Chapter 4

In truth, I hadn't expected my resignation to be approved so quickly. After all, Ruby was still at Wilbur's hometown at the moment.

"Ms. Irving signed it right away," Paige said with a cold smile as she looked at me. "Why? Are you regretting it now?"

"No, I'm quite happy," I replied.

In fact, it saved me a lot of trouble.

Paige didn't believe me. She looked at me with a curious expression and snorted.

The company wasn't exactly that big, so news spread fast. Before long, the whole department knew that my supposed attempt to play hard to get had backfired and that I had really ended up resigning.

Everyone was waiting, amused, to see how things would play out at my expense.

I couldn't be bothered to explain. After I was done with the handover, I packed up my belongings and prepared to leave.

A few of them exchanged glances. One coworker deliberately stretched out his leg, while another quietly turned on his phone camera, ready to capture a photo of me falling with a miserable expression.

Fortunately, I had long gotten used to their little tricks. Pretending not to notice, I walked over to the coworker who had stretched out his leg. Then, I stomped down on it with all my strength.

Ignoring his howls of pain and the strings of curses that followed, I walked out the door in a great mood.

…

On the second day of waiting, I hired a real estate agent to list the house for sale.

When Ruby and I got married, I had borrowed money from my parents to buy the off-plan house in full. Back then, she had said she didn't have money, so I didn't force her to pay anything. I handled the renovation and home appliances myself as well.

Soon, the property was ready to be handed over upon completion. I had intended to list Ruby as a joint owner. But right before the signing, something unexpected happened.

Wilbur suddenly joined our company. Without telling me, Ruby transferred the car under her name that I had paid for to Wilbur at an extremely low price.

Even when I found out, Ruby thought it was no big deal and was flippant about the matter.

She had said, "Wilbur is all alone in this city without any family. He's quite pitiful. He lives far away too. I'm letting him have the car so that it's easier for him to commute to work. That way, he can generate more profit for the company.

"Besides, that car was a gift from you to me. I'm free to deal with it however I see fit, right?"

I had been very upset. After thinking it over for a long time, I decided to cross out her name on the house title. Because of that, Ruby threw a huge tantrum at me. In the end, the conflict concluded with her swiping away more than 200 thousand dollars from my account.

The more I thought about it now, the more I felt I was a sucker.

Since I wanted to sell the property quickly, I didn't demand a high price. In less than half a day, five or six people came to view it. Eventually, I successfully negotiated a deal with a buyer.

But because of all the other projects that were being developed nearby, the final selling price was even lower. Still, the house's value had nearly doubled compared to when I first bought it. I made the calculations and found that I had still made a profit of more than a million dollars in the end.

I was quite pleased. I happily signed the sales contract and arranged the date to hand it over.

…

On the third and final day of waiting, I went to the courthouse and received the divorce certificate for Ruby and me without any issues.

At the same time, I saw that Wilbur had posted more than a dozen Instagram updates in a row. Only then did I realize that Ruby had been having a great time in Wilbur's hometown all the while.

She was normally obsessed with cleanliness, but she had gone to the zoo with Wilbur and even let him hold her hand while feeding peacocks.

She had always hated the smell of smoke, yet she went to an internet cafe with him. In fact, she didn't even like playing games, but she stayed up all night gaming with him.

She even backed him up in front of his snobbish relatives, claiming that she was his CEO girlfriend.

I figured Ruby wouldn't want to leave so soon since she was having so much fun there. She would most likely postpone coming back for several more days.

But on the very day I returned home after getting the divorce certificate, I heard Ruby's cheerful laughter coming from inside the house before I even stepped through the door.