Chapter 2

Matthew did not even flinch. He merely straightened his tie.

“Since you caught us in the act, I won’t hide it from you anymore. You’re old now, Mr. York. You’re not that skilled either.

“I’ve been doing my best to take care of Lina for you over the past year.”

As I stared at them, I felt the two closest people to me becoming total strangers.

“Heh. One year ago, you even told me that you rented a place for me and will take good care of my wife. You just asked me to focus on repairing cars.”

When I remembered what Matthew had said one year ago, I grimaced.

“What did you do with that? Is this how you ‘take care’ of my wife?”

“Mr. York, Lina has been with you for more than twenty years. You know full well just how much hardship she’s had to endure. You’re old and poor. You can’t offer Lina anything.”

I fixed my gaze on Lina. “You’ve been married to me for years, and I’ve catered to your every whim. Is this how you repay me?”

“A woman marries a man so that she could be cared for, don’t you know? I just want to live a better life. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

Lina met my gaze squarely in a matter-of-fact manner.

I stared at her for a full three minutes before I gritted my teeth.

“Fine. I’ll have someone draft the divorce agreement tomorrow. Just sign it.”

“That’s about right.” Matthew then wrapped his arms around Lina’s waist.

I turned to him. “I don’t need that 30% cut. Give me eighty thousand, and I’ll stop working here.”

“You’re not working here anymore? I rented your place, and your wife left you. Where else can you go after you lose your job here?”

“If I hadn’t come here one year ago, you would’ve been fired by the headquarters because you were falling short of your targets!” I clenched my fists tightly as I glared at him.

“Stop pretending, William. We all know how you are. You only charge your customers a tiny bit of money every time. You won’t be able to operate a branch shop.

“Matthew is the one who secured all the major deals. Without him, you wouldn’t be able to get such a high salary.” Lina glared at me in displeasure.

“Secured them? He scammed them, you mean. He’d rather switch out parts instead of fixing what can be fixed!”

“Shut up!” Matthew shot to his feet in anger.

“What would you know?! If not for me, we wouldn’t even have gotten the bonus! If you don’t want to work here anymore, scram!

“You’ve been an eyesore to me for a long time. Who the heck needs car repairmen nowadays, anyway. They need good salesmen!

“I was going to let you keep the job on Lina’s behalf, but you’re spitting on my good will? Do you really think you’re some saint just because you taught me once?

“I can’t believe you’re lecturing me.”

They had absolutely no shame and laughed at me while being all over each other.

Just then, my father called. “William, your mother passed.”

I could still hear them laughing.

I opened my mouth but found myself unable to say a single thing.

The memories of my life with those two and with my mother mixed together with their laughter.

Slowly, I removed myself from my reminiscence, and all that was left was the memory of my mother covered in blood, as well as raging hate.

I clenched my fists and charged at them. “Curse you!”

Before I could get close, Matthew had already sent me sprawling on the floor with a kick.

I screamed and laughed as I punched the floor until my knuckles were bloodied.

Lina glared at me coldly. “So useless.”

“You tricked me into closing down my shop, scammed me of my bonus, tried to humor me with only three thousand dollars, stole my wife, and got my mother killed!”

I climbed to my feet, gritted my teeth, and pointed at Matthew.

“I’m going to make you pay for everything you owe me, Matthew!”

…

Once I returned to my rental apartment, I found that it was empty aside from my clothes. Lina had long since moved out with her things.

Just then, the landlord came in. “You haven’t paid your rent for the month, Mr. York. It’s ten days past the deadline. When are you paying?”

“Rent? I gave the money to my wife last month. Didn’t she transfer it to you?”