All Chapters of Regretting the Divorce? Too Late: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

After Ruby Irving hung up the call furiously, her phone chimed again as a notification came in. It was an Instagram update from her beloved assistant, Wilbur Stork.It was a long post, practically an essay. Wilbur had written it as an apology to me for causing a misunderstanding in his last post. And like the previous post, he had specifically tagged me.It was a blatant provocation. Unfortunately, Ruby didn't see it that way. Or maybe she could, but she still wanted to side with him anyway."No need to apologize, Mr. Stork. Everyone can tell you were just joking.""Does this post mean Ms. Irving's petty husband came looking for trouble again? He made such a big deal out of something this small. That sounds exactly like something he'd do."The comment section was full of people comforting Wilbur while taking sarcastic digs at me for being petty and small-minded.I had personally trained many of these coworkers from the ground up. But now, they were all speaking up for Wilbur.I

"Francis, do you accept your punishment for skipping work?" Ruby asked coldly again.I nodded and said, "Sure. I was wrong."Wrong for not seeing her for who she really was sooner. Wrong for putting up with all this for so long just because I couldn't bear to let go of a seven-year marriage.Ruby didn't let me finish speaking. After I admitted my mistake, her mood clearly improved.She said, "It's great that you know you were in the wrong. I'll let it go this time, but you'll have to make up for it. I sent you the details of a project. Look through it carefully and get the proposal done before the end of the holiday."As soon as she finished speaking, my phone chimed with a new notification.I glanced at the screen for a second and opened the message. As expected, it was another business deal Wilbur had messed up.Over the years, Ruby had often forced me to clean up Wilbur's mess. For the sake of the company, I worked tirelessly to salvage the ruined negotiations. I had to endur

"Ruby, I think Wilbur's a good guy. He's young, energetic, and sensible. Why don't you try dating him for a while?"I recognized that voice immediately. It belonged to my mother-in-law, Cordelia Smith."His parents are both gone, so you won't have to worry about dealing with in-laws in the future. On top of that, he has a healthy lifestyle. He doesn't smoke or drink, and he's good-looking. If you two have kids someday, they will definitely be beautiful."At the very least, he's better than that useless Francis. You've been married for years and still don't have a child. Is he incapable or something?"My steps halted right outside the door. Through the crack, I saw Ruby fall silent.After about two seconds, she bit her lip and said, "I've been married to Francis for so many years. I can't just get a divorce now."She didn't explain to Cordelia that the reason we didn't have any kids was that she said she didn't want them. She also failed to mention that when we first got together,

Ruby froze. Asher and Cordelia were stunned as well.Wilbur was the first to react. He took the divorce certificate from my hand and glanced at it. His face lit up with joy for a brief moment.Still, he put on a wistful tone as he spoke. "Francis, how could you be so impulsive? You've been married to Ruby for seven years. How can you just get divorced like that? If you had talked things out with her properly, maybe it wouldn't have come to this."My in-laws also came to their senses. They looked at Ruby with delight and asked, "Ruby, are you two already divorced? Why didn't you tell us? Were you planning to surprise us?"Ruby shook her head. After a moment, something suddenly occurred to her, and her expression turned deathly grim.She said with displeasure, "Francis, don't think you can fool me with a fake divorce certificate? I don't remember ever signing a divorce agreement."I reminded her, "But you did. You signed it a month ago when you were about to leave for that busine

Ruby continued to defend Wilbur. "Besides, I've seen a lot of scars on his back. Those scars can't be fake!"I thought Ruby had simply been too kind and had been fooled by Wilbur's act of playing the victim. So, I told her about the time when I had also done manual labor and even showed her the scars on my own body.Nevertheless, she dismissed it with contempt. "You brought that on yourself."I had once felt deeply frustrated about it. But now that I thought about it, it only meant that Ruby's heart had already begun to waver and started to lean toward Wilbur. Even though I believed that Ruby still had feelings for me, she had already chosen who mattered more to her. After listening to what Ruby said, my in-laws exchanged a meaningful glance with each other. But Ruby was in a hurry to take Wilbur to the hospital, so they didn't say anything and just crowded around him as they prepared to leave."I'll contact you later," Ruby suddenly said to me before leaving.I didn't take it