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Nathan still wanted to say something when his phone suddenly rang.
He fumbled out his phone impatiently.
With just a casual glance, I saw the contact was “Toni“.
Nathan hurriedly pressed the button to reject the call with evasive eyes.
“Honey, it’s a nuisance call. Pay no attention to it…”
I sneered, “Your dream girl seldom takes the initiative to call you, but why did you reject her call? Aren’t you afraid that she will get angry and you won’t be able to calm her?”
Sensing a hint of sarcasm in my tone, Nathan instantly turned a little pale.
He opened his mouth in an attempt to explain.
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I said with a mocking smile, “Nathan, see?
This is you.”
So hypocritical.
And so degenerate.
After saying these words, I turned around. and left.
Nathan was reluctant to sign the divorce agreement. Instead of urging him, I directly filed for divorce against him.
The grounds for divorce I gave was that he had cheated on me and indirectly killed my mother–in–law, causing the complete breakdown of our relationship.
The divorce lawsuit against an unfaithful partner was easy to win. Furthermore, the attorney I hired had never lost a case and hated cheating men the most.
After everything was settled, I headed to my company’s headquarters in Aquav with all my savings.
Without the burden of marriage, I was
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allowed more time and energy to devote to my work.
Although I was new to the headquarters, I was praised constantly by my superiors and was promoted rapidly. My salary increased three times in half a year, with a huge inc
increase in my bonus.
For the first time, I felt how joyful it was to gain a sense of accomplishment from
work.
It felt much better than being in love.
From time to time, when I sat by the sea to relax, I would think of my past life with
Nathan.
At that time, he was not so hypocritical. He was still brave and ambitious, vowing to protect me eternally.
I had always stood by him even when hist family was in the hospital during his most lonely and helpless time.
We had both thought we would never be
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afraid of anything ahead of us since we had been through so many hardships together.
However, eventually, we had failed to endure the impatience and boredom that had grown in our ordinary life.
Perhaps the idea of spending the rest of my life with someone else was wrong from the beginning.
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