All Chapters of Outgrowing Love: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

For a moment, the air turned eerily still. Sean’s hand hung stiffly in midair, a strange sense of loss creeping into his chest.In the past, at times like this, Andrea would always hand him a cup of black coffee at just the right temperature, along with a neatly organized summary and key points already highlighted. Now, the space beside him was empty. Even Andrea’s workstation had gathered a thin layer of dust, silently mocking his slowness, reminding him that the woman who had always been there the moment he turned around had been gone for a long time.“Bang!”Irritated, Sean slammed his pen onto the desk. Ink splattered across the documents as he muttered under his breath,“I refuse to believe this. Without you, will my law firm stop running?”Acting out of spite, he grabbed his phone and called his subordinate.“Send Brittany in.”It was just basic administrative work anyway. Anyone could do it, right? Brittany might lack experience, but she at least had a law degree. Surely

Sean stiffly patted her back, but his gaze drifted involuntarily toward my empty desk. If it were me, I would be calmly analyzing the problem right now instead of crying.Besides, the law firm was already in chaos. There was a mountain of mess waiting for him to clean up. How could he have the time to go along with this whole “meeting the parents” act?“Brit, can this wait a few days?” Sean said patiently, “You’ve seen how busy the firm is right now. A lot of the work has piled up on me.”Brittany’s expression changed instantly. She let go of him and stepped back. The tears in her eyes vanished almost immediately, replaced by a wounded look.“So in your heart, your work is more important than my life. If you don’t want to go, then fine! Don’t! Anyway, I’m just some unloved girl with no one to care about me. I might as well go back and let them beat me to death! I’ll take the baby with me too!”With that, she clutched her stomach and rushed toward the door.A sharp headache throbb

To numb himself, Sean entered his old routine after returning to the law firm, working insane overtime hours. This time, however, without me by his side, every case suddenly felt far more difficult. He had to handle everything himself now, from checking every detail to correcting every typo. The successes he once thought came easily now demanded several times the effort.It was eleven o’clock at night. The entire firm was empty, and only the light in his office was still on. Suddenly, a violent bout of heart palpitations struck him. Cold sweat poured down his back as his breathing grew labored. This was the lingering illness he had developed after years of pushing himself too hard with work.“Andrea, get my medicine for me…”Clutching his chest, Sean stretched out a trembling hand beside him, his face pale.In the past, whenever his heart started acting up during late-night work, I would notice immediately. I would place the pills by his lips, then press my warm palm against his ch

Sean gripped the mouse so tightly his knuckles turned white, disbelief written all over his face.I had gone through so much, and what had he done? At the very moments I needed his trust the most, he had chosen again and again to stand with the abuser. He had helped outsiders drive the knife deeper into his own wife’s heart.“Sean, you really do deserve to die.”He slapped himself hard across the face. However, the sting on his skin was nothing compared to the pain tearing through his chest.The next second, his gaze fell on Brittany’s current location sent by the private investigator. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. As a lawyer and as my husband, he would personally make things right for me.… Meanwhile, inside Private Room 888, Brittany was dressed in a tight spaghetti-strap dress. A slim cigarette rested between her fingers, while her other hand held a glass of whiskey. She was drinking and laughing with a group of shady friends, her cheeks flushed, looking nothing like som

Meanwhile, I had just finished work at the law firm and was getting ready to head home. Without Sean’s interference over the past month, my career had taken off. I’d won several cases in a row, and everything was finally falling into place.On the way back, I stopped to buy some ingredients for steak to treat myself to a proper meal. However, just as I turned to leave, a familiar voice suddenly called out from behind me.“Andy…”Even without turning around, I knew it was Sean. Still, I didn’t look back. I didn’t even slow down. I had no intention of getting involved with him again. All I wanted was a simple, peaceful life of my own.However, just as I picked up my pace, he caught up to me and stepped in front of me, blocking my path.“Andy, you’re still mad at me, aren’t you? I know I was wrong. I really do. I just found out that Brittany’s pregnancy was fake. Her parents aren’t like what she said either. They were never going to kill her. And everything she did to target you at t