15 Days of Court-Ordered Apologies Until My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Stop

"I'm going to Sophie's tonight. She's the victim here, and she's having a hard time. I need to be there for her."

Ethan slapped the judgment down on the coffee table.

As he straightened his tie, he glanced sideways at me.

"Hurry up and record the apology video. Don't even think about trying to fool me.

"Make sure you don't miss a single day. If you dare slack off, I'll apply to have the judgment enforced and get you blacklisted as a defaulter."

I neither cried nor made a scene. Instead, I turned around and set up my phone stand.

"Fine. Have it your way. I'll apologize right now."

Ethan froze for a moment before he began humming and slammed the door as he left.

Calmly, I switched on the ring light and adjusted the camera.

I turned off the beauty filter. I wanted everyone to see how haggard I looked after spending the past few nights gathering evidence.

Facing the camera, I bowed deeply.

"I'm sorry, Ethan Tanner.

"I shouldn't have made baseless claims in the homeowners' group chat that you bought Sophie Shaw a thirty-thousand-dollar Hermès bag, even though I have the receipt from the boutique."

I held up the receipt and thrust it in front of the camera.

"I shouldn't have mistakenly believed that you paid for it with our marital assets.

"After all, you explained that you bought it with the money you worked so hard to earn from all that overtime, so you had every right to spend it.

"I shouldn't have been jealous that Ms. Shaw gets to carry a thirty-thousand-dollar handbag just because I haven't bought any new clothes for myself in two years.

"I'm simply too petty. I don't deserve to be your wife."

Once I finished recording, I tapped Upload.

Sitting on the sofa, I watched the view count soar.

In less than ten minutes, Ethan's "One Big Happy Family" group chat erupted.

His mother, who usually lurked without saying a word, was the first to speak up.

"What bag costs thirty thousand? Ethan, didn't you say you couldn't afford to replace our refrigerator?"

"Who's that woman? Do you think the Tanner family's money grows on trees?"

His aunt chimed in next.

"Oh, my. Claire has lost so much weight. It breaks my heart just looking at her."

"What Ethan did was disgraceful."

Netizens flooded the comments as well.

"Girl, this isn't an apology. You just exposed him completely!"

"This guy spent thirty thousand on his mistress while his wife hasn't bought new clothes in two years?"

"Ten out of ten for the apology, but girl, you've suffered far too much!"

My phone exploded with calls as Ethan frantically tried to reach me.

I watched his name flash across the screen and declined it.

We were only just getting started.

There were still fourteen days left. I'm gonna savor this New Year holiday.

Before long, one comment had been pushed all the way to the top.

The user's ID was "NeighborhoodWatch007."

"Your apology doesn't include his full legal name. How is anyone supposed to know which Ethan Tanner you're talking about? That's far too imprecise. What if an innocent person with the same name gets dragged into this?"

I smiled as I read the comment.

They were right. I needed to be precise.

I replied, "You're right. Let me fix it."

Ethan sent me a voice message, "Claire Lane! What the hell did you post? Delete it now! You're going to ruin me!"

I replied calmly.

"The court ordered me to post it, so I can't delete it. If I do, I'll be in violation of the judgment, and I don't want to be blacklisted as a defaulter."

Since they wanted an apology, I would apologize in the most exquisite way possible.