Reborn Before The Apocalypse: The Last Safe Hotel

Chapter 003 – “I Want A Divorce"

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Helena stood outside with her hands on her waist, glaring daggers at him.

“I hope you don't still call yourself a man!” she snapped. “It's past six in the morning, yet you're still sleeping while men your age are already out making their daily millions!”

She continued berating him without giving him a chance to respond.

But Ronan merely stared at her. In his previous life, he would have lowered his head and apologized while enduring every insult.

This time, he felt nothing but disgust.

Before he could speak, the front door opened.

Celeste walked inside.

She was beautiful, elegant, and visibly exhausted after a night at the hospital. The moment Helena saw her, her expression immediately softened.

“Daughter, you're finally back. How was work?”

Celeste ignored the question and rubbed her temples. “Mother, why are you shouting this early in the morning? I'm exhausted.”

Helena immediately pointed toward Ronan.

“It's because of this lazy fool you call a husband! He does nothing all day except eat and sleep.”

Celeste finally looked at Ronan.

For a moment, their eyes met. However, there was no warmth in hers, no concern, and no affection.

Just the same familiar indifference he had endured for years.

“Can you keep it down?” she said coldly, glancing back at her mother. “I want to sleep.”

Ronan stared at her for several seconds.

In his previous life, he would have made excuses for her.

He would have convinced himself that she was merely tired, that she didn't mean it, that perhaps one day she would finally treat him like her husband.

Now, those excuses seemed laughable.

He had wasted years begging for affection from someone who had never given him any.

Ronan turned to leave.

“Where do you think you're going?” Helena immediately snapped. “I told you to prepare breakfast for my son. Are you deaf?”

Ronan stopped. Then he slowly turned around.

“Is your son crippled?”

Helena froze.

Ronan's voice remained completely calm. “Can't he prepare his own breakfast?”

Silence descended over the house.

Helena stared at him as though she had just seen a ghost.

Even Celeste, who had been heading toward her room, stopped in her tracks and turned around.

For three years, Ronan had never spoken back. He had tolerated every insult, every demand, and every humiliation.

Yet today…

“Did you just speak disrespectfully to my mother?” Celeste asked, her expression hardening.

Helena finally recovered. “You… you actually insulted me?”

Her voice trembled with outrage.

Then, as though she had just suffered the greatest injustice in the world, tears immediately filled her eyes.

“Celeste, daughter, I told you! I told you this man was only pretending to be obedient! He has finally revealed his true colors!”

“He even wants to beat me now!” One accusation followed another.

But Ronan didn't even glance at her. His eyes remained fixed on Celeste.

“I want a divorce.” The words fell calmly.

Instantly, the house became completely silent again.

Celeste stared at him in disbelief.

For a moment, she genuinely wondered whether she had heard correctly.

Ronan? The same Ronan who had spent years desperately trying to please her, the same man who had endured everything her family had thrown at him… wanted a divorce?

Helena's shock, on the other hand, lasted only a second before her face erupted with delight.

“Hahaha!” She burst into laughter. “Did I hear that correctly? You want a divorce?”

She almost looked as though she had just received the greatest news of her life. “God has finally answered my prayers!”

“Daughter, what are you waiting for? Take him to City Hall and dissolve this marriage immediately!”

Celeste remained silent, staring at Ronan.

Something about him felt different. She couldn't explain what had changed, but for the first time in three years, the man standing before her felt like a stranger.

After several seconds, she finally forced herself to regain her composure.

“We'll discuss this later. I'm exhausted and need to sleep.” She turned toward her room.

“No, daughter!” Helena hurried after her. “You can sleep later. Divorce this useless gold digger first and get him out of our house!”

Ronan watched them disappear down the hallway and turned away.

He wasn't interested in arguing. The divorce would happen eventually.

Moreover, unlike his previous life, he had far more important things to worry about.

He stepped outside and pulled out his phone.

“I should still have about a thousand dollars in my account.” A faint smile appeared on his lips. “It isn't much, but it's enough to start.”