After Rebirth, I Replaced My Ex-Husband's True Love-Chapter 147: Compensation for Me

"Azure." Henry Preston interrupted Azure’s words once more, his expression as cold as frost, "I told you not to try hurting her by any means. What is this video supposed to express? That she hates you, bullies you, so you had to step up and apologize?"

His words left Crystal Dawson, Silas Lockwood, and me dumbfounded.

Azure was even more stunned, staring at him blankly.

Soon, two lines of tears slid down from Azure’s eyes, her grievance extreme, "It’s all my fault, even the apology is my fault. Mr. Preston, if you like Miss Hathaway, why did you get involved with me in the first place?

What on earth is good about me that makes you help me repeatedly, approach me, and now that I’ve fallen for you, you start to distance yourself and blame me? What should I do?!"

She’s still pretending not to know about Winter Tate. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Henry Preston ignored Azure’s grievance, "I will issue a statement, and this matter will end here. I hope you don’t bring me unnecessary trouble again and calmly wait for the day of the surgery."

"I...understand. I won’t act on my own anymore." Azure wiped away her tears, revealed a bitter smile, and then looked at me as if blaming me.

I was still immersed in Henry Preston’s cold reproach of Azure. What exactly are his feelings for Azure? Is it purely because of Winter Tate’s heart that he keeps indulging her?

Winter was the greatest regret of his life. I actually understand his inability to let go.

Now the heart beating within Azure once loved him.

Yet why do I feel so desolate at this moment? It turns out I didn’t lose to a living person, but to a heart without memory.

"Crystal, I’m heading back." Feeling a bit suffocated, I said to Crystal Dawson, then turned and left.

Crystal Dawson immediately ran after me, Silas Lockwood right behind her.

In the elevator, Crystal Dawson was puzzled, "What on earth does Henry Preston mean? Why did he just do that to Azure? It wasn’t easy winning the beauty, shouldn’t he cherish her greatly?"

I glanced at Silas Lockwood, who also looked bewildered, "Azure has a heart condition; he should indeed be more concerned."

I suspect that Silas Lockwood isn’t aware of Azure’s heart transplant with Winter Tate’s heart, not fully understanding the situation.

Besides me, Henry Preston, Azure, and Fern Tate, no one else should know the truth—not even Joel Sutton and Ivan Underwood.

This matter doesn’t need to be spoken by me; they’ll naturally find out at an appropriate time.

As I stepped out of the hospital, Fern Tate came towards me, her expression shifting subtly at the sight of me, tinged with a hint of rejection and disdain.

A few days ago, I spoke with Sherman Hathaway. Fern Tate chose to resign to assist Azure with her treatment.

Fern Tate’s kindness to Azure, I sincerely admire.

"What are you here for? To provoke Azure again?" Fern Tate asked coldly.

"Zoe, who is she?" Crystal Dawson frowned.

"I’ve mentioned her to you, my colleague from Xylos, Fern Tate." I answered simply.

Crystal Dawson has a great memory, especially when it comes to people I’ve mentioned having friction with; she remembers them like a memo.

Fern Tate’s identity and the current relationship with Azure are likely deeply imprinted in her mind.

The next moment, Crystal Dawson rolled her eyes, "So she’s Azure’s foster sister, Miss Goody Two-Shoes!"

Just because Azure looks like her deceased sister, she turns a blind eye to everything, constantly standing on moral high ground practicing double standards. Isn’t that just Miss Goody Two-Shoes?

Upon hearing this, Fern Tate got angry, "Watch your mouth! Don’t think just because you’re pregnant, I won’t dare hit you!"

I stood in front of Crystal Dawson, glaring at Fern Tate coldly, "If you dare hit her, I’ll rip you apart. Fern Tate, this is my turf now."

Fern Tate, taken aback by my warning, hesitated, then shot us a glare before heading straight into the hospital.

So late, coming to the hospital to accompany Azure, truly attentive.

Crystal Dawson sighed disdainfully, "Indeed, birds of a feather flock together. Anyone close to Azure, I find hard to like!"

With that, she pinched Silas Lockwood hard, "Including you, you blind bat!"

Silas Lockwood grimaced in pain, hurriedly swearing, "I see clearly, I really do! If I ever defend her again, may I be struck down by lightning!"

"How do you see clearly? Have you regained your sight?" Crystal Dawson asked in surprise.

Silas Lockwood revealed the incident where we eavesdropped at the door, then Crystal Dawson gave me a thumbs up, "Zoe, you really have a sixth sense, you actually predicted she’d show her true colors then!"

I smiled slightly, feeling quite insightful, "Of course, because every time she was alone with me before, she was like this. Maybe she thought I was her defeated opponent, so she didn’t have much patience with me."

Crystal nodded, "Makes sense. In front of others, she has to maintain her persona, definitely acting all the way. Today, if I hadn’t gone to her alone first, but instead, we went together, she would probably put on an entire act!"

I agreed.

Then I parted ways with Crystal and her husband, each returning to our own homes.

When I got home, my mom was sitting in the living room waiting for me, and she only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw me return, "Why are you so late? You worried me sick!"

"What, afraid I’d be foolish enough to go see Henry Preston again?" I asked with a laugh as I took off my coat.

"Isn’t that right? I’m your mom, I know your nature best. You liked Henry for so many years, I was just afraid you couldn’t let go." My mom replied,

I sat next to her, wrapped my arm around hers, and answered with a giggle, "If I couldn’t let go, why would I get divorced and leave the country? Aren’t they the ones giving me trouble? It’s not like your daughter is the one provoking them."

My mom patted my hand, both relieved and heartbroken, "I know, it’s just a pity about that child... If you had told the family earlier, maybe we could have kept the child."

"Mom, if you and Dad knew I was pregnant, wouldn’t you oppose it?" I had always worried about this.

"Yes, but if you insisted, what could we say?" My mom sighed deeply, "Your dad and I also want a grandchild. All my old friends have leveled up, becoming grandmothers or grandfathers..."

Listening to my mom’s words, I kept smiling at first, but as I smiled, tears slid from the corners of my eyes, and my heart ached faintly.

I don’t know if my parents will ever become grandparents in this lifetime, my chances of having children in the future are as slim as winning the lottery jackpot.

When my mom saw me crying, she quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe my tears, "Why are you crying? We don’t blame you, you shouldn’t blame yourself either. Perhaps the child knew she wouldn’t have a complete family, so she left, and she’ll come back next time."

I cried silently, unable to say a word.

My mom kept comforting me until I was too tired to cry anymore, then she sent me to my room to rest.

The next day at noon, I woke up with puffy eyes from crying, the sun outside was so bright I couldn’t open my eyes.

My phone vibrated happily, with over 99+ WeChat messages pushed.

I squinted and glanced at it, it was Crystal and the others chatting in our group of four.

The cause was a video of Azure Vaughn apologizing to me, which was deliberately pushed onto the trending list. Although many people sympathized with her, Crystal and the others were no pushovers. They used some tactics to flood the screen, resulting in a bunch of black comments criticizing Azure as a green tea bitch and a white lotus.

These comments showed signs of spiraling out of control, causing some people who were initially against Azure to chime in, leading to a reversal in public opinion.

Then Henry stepped in, he sent someone to handle public relations, choosing to protect Azure by clarifying that her actions were out of guilt, not for show.

I looked at the screenshots Crystal sent without any expression.

Crystal couldn’t help but curse: "Henry’s a beast! Damn it, he did all this for a homewrecker. Even before he divorced Zoe, he was already siding with Azure, now he’s even more blatant, it’s disgusting!"

Leah Lane: "All I can say is wow."

Tiana O’Connell: "Zoe, are you okay? Do you want us to chat with you for a while, or should we go for drinks?"

I replied in the group: "It’s okay, I don’t care about this anymore, you guys don’t worry about me."

Now, regardless of how the outside world evaluates the situation between me, Henry, and Azure, I no longer care.

But Henry’s next move still surprised me.

Right after protecting Azure, he sent someone to deliver a property division agreement to my house for me to sign.

I looked over the agreement with confusion. The main content was to redistribute property; half of the cars, houses, and liquid assets under Henry’s name would be transferred to me, along with 8% of The Preston Group’s shares.

As long as I signed, this agreement would take effect immediately.

Although I’m not short of money, and my mom’s company isn’t small, compared to The Preston Group, there’s a difference.

The assets and shares Henry allocated to me almost matched the total value of my family’s company.

Looking at the agreement, I fell into contemplation, and eventually called Henry.