My Husband of Eight Years Went Public with Another Woman

All Jonas said was, “Wait here for me and reflect on yourself, Jeanine.”After a brief pause, I said, “Go ahead. Your work comes first.”Celine turned around and smirked at me, her expression smug and piercing. Before this, I would have stopped them, saying, “No! Jonas is mine. I can’t let him leave with another woman.”I used to think our marriage of eight years would last forever as long as I continued to contribute in silence, giving him all my patience and understanding.In order to keep our marriage afloat, and to show Jonas my irreplaceable love for him, I tolerated everything.However, I was wrong. In return for my sacrifice and understanding, he took me for granted and hurt me with abandon.Back then, he would tell me in advance whenever he had to kiss someone on-screen.Now, all he said coldly was, “Don’t make a fuss.”I remained on the spot and scrolled through my phone. All I saw were articles of their relationship announcement.“Only an idiot would date me. I’m a

I gave him a long look before shaking my head. “No.”He instantly looked relieved. “Time is of the essence. If I delay any longer, Pudding may be lost forever. Its life is at stake here.“We celebrate your birthday every year, so it’s no big deal. Since I can’t make it up to you today, I’ll do it some other day.”I held his gaze and said expressionlessly, “Forget it, Jonas. Let’s get a divorce.”As soon as I said that, Jonas frowned and barked at me, “Can’t you be a bit more understanding?”Those were the words he said to me the most. How much more “understanding” did I have to be?“Why do you keep making a fuss over nothing? Celine doesn’t mean you any harm, and she won’t try to steal me from you. Why must you bring up a divorce at a time like this? It’s just your birthday. You celebrate it every year, and we can make up for it anytime.”His tone was matter-of-fact, his expression nonchalant. Looking at him, I suddenly felt lost… and relieved. All of a sudden, I understood th

I did not want to waste too much time on him, so I brought up the viral post. “You want to talk to me about the post, right? What’s your PR strategy? I can help.”Both of them lit up. “Really?”Jonas paused as though to find the right words. “If you make some concessions, we can still salvage this.”“What do you mean?”“You just have to publicly admit you’re my ex, but we broke up ages ago. You just kept insisting because you couldn’t give up on me.”“Sure.” I would not ask him why he would do this to me, or insult him for throwing me to the wolves, using me as his shield and scapegoat. After all, this was what I was after. Both Jonas and Celine looked at me in delight. After a few minutes of silence, I added, “But I have one condition.”Jonas grinned at me. “Forget one condition, you can ask for ten and I’d still fulfill them.”I looked at him expressionlessly. “I want a divorce and half of your assets.”The blood drained from his face. After a long while, he laughed coldl

The truth was, I predicted Shane would show up at the banquet.After all, we grew up together. I was not unfamiliar with his ways.He was a playboy as well, but he did sincerely care about me back then. For men, the most beautiful woman was always the one who got away.I had just gotten divorced, and the whole Internet had turned against me. It was no wonder he felt bad for me.“Goodness, that poor lady! She didn’t deserve to meet an asshole husband and bitchy homewrecker like that.”“What a joke! I knew that Jonas was a chauvinist pig. Does he think he’s a king? Ordering his manager to torture his wife like that!”“Isn’t that domestic abuse? We should put both of them behind bars!”“People like them don’t deserve to appear in the public eye.”…Now it was their turn to withstand the rain of insults.At the same time, an unknown number blew up my phone. I eventually answered.“Did you do this, Jeanine?”“How could I? You and Celine probably offended someone else.”Jonas pa