LOGINWhen my wife, Stephany Jones, cries into her pillow again in the middle of the night, I pretend to be sound asleep. Six months ago, the man she has never been able to forget, Chase Barker, gets divorced and returns from overseas. From that moment on, her eyes and her emotions are once again consumed by the love she can never quite let go of. She is a good wife and a good mother. Every asset we own is under my name, and she insists on handing over her entire paycheck for me to manage. All this time, she suppresses her feelings for Chase and never crosses the line that would betray our marriage. But this fragile restraint is shattered the day she secretly sells one of her kidneys behind my back to buy Chase a property. I hand over a divorce agreement, as well as half of our marital assets, to her and say, "There's no need to sell organs just to finance your true love. Half of our assets should be enough to cover your dating expenses."
View MoreI said firmly, "From now on, you should see Ricky less often. I'll take good care of him."Suddenly, Stephany grabbed my wrist and anxiously explained, "I never got together with him, and I never will."Hearing that, Chase fell apart completely. He turned to Stephany and accused her, "Once you finally got me, you no longer value me. Before we slept together, you were willing to sell a kidney just to buy me a house. You even divorced your husband for me!"But after you got together with me, you threw me away like I'm garbage. Do you see how ridiculous you are, Stephany?"The more he spoke, the more agitated he became. Next, he pointed at me indignantly. "Do you think your ex-husband is some good guy? Let me tell you the truth. He was the one who didn't want you! He was the one who made it possible for us to sleep together. He'd been seeing someone long ago. He could've been cheating on you for ages!"Then, he pointed at Ricky. "And who knows if this is really your son and not s
I said calmly, "I did. We're divorced now, so mind your boundaries."She realized what she was doing wasn't exactly appropriate, but she didn't stop. She continued massaging my temples.For the past ten years, whenever I had a headache, she had always been the one to massage my head. For my sake, she had even spent a year learning professional head massage techniques.I felt a surge of warmth in my heart, but I was very much against our relationship becoming messy and unresolved. I shouted at her, "Get out! If you don't leave, I'll call Chase!"She hesitated for a long moment and finally left.But after that, Stephany would hurry over whenever it rained. Upon realizing I had changed the door code, she would stand outside and remind Ricky to close the bedroom window for me. Every few days, she would make my favorite dishes and have Ricky bring them back.Before long, Chase snapped.He stormed into my office and angrily accused me, "A decent ex-husband should be like a dead man
During the day, Stephany hardly changed at all. She still treated me well like before and continued to surprise me.But at night, she still secretly took her antidepressants behind my back. She slept poorly and hid in the bathroom in the middle of the night to cry in silence time and again.She had no control over her feelings.The one who finally broke the deadlock was Chase.He showed up at our door holding Stephany's pregnancy test report and exclaimed, "I'd already convinced myself to give up on this relationship. But now, Stephany is pregnant with my child. She owes me an explanation."Stephany panicked.Suppressing the suffocating pain in my chest, I pretended to stay calm as I said, "I told you from the beginning. This was always going to be the outcome."With that, I took out the divorce agreement. After signing it myself, I pushed it toward Stephany.She refused to sign and looked at me pleadingly.I clenched my fists and spoke in an unwavering tone. "Stop making thin
Stephany had no idea that 20 minutes after she left, I received a photo from Chase. It showed the two of them having coffee together.Then, another message followed. "I'm loving her the way she deserves to be loved."My grip on the phone tightened until my knuckles turned white. Thinking I wasn't feeling well, Ricky asked worriedly, "Dad, does the IV hurt too much? I'll go get a nurse."I grabbed his hand and forced a smile. "It doesn't hurt anymore."Feeling sorry for me, he gently rubbed my hand and innocently blew on the spot where the needle had gone in. Every one of his little gestures reminded me so much of his mother.When Stephany came back, she brought dinner with her. A faint trace of men's cologne lingered on her.She must have noticed it too, because she hurriedly tried to explain it, sounding like someone trying too hard to prove her innocence.She said, "There were several guys in the elevator wearing really strong cologne just now. I must've picked up some of th












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