Semua Bab Shrimp for Her, Papers for Him: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Everyone stared at me like I'd lost my mind.Ruby looked even angrier."I already said I'd resign, so why are you still pushing for a divorce? Do you seriously need to paint me as some homewrecker to feel better? I told you, nothing's going on between me and Mr. Tyler. I'm just trying to work and support my family. Why are you making my life so hard?"I looked at her calmly."He's never peeled shrimp for me."The whole room went dead silent.Even Eric froze for a second. Then his anger snapped."If you wanted shrimp, you could've just said so. I would've peeled as many as you wanted. But you've gone too far today. Get out. I don't want to see you right now."He grabbed my arm and dragged me toward the entrance of NovaCorp.I still shoved the freshly printed divorce papers at him, demanding he sign.Then the dizziness hit.Everything went black.***When I woke up, I was already in the hospital.Eric and a few NovaCorp employees crowded around my bed, all wearing the same

It didn't take long for the whole company to hear I'd tanked a multimillion-dollar deal for NovaCorp.Then my mom found out. "Seriously, Sandra, what is wrong with you? Why are you suddenly demanding a divorce? And now the company lost a multimillion-dollar contract because of you. How am I supposed to help if you keep acting like this?"Stop making Eric miserable. He may be an orphan, but he's been part of this family since he was ten. Your father and I practically raised him. He's always given you whatever you wanted."You were the one who said you liked him. You were the one who insisted on marrying him. So what is this now? It hasn't even been that long, and you're already putting him through hell."I'm warning you, quit throwing tantrums and bullying him. Don't bring up divorce again. I just got off the phone with him, and he sounded devastated..."Do you hear me? If you don't stop this, your father and I won't let it slide."I stayed quiet for a long moment, staring at the

At that, every head turned toward Ruby."You're slandering me again! What did I ever do to you?" Her eyes instantly went red.And obviously, the second she looked ready to cry, everyone rushed to defend her."Even if Mr. Tyler brought Ms. Kuntz's stuff home, that doesn't prove anything. Everyone knows she's impossible to get close to.""Seriously. Ruby only cares about work. Outside of meetings, she barely says two words to Mr. Tyler. How would they even have something going on?""None of the last nine secretaries got involved with Mr. Tyler, so Ruby definitely wouldn't. I've worked here for years, and she's the most uptight woman I've ever met. She literally called him out in front of everyone last time he messed up.""Exactly. Those two can barely stand each other. No chance they're together."...With everyone backing her up, Ruby calmed down fast. She looked at me."Why don't we talk about you instead? You went to a hotel with Caleb. A love hotel. And you booked a king roo

Love? How could I not?I'd been following Eric around since we were kids. By high school, I realized it wasn't some childish crush anymore. I was completely in love with him.Wherever he went, I followed.He glanced at a pair of sneakers once, so I spent all my allowance buying them for him. He liked Cristiano Ronaldo, so I flew overseas by myself just to get an autograph for him. He liked sports cars, so I begged my parents until they bought him one.He was handsome, at the top of the class, and basically every girl's crush.I always thought he only saw me as a little sister. I never dared to cross that line.But the summer after graduation, the guy addicted to adrenaline suddenly settled down. He stayed home. Stayed with me.He started following me everywhere instead. If I went to the movies with classmates, he tagged along too.He said he was protecting me. Making sure I didn't date too early.Then that same night, he knocked on my bedroom door.His face was red when he lo