Beyond Love and Longing

"Mr. Linton, are you sure you want me to arrange for Sean and Mrs. Linton's wedding in a month's time?" James Linton's secretary, Eric, sounded a little hesitant on the other end of the line.

Standing in front of a French window, James looked at the gradually darkening sky. "Yes. Arrange the best wedding for them. Make sure it's grand."

Eric was a little taken aback, not sure what James was thinking.

Sean Greenwood was the person who James's wife, Wendy Bundred, had cheated on James with.

'Why does Mr. Linton want to hold a wedding for them?' wondered Eric.

"Book a ticket to Wanera for me on the day of their wedding. Also... contact Dr. Anderson for me."

Eric didn't dare ask too many questions. A while later, the call to Dr. Anderson was answered. James then began speaking in Waneran. "Anderson... I want to undergo the memory erasure operation."

"Once you've undergone the operation, you'll forget everything about your wife. Have you made up your mind?"

James remained silent for a while and then said, "Yes."

After the call was hung up, the sky was already dark.

When James walked out of his study, he saw Wendy sitting in front of the dining table with an impatient look on her face.

"Have you made up your mind? I don't like to wait."

James sat in front of her and looked calmly at his wife's face.

A couple of days ago, Wendy suddenly told him the truth.

"I don't want to keep anything from you. Sean's willing to have a child with me. I want to hold a wedding for him. I have your health check report. James, you're infertile and can't have a child with me.

"As the father of the future child, I want to satisfy Sean's request. It's only a wedding, so he can have a child with me. We won't be getting a marriage certificate so he has no effect on your status."

James's hand froze. He was pouring coffee. The coffee cup was overfilled and the coffee spilled everywhere.

He knew that Wendy had never been loyal to him.

The fact was that during the years that they were married, Wendy had continuously been having affairs.

But Sean was a special person.

During the eight years of their marriage, Sean had been a homewrecker for four.

"I've already made the arrangements. Your wedding will be in a month's time. It won't hold you back on... getting pregnant." James forced an extremely faint smile on his face. "I'll make sure you're the perfect husband and wife."

"Finally made up your mind?" Wendy's furrowed brows smoothed out and a smile appeared on her face. "That's great, James. You've been too old-fashioned before."

It was probably because she was in a good mood, Wendy's tone softened.

"I just want a child who's related to me by blood. I'm just holding a wedding with him while having a child of my own.

"You're the one in charge of our company. You should know my feelings for you, James, right? You're the husband who my father personally chose. You were raised under my father's requirements.

"You're my lawfully wedded husband. Don't worry. I won't divorce you because of him."

James sat there quietly, not saying a word.

He and Wendy had been married for so many years, but they had never held a wedding.

But now, he had to arrange a wedding for his wife and a homewrecker.

After being in a little bit of a daze, James quickly raised his head. He tried his best not to show any emotions.

James had always felt that he was very lucky.

He used to be an orphan in the countryside and was adopted by Wendy's father, John Bundred. This caused him to become the adopted son of an affluent family.

He and Wendy grew up together. He protected her and she relied on him.

When both of them were young, James's eyes followed Wendy around and she realized that.

"You like me?"

That day, Wendy was wearing a light-colored dress. Her long hair was hanging loosely down and she was standing under the sunlight.

"Hey, nerd, have you ever kissed?"

Wendy smiled as she threw herself into James's arms and kissed his lips.

James's mind became blank. He held her tightly in his arms. He allowed her to continue the deep and passionate kiss.

He felt that this was only something people who were very intimate could do.

After James graduated from university, Wendy gave him control of her company and trusted him completely.

"People say that one's money will always be in the same place as the person they love. Honey, I've given you everything I have. You're my life. I'll have to rely on you in the future."

James was touched by those words.

John had been critically ill, so they were in a rush to register their marriage and didn't hold a wedding, but James had made a lot of plans for the rest of his life with Wendy.

However, his plans didn't include Wendy keeping their marriage a secret and cheating on him.

When James first discovered that Wendy had cheated on him, he had hoped that Wendy would give him an explanation, but she didn't seem to care.

"James, you're already the CEO of the Bundred Group. You should not dwell on such trivial matters. This is normal amongst the upper-class circle, don't be so naive. You'll always be my husband, the person that I love and trust the most."

'One's money would always be in the same place as the person they love.'

He would always be her husband, the person that she loved and trusted the most.

Those words caused James to endure what Wendy was doing for eight whole years.

No one knew that James was Wendy's husband.

They only knew that the Bundred Group had a daughter which kept on having affairs.

However, James still had hopes and looked forward to the day that Wendy would settle down.

'She's still young. She will come back to me once she decides to settle down,' thought James.

He pretended not to know anything and waited for his wife to come home.

That was until Sean appeared four years ago.

Since then, Wendy never had an affair with anyone else.

She would spend a ton of money on him to increase his popularity. She acted like a huge fan of his.

Now, she even wanted to have a child with him and also hold a wedding.

It was ridiculous.

As Wendy's lawfully wedded husband, James felt like he was a clown.

At that moment, he finally realized that Wendy would never come home.

James was willing to arrange a grand wedding for Wendy and Sean, but he was also planning on leaving Wendy.

He wanted to get as far away from her as possible and forget about her.