Chapter 4

"Andy? Mary? What are you doing here?"

Mary grabbed my hand and looked me up and down, her eyes full of sincere concern.

"Xander, Wendy said you two had a fight and you want to divorce her. We were worried Wendy might have mistreated you, so we took the night train to come check on you."

I was stunned, my fingers curling slightly. Mary held my hand tightly, worried.

"Xander, Wendy wouldn't have been able to achieve so much without your support throughout the years. You told me last time that you were looking for a traditional medicine practitioner for her, right? Why do you suddenly want a divorce?!"

Andy also looked at me and spoke earnestly.

"Xander, if that ungrateful girl dares to wrong you, I'll beat her to death with a stick!"

Looking at the elderly couple, dusty from their trip, my nose felt stuffy.

I remembered when I first started the hospital with Wendy, I was so busy I barely had time to rest.

Mary, who lived in the countryside, would send me some chickens from home every now and then, and Andy would praise me to anyone that would listen that I was an amazing son-in-law.

I unconsciously tightened my grip on the bag containing the divorce certificate. The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't say them.

But when I looked up, I caught a glimpse of Wendy and Caleb getting it on on the fourth-floor balcony.

My heart grew colder, and my tightly clenched hand slowly relaxed.

I smiled.

"You two must be tired from traveling. Let's go upstairs first."

I took the elderly couple upstairs, deliberately slowing my pace to let my in-laws enter the door ahead of me.

As the door opened, we saw Caleb pressing down on Wendy on the couch, the two of them lost in a passionate kiss.

The elderly couple's eyes widened in shock. The bags and packages they were carrying fell to the floor with a thud.

The sound alerted the two people on the couch.

"You animal! What are you doing!"

Andy grabbed a slipper and threw it at Caleb, causing Caleb to scream in panic and hide behind Wendy.

"Mom, Dad? What are you guys doing here?"

Wendy's voice trembled, her face ashen as she glared at me.

"What the hell, Xander? You called my parents over?! You better explain to them Caleb is just helping me with my illness!"

Ignoring her shouting, I went to the bedroom to grab my suitcase.

Mary's eyes turned red. She pointed at Wendy and shouted, "How did I give birth to such an ungrateful child?! Do you have any respect for Xander or this family?"

Andy was equally enraged, his hands shaking.

"You even brought him home?! Today, I'll beat you to death! You're a disgrace to our family!"

Andy grew increasingly furious. He grabbed a golf club from the corner and swung at Wendy.

Wendy and Caleb kept dodging and explaining, but the elderly couple wouldn't listen. They called Caleb a homewrecker while hitting them both, turning the living room into chaos.

"He's not a homewrecker! I'm pregnant!" At a critical moment, Wendy suddenly screamed in tears.

The air froze.

The ruckus stopped abruptly. Even Caleb looked stunned.

I snorted.

Sure enough, Wendy's affair started even earlier than I thought.

Caleb told Wendy's parents pitifully, "Wendy and I are truly in love. I know it's not fair to Xander, but the baby is innocent. It's Wendy's first baby!"

As soon as he said this, Wendy firmly embraced Caleb from behind and looked at her parents.

"Mom, Dad, it was Caleb who cured my Sexual Arousal Disorder. We have to be grateful and repay him for his help! Don't listen to Xander!

"Besides, Caleb said he doesn't need to be my husband, he just wants to give me a child, so as long as Xander can be a little generous, our family will have a child.

"I never wanted to divorce Xander. He's just petty. You have to help me persuade him!"

Wendy's twisted logic slowly made Andy and Mary feel conflicted.

Clang!

Andy's golf club fell to the floor. The old man in his seventies clenched his teeth and stomped his feet in frustration.

That was because Wendy and I had been married for eight years without any children.

Old people really wanted grandchildren.

Mary looked back and forth between Caleb and me. In the end, she said to me with a frown, "Xander, can you..."

My in-laws, who were still filled with righteous indignation a second ago, now cast pleading looks my way. I found it absurd and laughable.

Wendy's mistake was not as important as a grandchild after all.

I smiled and reached into my bag for the divorce papers.

Wendy seemed to have gained confidence. She said, full of arrogance, "Stop making a fuss, Xander. Caleb said he's willing to take a step back. When I have the baby, you'll still be my husband and the baby's dad!

"You know I can't get aroused with you. Now that you've quit your job at the hospital, you can stay home and take care of me during the pregnancy. I'll give you a thousand dollars of extra allowance every month. The three of us can live in harmony together. How does that sound?"

Live in harmony with a cheating woman and her lover?

In her dreams!

I gave Wendy a sharp slap.

With a sneer, I said, "You and Caleb go ahead and live happily together!"

In front of the stunned people, I slammed the divorce certificate on the table.

"Wendy, we're already divorced. A thousand dollars is not enough. I want half your assets!"