All Chapters of The Game of a Married Woman : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Philip POV I walked into the closet from the bathroom, straining my ears to hear if Marceline was in the bedroom. Nothing. No sound of her voice. It had been four days since I last saw her properly—since that night I slapped her. The memory burned in me every second. I regretted it. Truly. In all our years together, I had never raised a hand on her. I never thought I would. But that night, my anger took over. Lately, she had been defying me at every step. First, she rejected the divorce I wanted. Then she raised her voice at me like she no longer cared. She hired a housekeeper even when I told her not to. And then, she dared to ask about returning to work. Not just any job—she wanted the Vice President position. That position wasn’t hers. I had already promised it to Anastasia when she asked. Since that night, I had been sleeping at the office. But last night, I returned home, planning to talk to her. I wanted to persuade her gently to give up the idea of working at Stanmore.

Marceline POVI walked straight to my supposed seat with a gentle and apologizing smile for being late. It wasn’t my intention to arrive late, but I had to drop Roman at school. It should not have taken so much time, but after leaving him, I stayed back in my car, parked not far from the company building. I needed a moment to meditate, to talk to myself about how far my life had come.Was I making the right decision to remain in this marriage, or should I just accept the divorce and let them go?Roman had witnessed the fight between Philip and me. That memory had torn my heart for days. I wanted my son to grow with love and care from his parents, not to witness violence. It took me so much effort to ease his mind, to convince him that his father and I weren’t really fighting. But deep inside, I knew the truth.I had cried my eyes out too, not only because of the pain but because Philip had not even reached out to Roman since that night. At least a father who claimed to love his son sh

Dominic POV “Here are the business proposal plans submitted by some companies,” Gabriel, my assistant, said as he dropped some documents on the table. Earlier, when I had just entered the company, he had told me that several companies had submitted their business plans to us for collaboration. I glanced at the documents and frowned at how many there were. It shouldn’t have surprised me...after the welcome party, I knew many companies would want to work with Halvourne Enterprise. Still, the sight of the pile caught me off guard. “Did you preview them?” I asked, hoping he had gone through them before bringing them to me. I didn’t want to waste my time reading something that would only make me angry. “I did, sir. These are the ones that match what the company has in mind,” he replied. “Alright, I’ll look into them,” I said, dismissing him with a nod. I pulled the documents closer, prepared to review them. Normally Richard would have been the one handling this, but he had gone on

Philip POVI walked out of my office with my suitcase in my hand. It was not yet closing hour but I was leaving to go and see Anastasia. Luke had told me that she had left and she didn’t look well. My heart ached when he said that. I knew she must have been shaken a lot by the announcement.As I reached the company entrance, I saw Marceline walking in elegantly. She must be coming back from Roman’s school. My heart raced with guilt, and I thought she would stop and say something to me considering my attitude and actions regarding Roman when I learned he got into a fight in school. But she simply walked past me without a glance, like she didn’t see me.I was stunned and turned to look at her. She kept walking with her shoulders high. My eyes narrowed at her attitude, but I didn’t dwell on it and headed straight to my car.“I will drive myself,” I said to my driver, who rushed forward when he saw me. I took the car key from him quickly. I couldn’t risk him seeing me going to Anastasia’

Marceline’s POV“What are you two whispering to each other about?" I asked again as I walked fully into the boardroom. My eyes stayed on them without blinking, heavy and sharp.Philip looked calm on the surface, but I could sense uneasiness under his mask. Anastasia, on the other hand, looked like a thief caught in the act. Her stiff body finally moved as she turned to face me.“Whispering? We… we aren’t whispering,” she stammered with a forced smile...the ugliest smile I had ever seen.“Why are you here, Anastasia? Didn’t I just tell you to return to your office since it’s work time?” I said coldly, walking past her. I dropped the files in my hands onto the large meeting table, then turned back to face her. “It seems you have a lot of free time today to be wandering around.” My tone was sharp, and I saw her throat bob nervously as she swallowed.“N-no… I came to hand Mr. Stanmore a document that needed his signature.” Her voice dropped when she said Mr. Stanmore, like the words thems