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Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None
Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None
Author: Pantaloon

Chapter 1

Author: Pantaloon
I dazedly took the duvet cover Cindy handed me.

I looked at the elaborate spread on the table and thought it felt nothing like a wedding anniversary. Instead, it felt more like a farewell dinner before a divorce.

Without giving me a chance to refuse, Cindy pushed me out the door. She even packed up the food on the table and shooed me away.

When I opened the door, Andy and Kevin were already standing there outside.

Looking all pitiful, Andy hurried over with his head bowed and apologized to me in a small voice.

"Sorry, Gary. It's just with Kevin starting school and all, I had no choice but to resort to this. If you're not okay with this, Kevin and I will just go."

Even though he said that, he didn't make the slightest move to go. His eyes were locked right on Cindy.

Kevin immediately darted over and wrapped his arms around Cindy's leg.

"Aunt Cindy, are you really throwing Daddy and me out?" he asked pitifully. "But you promised you'd take care of us forever!"

Cindy instantly panicked. She bent down to comfort Kevin, then looked up at me and said urgently, "Gary, I know this isn't fair to you. But this is a critical time for Andy and Kevin right now, so I can't just turn my back on them.

"Besides, I'm only letting Andy and Kevin live here temporarily. This house will still be yours in the future. But if I abandon them at this point, it could affect Kevin's future for the rest of his life."

I clutched the duvet cover and said nothing.

Getting no response from me, Cindy gritted her teeth and forced a bitter, pleading smile.

"Of course, if you're still not okay with it, I'll just take Andy and Kevin, and we'll figure something else out."

When I heard those words, I clenched my fists so tightly that my knuckles went white. At the same time, I felt a telltale prickle in my nose.

She was even resorting to threats and bribes now.

I could see her fighting to keep the anger off her face. She was framing it like I had a choice, but I knew deep down she'd already made it for me.

"Andy, I really never would've guessed you had such a way of reeling people in. Consider my eyes thoroughly opened," I said sarcastically.

The room instantly fell silent. All I could hear was Andy quietly clenching his jaw.

"Gary Sampson, how could you think that of me? All I care about right now is raising Kevin right. If I'd had any other choice, I never would've come begging to Cindy."

At that, I let out a dismissive snort.

Cindy immediately frowned, looking both embarrassed and angry as she snapped at me.

"Gary, what is this nonsense you're pulling? Let me tell you—I have already transferred this house to Andy and Kevin. Even if you disagree, you don't have any say in the matter anymore."

I instantly dug my fingertips into my palms, nearly drawing blood.

If she'd already gone ahead and done it, what was the point of asking me in the first place?

Both the property transfer and being kicked out of my own home came as a notice. What difference would it have made if I'd objected?

In that moment, it wasn't sadness I felt, but a profound bleakness.

After three years of marriage, I still hadn't been able to make her forget Andy.

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  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 8

    Cindy swayed and stumbled, nearly collapsing to the ground. She desperately tried to rush toward me, but the sight of the cat in my arms made her recoil in fright.I'd always wanted to have a cat. However, Cindy was allergic to cat fur, so it just never happened.After the divorce, the very first thing I did was adopt a cat.Gritting her teeth, Cindy suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist."Gary, please. I can court you all over again. I'll treat you so much better this time," she pleaded pitifully.I was tickled by her words and looked at her mockingly."And how exactly would you prove that? You do have a history of cheating, after all."Cindy froze, then took a deep breath and swore through gritted teeth."If I ever do anything to betray you again, may lightning strike me dead."Taking in her flushed face and rapid breathing, I replied flatly, "That's a bit much. But my cat here doesn't agree to us being together. Sorry, I'll have to politely decline."Cindy stiffened. A

  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 7

    The day of my court hearing arrived.With the abundant evidence I presented, Cindy was—without question—ordered to leave the marriage with nothing.Not only did she lose the house, but all her savings were awarded to me as well.When leaving the courtroom, Cindy looked at me in a daze. Andy and Kevin, on the other hand, were gnashing their teeth in hatred toward me.Back at home, I threw all of their belongings out the door.Andy still tried to cling on, refusing to leave and hurling insults outside.I didn't cut him any slack. I called the property management and had them all thrown out.The very next day, I listed the house with a real estate agent to sell it.While showing someone around the property, I happened to run into Cindy.She jolted, and a look of disbelief spread across her face."Gary, this was our marital home. Are you really going to sell it? Why? How can you be so heartless? No, I won't let you sell this house!"I violently shook off her hand, then pulled ou

  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 6

    The next morning, the police called me down to the station. I was also able to get an official domestic violence report from them.Immediately afterward, I went to the court and filed for divorce.By the time I got home, I found that Cindy had already been released and was back in the house. Andy and Kevin were there too.All three of them glared at me furiously.The moment Cindy thought about what had happened yesterday, she gnashed her teeth in hatred toward me."Gary, you've got some nerve coming back here. You think about what you did yesterday. What kind of vicious husband tries to send his own wife to jail?"Anger flared up in her eyes. Furious beyond control, she hurled the glass tumbler in her hand heavily onto the floor.If it weren't for the warning she'd received at the police station yesterday, she might have aimed the glass tumbler at my head instead of the floor.Andy, full of righteous indignation, also spoke up in her defense."Exactly! Gary, you don't treat Ci

  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 5

    Cindy whipped her head around to look at me, a flash of disbelief crossing her eyes.Just as she was about to speak, I had already stepped forward and opened the door.Two groups of people had arrived. One consisted of officers from the local police station, and the other was the staff from the county recorder's office.I showed them the deep red strangulation marks on my neck, then pointed at Cindy and said, "She committed domestic violence against me. Officers, I'd like you to deal with this."After that, I pointed at Andy. "Also, this property was transferred to him without my knowledge."In just a few concise sentences, I laid out the entire course of events.Andy and Kevin instinctively hid behind Cindy, their earlier arrogant and domineering demeanor completely gone.Confronted with the police investigation, Cindy repeatedly explained, "We were just messing around."She shot me a meaningful look, but I only responded with a mocking smile."You nearly strangled me to deat

  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 4

    As Cindy berated me, utterly convinced of her own righteousness, something inside me snapped, and I abruptly burst out laughing. But as the laughter escaped, tears fell right along with it.I was about to speak, but Andy beat me to it."Gary, I know you don't like Kevin and me, but if you have to make things difficult, just take it out on me alone. Kevin's just a kid—he doesn't understand anything."Cindy's expression grew even darker at these words. She held Kevin in her arms, comforting him.Hiding behind her, Andy shot me a taunting and venomous grin. He was getting back at me for refusing to do as I was told earlier.Cindy didn't want to hear my explanation either. She simply grabbed me by the arm and roughly dragged me out of the bakery."Since you can't stand Andy and Kevin, why don't you just get lost and find somewhere else to live?"I could help but let out a cold snort. "Let's just get a divorce then. That way, I can make room for Andy, and he can live with you openly.

  • Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None   Chapter 3

    That night, I sat in the shop until daybreak without receiving a single word of concern from Cindy.She didn't saunter in until the breakfast rush was long over, and the first thing she did was chew me out."It's late—why haven't you opened the shop yet? What's the point of having you here to watch over the place?"Her tone made it sound as if I owed her and that I deserved nothing better than to slave away for her.For the past three years, she and I had been running a bakery together.Every day, before dawn even broke, I had to start kneading dough and then make all the baked goods. All these heavy, grueling tasks had always fallen on me. Cindy only had to come in and man the cashier.But today, all of a sudden, I just didn't want to go on like this anymore.I blinked my dry, stinging eyes and let out a soft, bitter laugh, my gaze settling indifferently on her."From now on, you can do all this yourself. The bakery is in your name anyway, so it has nothing to do with me."Ci

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