Chapter 2

I frowned. "What do you mean?"

Amelia smiled brightly as she replied, "Oh, Dr. Kaiser saw this necklace back then and thought it suited me and bought it. But my neck is very slender, and the chain was a little too thick on me. It didn't fit right, so I asked him to return it."

This necklace had been a seventh-anniversary gift that Jayson gave me six months ago.

He had told me, "I was too busy looking at my students' graduation projects all day, but I managed to free up my time to pick out a necklace for you at the mall. I thought it suited you perfectly, so I bought it for you."

I had looked at the pink heart-shaped pendant on the necklace and teased him back then, saying, "I'm nearly 30 years old! Why are you still buying jewelry meant for young people for me?"

He just pressed a kiss to my forehead and said, "Because you'll always be the same young woman I fell in love with ten years ago.

"Alright, I'm going to make dinner for us now. Let's properly celebrate our seventh anniversary together with a home-cooked, candlelit dinner tonight."

My tears welled in my eyes again. I was certain that I looked quite a sight now. I tugged the necklace off at once and flung it to the ground. The pink heart pendant cracked.

Jayson frowned in displeasure. "You should just calm down. I forgot our anniversary back then and didn't have time to go back and get a present for you, so I just gave you the necklace. You'd already been wearing it for half a year. That means you liked it, didn't you?"

I completely lost it at that moment and splashed the iced coffee in his face.

"I wore it not because I liked it, but because you were the one who gave it to me! What have you been taking me for, Jayson Kaiser?"

But just as I said that, I felt a sudden sharp pain in my abdomen and fell back onto the seat. Then, a sticky hot cup of latte was poured all over my head.

"Mrs. Kaiser, I've always respected you, but how dare you throw coffee in Dr. Kaiser's face in public! Consider this your payback!"

Jayson comforted her at once. "Forget it, Amy. We're only meeting her today to get the signed divorce agreement from her. Don't make this any uglier."

Amelia carefully wiped off the coffee stains on his face. Then, Jayson held out his hand to me.

"Hand over the divorce agreement and stop wasting both of our time."

"I won't sign it," I said. "As long as I refuse to divorce you, Amelia Greene will forever be the other woman who can never see the light of day!"

Hearing that I refused to sign the agreement, Jayson flew into a rage.

"You're also cheating on me, Sherry Abbott! We'd be doing us both a favor by getting a divorce!"

I repeated, "I never cheated on you! It was April Fool's Day yesterday, and I thought you were just pulling my leg! That's the only reason why I said it back as a joke! The only person who ever betrayed this marriage is you, Jayson Kaiser!"

However, he replied, "You can say whatever you want, but I'm divorcing you nonetheless. Amelia just gave me her first time last night. She's not a slut like you. And I should be responsible for her because of that."

That line cut me right in the deepest of my wounds.

Ten years ago, I had been drugged by a group of hooligans. That night was the worst night of my life as I was repeatedly defiled and filmed by them in an empty warehouse.

I had only been 18 at that time.

Jayson had been the one who rushed in to save me with a team of police officers behind him. He was like a ray of light in the otherwise dark and dreary warehouse when he saved me and made sure that the disgusting video was deleted.

He had said, "Don't be afraid. This is nothing to be ashamed about. Just go along with the police officers to give your statement. They will make sure that justice is served. I'll keep you company all the way."

We used to be classmates, but now, we shared a secret and an unspoken bond. Eventually, we grew closer and even managed to enroll in the same college.

After we graduated, we married when we were 22 years old.

He was the one who told me that he didn't mind my past. But now, he was using that very past as a knife to stab deep into me.

The pain made it hard to breathe. I finally managed to gather my thoughts and asked him, "When did the affair start?"

He didn't even hesitate as he replied, "Yesterday marked exactly one year since then. Today is our 366th day together."

He remembered it so clearly.