All Chapters of My 33 Humiliations: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Benedict White missed our wedding ceremony for the thirty-second time at the celebration banquet for his nine hundred and ninety-ninth successful case.Anna Lester had carefully organized the banquet for him.At the party, everyone assumed Anna was his girlfriend.“Mr. White and Miss Lester grew up together, and so make such a perfect match! “In this day and age, wouldn’t it be inappropriate to celebrate the couple?”“Yes! We want to see them toast each other!”The shouts reached my ears.As the woman who had been legally married to Benedict for three years yet never publicly acknowledged, I could only shrink into a corner and watch him gaze at Anna with deep affection as they crossed their wine glasses and drank deeply.After the banquet ended, afraid our relationship might be exposed, I waited for Benedict at the intersection beside the hotel.A black car slowly pulled up, the window sliding down to reveal Anna’s sleeping face in the passenger seat.Benedict looked at me,

Chapter 2

“What was the document you asked me to sign yesterday?”I lifted my head. A flicker of sadness crossed my eyes before fading back into calm.“You didn’t ask when you signed it, and now you suddenly remember?” I asked.“I just thought of it. Besides, you’re my wife. Don’t think you’d do anything to harm me,” Benedict replied confidently.He seemed unconcerned.I lowered my eyes, hiding the pain beneath them.“Are you not afraid I made you sign our divorce agreement, or a property transfer?”At my words, Benedict’s heart tightened. He frowned, a trace of panic and displeasure flashing across his face.“Are you joking with me?”He stepped closer, gently cupped my face, and said in a voice both tender and firm, “You know this. If you ever left me, I would go insane.“If I really had to choose between the two, I’d rather it be a transfer of my assets.”Benedict looked at me, unable to conceal the deep affection in his eyes.I knew it was true that he could not live without m

Chapter 3

I lowered my eyes, my thoughts drifting uncontrollably back to the past.Benedict had me pinned against the office desk.A strange light flickered in his eyes as he smiled and said, “Don’t you think what we’re doing feels like an affair? Thrilling, isn’t it?”His sweat dripped onto me as he held me.“At the wedding, I’ll make our relationship public.”I smiled at my past self, foolish and pitiful, believing his sweet lies over and over again.Then I was deceived thirty-two times.Now, with the divorce agreement and resignation letter in my bag, there would be no next time.…Two hours later, my colleagues and I were busy handing over work when Benedict sent me a message: [Send a cup of coffee in.]He was notoriously picky; the balance of sugar and bitterness in his coffee had to be exact.In the company, only I could make it taste just the way he liked.Sighing, I got up to prepare the coffee.I did not expect to see Anna in the pantry.When she saw me enter, a disdainful

Chapter 4

Benedict sounded worried, as if he feared I would take these words seriously.“Mm, I know,” I said calmly, which seemed to surprise him. The silence stretched on before he continued, “Eighteenth of next month is a good date.“Let’s have our wedding ceremony then.”I gripped the phone, my fingers tightening unconsciously.After a pause, I decided I should tell Benedict about the divorce.“Do you have time tomorrow? The divorce agreement…”Before I could finish, Anna’s voice suddenly came through the line.“Are you going to pack or not, Benedict? Hurry up and come over here.”Benedict dropped his voice but still sounded flustered.“What did you say, Maya? I didn’t catch that.“Look, I have to accompany Anne abroad tomorrow for an exhibition. Let’s talk about it when I get back.”Then the call ended.I smiled. I had wanted to speak to him in person, but in the end, he had not given me the chance.In the following days, I successfully resigned from the company, packed all

Chapter 5

Benedict stared at me and could not hide his surprise.Until now, I had forgiven him thirty-two times.Perhaps in his eyes, that counted as infinite tolerance, a silent permission for him to do as he pleased.Anna was the perfect example. Because of my indulgence and Benedict’s favor, she dared mock me openly, fearless and unrestrained.“Are you being serious right now?”Although he himself flirted recklessly outside, indulging every whim, divorce still seemed a weighty matter for him.He could not forget Anna’s tender affection, yet he craved the safety of home.“If you’re sulking over Anna again, there’s really no need.“I’ve said it before: Anna and I are nothing but a fling, bed partners.“What happens between us will never affect my relationship with you. I still love only you.”Bed partners?I knew the meaning of each word, but strung together, it was utterly absurd.I could not fathom Benedict’s audacity, how he could speak such words with a straight face.He had

Chapter 6

“Even if the love between us had grown thin, I still stayed by your side for eight years.“I might not have known your thoughts perfectly, but I could predict eight or nine out of ten.“Oh, and I forgot to tell you. I resigned long ago. “The process was compliant and smooth. Even you wouldn’t have had the chance to change your mind.“You and I are no longer in a superior-subordinate relationship, and I will no longer obey you blindly.”Then I exhaled deeply.After enduring Benedict’s tyranny for so long, I finally felt a sense of release, my spirit lifting.…Even though Benedict continued to fuss, I ignored him and strode away decisively.Before leaving, I turned to look at him.“I know you’re busy, but I booked your schedule three days in advance. For our final meeting, I advise you not to be late.”After I left, Benedict grew increasingly anxious.His only leverage could no longer threaten me, and he could not imagine any way to make me stay.So he immediately called H

Chapter 7

Very well. Let Benedict’s subordinates finally see what kind of man they truly served.…My chat with a former colleague quickly filled with a flurry of exclamation marks, accompanied by several forwarded memes whose origin no one could trace.[Benedict’s that kind of person? How deceitful![Don’t be too upset, Maya. People like that aren’t worth it. [And that Anna—I’ve always sensed something off about her.]Benedict’s once-pristine exterior had been stripped away, revealing nothing but a despicable, ugly face beneath.All that glitters is not gold, and he was the very embodiment of that saying.Now, I had finally shed the heaviest burden from my shoulders.Benedict’s whims, his moods, his joys and sorrows, no longer concerned me.The Benedict who had left me resembled a lost bird with nowhere to perch, floundering aimlessly through the sky.After wandering, he eventually returned alone to the home we had shared.Eight years, though it would be impossible to claim there h

Chapter 8

Not knowing her true color had been exposed, Anna still wore a full smile as she approached him.“You’re too impatient. The hangover drink isn’t ready yet.“Do you want a taste?”Benedict pushed aside the spoon she offered with his arm, took her phone, and opened her social media feed.“What is this? Explain yourself!“Have you forgotten everything I told you before? You’ve taken far too many liberties!”Anna, seeing her old posts and glancing at the furious Benedict, broke out in a cold sweat.She grabbed his sleeve and pleaded, “Let me explain!”“Let go of me!”The alcohol made it hard for Benedict to stand steadily.His eyes reddened as he glared at Anna.“No wonder Maya insisted on divorcing me. No wonder she was so resolute. It’s all your fault!”He pointed toward the door and roared, “Get out! Out!”Anna looked at him, and the sadness in her eyes gradually turned to resentment.“What right do you have to blame me?“Weren’t the people in those photos you? Weren’t th

Chapter 9

I would have become a puppet Benedict could manipulate at will, a permanent appendage at his side, someone who would never possess a life or rights of her own.“The choice in front of you is simple. Why struggle over something like this?“For the sake of our separate futures and happiness, let’s get this divorce.”People streamed in and out of the court.How many stories of love and hatred had driven them all to stand here?Benedict remained silent for a long time. In the end, regretful tears slipped down his face.With a trembling hand, he signed his name, stripped of every trace of the pride he once carried.I smiled, finally at ease. “I wish myself freedom, and I wish the same for you.”I had signed countless documents on Benedict’s behalf before, all of them routine, all devoid of feeling.Yet this time, I felt only the clean, fresh air flooding my lungs.The moment I held the divorce certificate, a faint numbness spread through my body.I had struggled for so long i

Chapter 10

A year ago, the flaws in Benedict had already begun to surface. He was never a rational man; he could act without restraint only because I was by his side.My departure from the law firm was, to him, akin to cutting off an arm. How could such a man survive on a battlefield? His downfall in business could only be described as self-inflicted.I wondered how he would feel today if he knew that a former subordinate had chosen to come to me. In the world, those who act righteously gain much support; those who stray gain little. Benedict surely understood this better than I did.Under the sun, nothing is new. Benedict’s present was already the past for countless others. According to my former colleagues, within two months of my leaving the firm, it had fallen into paralysis. Not only because he had grown accustomed to being a hands-off leader, but his increasingly paranoid personality caused him to forfeit opportunities he might otherwise have seized.Although I despised

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