The Villa Drawing

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard my wife Natalie Ford's displeased voice. "When did you become so sensitive? I'm just looking after my employees. Why are you getting so worked up over an assistant?

"It's one thing that we're not united as husband and wife, but you're even threatening me with divorce. I've always hated being threatened. Think about the consequences. Besides, I didn't call to discuss it with you. I'm just informing you.

"You're the one who won't cooperate, so don't blame me for not going easy on you."

She quickly hung up.

I watched the long queue in front of the divorce counter and sighed to myself.

Natalie was not the type to be threatened into submission, but I was not someone who made decisions lightly either.

Using divorce as a threat was too childish. I was absolutely serious when I said I wanted a divorce.

After being in line for what felt like forever and still not getting my turn, I simply continued to watch TikTok videos on my phone.

My team members had completely taken over the comments section of Morgan Shaw's TikTok video. He was Natalie's male assistant. They had seen my repost and were all speaking up for me.

[You accepted a house from someone else's wife? Be careful. They could take you to court and recover it as part of the marital assets .]

[Hard work is no match for flattery. It's disheartening for those of us who work our butts off.]

[Working harder is less important than being wiser. Bro, teach me how to ride the crooked path to success!]

Netizens who had been unaware of the truth quickly realized the man flaunting his wealth was a homewrecker who had stolen someone else's wife. What were initially words of envy and blessing turned into sarcastic remarks. I liked each comment.

Just as I was about to like and comment on a particularly insightful one, Morgan deleted it.

He pinned his own comment: [This is a boss' act of care for her employee. Please don't spread rumors about a female entrepreneur. I will delete any negative comments.]

No wonder Natalie, who had been cold to me lately, suddenly called me, asking for an explanation. It turned out her sweetheart was insulted by these harsh netizens, but their words were indeed incisive.

Aside from being good-looking, Morgan was essentially useless. He could not handle many basic tasks and always made others clean up his messes.

However, Natalie defied all opposition to hire him and watched top university graduates be let go.

I did try to advise Natalie once, but she had just looked at me with disappointment. "Honey, how can you be obsessed with academic merit like those snobs? Have you forgotten? We graduated from non-elite universities and worked our way up.

"It shows that the prestige of a top university isn't that important. What matters most in hiring is ability. As a company with exemplary conduct, we cannot discriminate based on academic qualifications."

At the time, I felt incredibly guilty for my meritocratic mindset and thought Natalie was far more socially aware than I was. I immediately apologized and instructed HR, just as she had said, to prioritize individual ability and hire several skilled professionals with associate-to-bachelor degrees.

Eventually, though, Natalie berated the HR department.