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My pyjamas were torn to shreds and thrown into the air.

The process, for me, was excruciating.

Henry intentionally tormented me throughout the entire night.

I opened my eyes once more, and the bedroom window was wide open, revealing a large rose garden bathed in the evening sun outside.

I was a mess, but I managed to get out of bed and wrap myself in the tattered clothes before heading to the bathroom.

I hadn't expected Henry to be home at this hour. So, when I went downstairs and saw Henry sitting on the living room sofa, I was genuinely surprised.

Henry sat there flipping through a newspaper, not bothering to look at me. He asked knowingly, "Awake?"

I had been feeling sore and unsteady on my feet, but seeing him, I mustered up some energy.

"Are you here to wait for me to sign the divorce agreement?"

Hearing my words, Henry chuckled mockingly, his gaze contemptuous.

"Trying the same tactics again? First, you provoke me, and then you attempt to make me succumb to you? Tired of it. Find another way."

I laughed too, applauding sarcastically. "In terms of narcissism, Henry, you're truly unmatched."

Henry smirked, then ignored me.

I didn't go upstairs either.

We remained in a standoff in the living room.

I couldn't tell how much time had passed when Henry tossed the newspaper onto the table.

His presence was charged with intensity as he stormed out of my sight with brisk strides.

At that moment, Lanny, the housekeeper responsible for supervising our marriage on behalf of the Luther, appeared.

"Mr. Luther Sr. instructed Mr. Luther to wait for you here..."

I had a feeling Henry wouldn't simply be sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper for no reason.

But what did it matter if he waited for me?

The more the Luther family favored me, the more Henry disliked me.

I wasn't happy.

Henry was even more miserable.

The collaboration between the Luther Corporation and the Lincoln Corporation had grown increasingly tight over the past three years.

I had tried.

Henry had tried too.

But there would always be a Cynthia between us.

A happy reunion or a peaceful separation was no longer possible.

Now, I was willing to fulfill Henry's unrequited love.

Consider it my compensation to him.

I'm the daughter of the Lincoln family.

I'm Mrs. Luther.

I've got a lot of advantages from my background.

For instance, both the Luther and Lincoln families are on guard against Henry getting close to Cynthia, but they don’t guard against me.

That's because everyone knows, including our families and even people throughout the city, that I love Henry.

That's how I easily found out where Cynthia is living now.

I arranged for a private plane for her.

Cynthia has returned to the country.