Chapter 3

Last month, the company had recruited several interns, but once the project ended, only two of them would be kept on.

I slipped my resignation letter in together with the interns’ termination notices.

The HR manager simply assumed I was helping deliver paperwork for the interns. Without even glancing through the documents, he signed them immediately.

After signing, he even praised me a little.

"You and Mr. Snow are Ms. Lockhart's greatest helpers!"

I smiled, not saying much more.

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The moment I arrived at my office, I received a message from Serena.

It was a screenshot of two movie tickets.

I knew this was Serena trying to make peace with me.

After all, she understood perfectly well that the company’s future project collaborations still depended on the chip technology I had developed.

"We haven't watched a movie in ages. Let's go see one tonight."

I thought about it for a bit, before replying, "There isn’t much going on in the project department tonight, so I can head over after work. I’ll wait for you near the cinema."

This was as good a chance as any to talk with her about our divorce, after all.

After work, I saw Hugo getting into Serena’s car yet again.

A few minutes later, I received another message from Serena.

"I've got business to deal with, so wait for me at the cinema."

I didn't wait.

I immediately headed to a lawyer firm, discussing with a lawyer to draft a divorce agreement.

By the time I returned to the cinema area, the movie had already been playing for half its runtime.

I had never liked the romance films Serena chose. Every time, I only forced myself to sit through them to accommodate her.

So I simply bought a ticket for another showing. After the movie ended, I grabbed dinner before heading home.

While I scrolled through my feed, I saw a picture posted by Hugo.

The background showed a posh restaurant, complete with steak, red wine, and two people clasping hands tightly together.

Even though the photo only showed their hands, I immediately recognized that they belonged to him and Serena.

The caption said: Only people who love each other in a relationship will be blessed by others. Thank you for the gift, baby.

Not long after I got home, Serena returned as well.

"I specially bought you a tie. See if you like it."

Every time Serena broke a promise, she would casually buy me some gift to brush me off.

And every time I received one, not only would I stop being angry, I would even act delighted and treat each present like treasures for ages.

As such, this was a trick that Serena never got tired of using.

"Put it in the wardrobe."

Taken aback by my different attitude, Serena seemed annoyed.

"I know standing you up tonight was my fault, but I bought a gift for you especially, so what’s with this attitude?"

"This was probably some tag-on gift for your purchase, wasn't it?"

Serena's face reddened, glaring at me in embarrassment.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

In the past, no matter what Serena gave me, I never cared about the value of the gift, because I believed that anything she gave me was proof that she cared.

Just then, the lawyer sent me the divorce agreement. Without even raising my head, I replied flatly, "Nothing."

Serena seemed convinced that as long as she got angry, I would soothe her, but even when she looked at me coldly, I didn't so much as flinch.

I read through every line of the divorce agreement, I replied to the lawyer with my confirmation before locking the phone.

"Serena, the tag on that tie literally says 'Not for sale'. Do I really need to say more?

"I don't want a leftover gift that someone else threw away."

"Who do you think you are? You spend all day lifelessly buried in R&D, so what good would come of you wearing anything good?

"This tie is a gift I gave you, so how could you pick and choose? Take it or leave it!"

No matter what Serena continued shouting behind me, I simply got up and headed straight for the study.