บททั้งหมดของ Ten Years His Cover—Now I'm Free: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

I'd only just printed out the divorce agreement about half an hour ago. But before that, I'd spent the entire night sitting on the living room couch.The dozen or so dishes I'd slaved over for hours sat untouched on the dining room table. Even the Ultradude cake I'd made earlier had melted into a puddle of goo.It had been my daughter, Tiana Jenkins' birthday yesterday. My wife, Sabrina Lawson, had given me specific instructions to make preparations for the birthday celebration because she was coming home with Tiana.However, I'd waited at home for hours in vain. In the end, the only message I'd received in a roundabout way was that Instagram story of the four of them that Joshua Sears had posted.The irony.Sabrina had never thought that I would ever bring up divorce. She frowned and tore the agreement in half. Her face was full of disdain as she said, "Ashton Jenkins, what game are you playing this time? I just took Tiana to meet Joshua and his son, and I forgot to tell you abou

Andy was just a kid, so he still didn't know how to mask his emotions well enough.As soon as he heard that the house belonged to them, he immediately perked up and asked, "Really?"Joshua hurriedly grabbed Andy's arms and chided him. "Andy! Don't spout nonsense! This is Ashton's house."Sighing, he then looked at me helplessly. "Ashton, I never wanted to come between you and Sabrina. I'm going to leave now, okay? Don't be mad anymore."Hearing this, Sabrina rushed over and grabbed Joshua's arm. However, he tugged a little harder, making her fall right into his arms."Careful," he said softly, wrapping an arm around her waist.Sabrina exchanged glances with me and hurriedly pushed him off, putting some distance between them.A hint of dissatisfaction appeared in Joshua's eyes, but it was quickly replaced with a gentle look. "It's alright, Rina. You don't need to convince me to stay. We were the ones infringing in the first place."The rims of his eyes turned a little red, as if

Bianca's words were so shocking that I nearly jumped up from the bed.Meanwhile, Sabrina's voice turned shrill on the other end of the line. "What did you say? Who are you?"However, Bianca had already hung up on her. She even turned the phone off afterward.When she saw me glaring at her, she grinned meekly and said, "I didn't mean to say that you were dead. I just thought that your wife was being ridiculous."Her own husband is lying in the hospital, and yet, she didn't even ask about you or how you're doing. Honestly speaking… you've got quite terrible taste in women."I just smiled a little helplessly and bitterly, mumbling, "Not just my wife. I'm terrible at picking my parents and my close buddies too."Even the daughter I had turned out to be the wrong choice.My stomach suddenly growled loudly. Looking sheepish, I asked, "Sorry, but could you get me something to eat?"I hadn't eaten anything since that night, and I was feeling ravenous.Bianca immediately took out her p

I had to admit that Bianca was way better than Sabrina at seeing through liars from the start.I took the second apple she peeled for me and chuckled mockingly. "Oh, maybe his depression got triggered or something."I paused for a bit and made sure to emphasize the next few words. "Severe depression, I believe."Bianca giggled. "That's not severe depression. That's schizophrenia. I strongly suggest that he be taken to the psychiatric ward so he'll recover faster."I burst out laughing at that. Meanwhile, Sabrina just stared at me in disbelief. She'd never thought that I would be as cold-hearted as this and make fun of Joshua, who was ill, along with another stranger.However, what shook her the most was that while I behaved like an emotionless robot when with her, I could be so expressive and laugh along with another woman.A spark of jealousy rose in her chest. She yelled, "That's enough, Ashton Jenkins! How did you change into someone like this? No wonder your parents are dis

When Joshua heard that I had a gift prepared for him, his eyes grew alert as he became completely on guard.I guess he still had some sort of self-awareness after all. He knew how much I loathed him, so it wouldn't make any sense for me to prepare a gift for him in the first place.But before he could reject me, a young lady in a short pixie cut walked out among the crowd of onlookers who'd stopped to watch us.Joshua's face went pale as soon as he caught sight of the woman. He blurted, "Dolly Brown!"Dolly puffed out some cigarette smoke, giving Joshua the once-over a few times."It's been a long while, ex-boyfriend. It seems like you've been living quite the life. By the way, you told me that you'd marry me as soon as you'd gotten your hands on the Jenkins family's fortune. Does that promise still count?"Dad's eyes widened in shock as he looked at Joshua in disbelief.Joshua hurriedly shook his head. "Mom, Dad, don't listen to her! Have you already forgotten? It was her! She'