All Chapters of The Crush Decided To Quit: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The perfume lingering on his body was a sweet scent unique to women. It was obvious just where he had spent the past two days. Charles offered no explanation and just gave me a smile. He did not bother hiding the mockery in his eyes. “Lulu, do you think I’ve crossed the line? But you’re even worse. You chose me because I was the next best thing, but you still like Ethan, don’t you?”It had been three years since then, so when I heard Ethan Lawson’s name, I could not associate the name with him right away. It was only when I saw the vindictive look on Charles’s face that I came to a realization. Charles was still bothered by the fact that I had studied abroad to chase after Ethan. His next words hit where it hurt. “If you really want to divorce me, why don’t we go to your parents’ house first and ask for their opinion?”My adopted parents’ stern faces rose unbidden to the forefront of my mind. They were followed by rebukes and insults. I clenched my fists and felt a chill

Charles’s expression turned dark. Susan tugged at his sleeve and stared at him sadly while eagerly waiting for his answer. His silence lasted for a moment before he snapped angrily, “Fine. As you wish, we’re getting divorced.”He then left with Susan, who, despite the tentative look she gave me, still could not hide the delight in her teary eyes. As I watched them disappear behind the corner, I caressed my flat tummy and sighed in relief. Honestly, instead of being sad, I felt relieved. To me, the sooner the divorce happened, the better. I did not have much time and patience to wait. Since I had signed a prenup before the marriage, I would not be getting much money from the divorce. When I came back from studying abroad three years ago, my adopted parents started nagging at me to get married. Willow Corporation was in trouble and was in an urgent need of money for the turnover. At that time, I knew two suitable men. First one was Samuel Stane, who was a widower with a

Even my acceptance of Charles’s confession after I came back was due to him being my best choice back then. During the three years of our marriage, I finally began falling in love with him, but he killed that love with his own hands. I had repaid all that I owed to the Willow family. No one could control me anymore. After my divorce, I became a free, independent adult, and that was exactly what I wanted. I packed up my things and moved to a hotel, then had a real-estate agent put the house on sale. Before long, Charles called me. I had to admit that I hesitated for a moment, but I still answered. He began questioning me right away. “You’re selling the house, Lulu?”“Yes,” I said. “Can’t I?”After a while, he yelled, “Is money all you care about?”He was angry at me, but I did not want to defend myself anymore and just answered coolly, “Yeah.”Charles hung up, and I blocked him. Weekend rolled around, and Helen called me to come home. I lay on the hotel bed and said

Ethan was the center of everyone’s attention in high school. He was handsome, had good grades, and won practically every competition he took part in. Plenty of people had a crush on him, but most of them did not dare to confess. I was the only one who did and continued pestering him even after he rejected me multiple times. In the beginning, he rejected me by saying that he wanted to focus on studying, but later on, he got annoyed by me constantly bothering him and blatantly stated that he was irritated by my very presence. At that time, Charles very blatantly showed his love to me as well, and he would even feel indignant for me when Ethan gave me the cold shoulder. Once, after I was rejected and my scores caused me to slide down two ranks on the ranking board, Jake and Helen yelled at me. When I went to school the next day, I was off my game. Charles saw this and blamed it on Ethan. He went to argue about it with him, and the two of them got into a fight. I went up to sto

“I know that you tried getting closer to me because of the Willow family. You were in a difficult position, but I was stubborn and couldn’t understand you. I just kept obsessing over whether you really liked me or not, but I didn’t have the courage to ask you about it. When you said that you didn’t actually love me, I was pretty angry.“I’m sorry. I should have made myself clear.”Ethan’s face had turned completely red by the time he finished speaking, and it took a moment for his words to finally sink in. Heat pooled on my cheeks.I always thought that Ethan was annoyed with me. After he made himself clear, I did not know how to react. But how could someone like me be worthy of his love? Was it because of my face?Ethan soon gave me an answer to my question. “I don’t know.”Wow. He might as well have said nothing. He giggled, as if he was remembering something. “I’ll be honest. I’ve noticed you earlier than you noticed me.”During the holiday before high school, Ethan and hi