understand her importance. I just want her by my side, nothing else."

"You only want Isabella?"

Daniel frowned, clearly skeptical of Michael's words.

Back then, Isabella was so determined to marry Michael, she admitted to him that she had a crush on Michael for many years.

Could it be that Michael didn't know this?

Seeing Daniel's breath calm down, Michael didn't care about his dignity or usual cold demeanor.

"Daniel, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, I can swear to you right now. If I'm lying, let me be alone for the rest of my life."

Michael desperately expressed his feelings for Isabella.

He had only one wish.

And that was not to divorce Isabella.

He wanted to be with Isabella for the rest of his life.

After saying that, he lowered his head, thinking about his coldness and neglect towards Isabella over the past few years, feeling immense regret.

"I know how much of a jerk I've been these three years. I kept trying to avoid her, but when she asked for a divorce, I realized I couldn't live without Isabella."

"Whether she still has feelings for me or not, I want to try again, as a way to make up for the past three years."

Hearing Michael's words, Daniel became more certain of his thoughts.

Isabella had never told Michael how she married him?

She had liked him for a long time, otherwise, she wouldn't have held on for three years without giving up on him.

Now, Michael also had a new understanding of their marriage.

He also understood his feelings for Isabella.

These two seemed to be slowly figuring out each other's feelings.

Now they just needed someone to push them.

So there was no need for him to insist on separating them.

"Michael, give me a straight answer. Are you telling the truth?"

Daniel's face was serious, and the pressure he exuded made it impossible to be reckless.

He had already made one mistake. Now, if he were to entrust Isabella to Michael again, he needed to see Michael's sincerity with his own eyes.

Michael's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to raise his hand to swear, Daniel interrupted him.

"I don't believe in those things. I want to see real actions. Can you be devoted to Isabella and love only her for the rest of your life?"