All Chapters of Divorcing After a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Ethan Chancer opened his backpack and shoved the medical report inside without any care. He did not even zip it up before slinging the bag over his shoulder and heading toward the elevator. Half of the report was still sticking out.He took the elevator down to the first floor and walked through the crowd of patients and their families.The hospital air-conditioning was so cold it seemed to seep straight into his bones. With the air conditioning blasting this hard, the hospital must be doing pretty well. Clearly, they were not worried about the electric bill.The moment he stepped out of the freezing hospital, scorching heat wrapped around him like a thick winter coat, leaving him with a faint sense of suffocation.He drifted out of the hospital like a walking corpse, crossed the street, and vaguely heard a driver cursing at him.“If you want to die, go jump off a building!”Ethan did not want to jump off a building.He barely heard what the driver said.The doctor’s words were

“Go ask your husband to carry it. Quit trying to guilt-trip me,” Ethan said coldly.“Do you have any common sense? Do you know how hard my husband works every day? As his wife, can’t I feel bad for him?” Tanya grew angrier the more she spoke, as if Ethan had committed some unforgivable crime. “Unbelievable.”Ethan ignored her.He had something more important to do.A few steps later, he reached the courtyard where the seniors were dancing.There were two wooden speakers, each about two feet tall. The sound was loud, sharp, and powerful enough to make the entire courtyard feel like it had surround sound.The speakers were connected to a music player, with an external power supply plugged in.With speakers this powerful, the batteries would probably die in five minutes without an outside power source.The power came from the community’s public lighting system. Somehow, these old people had managed to tap into the wiring for the streetlights. Whoever had done it must have known wh

Bang.The fat man swung the baseball bat down hard.At first, he had aimed for Ethan’s head.Ethan did not even flinch.The fat man forced the bat to change direction at the last second, and it slammed into the ground instead. The recoil shot back up so hard that his hands went numb.“Anything else?” Ethan flicked ash from his cigarette, looking relaxed and utterly dismissive. He did not take the fat man seriously at all. “If not, I’m going back upstairs. And don’t hit the ground. Concrete is pretty hard.”The fat man was so angry he almost spat blood.Rage rushed straight to his head. He lifted the baseball bat and, as if the car were Ethan’s skull, began smashing Ethan’s car with all his strength.The hood caved in.The body was dented.The windows shattered.The fat man was strong, and his temper was just as impressive. After smashing the car, he even kicked the side of it twice.Only after venting did he finally calm down a little."You thought you could mess with me?

The two of them finished eating in silence.Ethan cleared the bowls and utensils, washed them, and set them on the rack to dry.Then he brought up the divorce again.“Ethan, are you seriously trying to divorce me?” Megan asked, finally realizing he did not seem to be joking. Her voice was filled with curiosity more than anything else. “Did you have a screw loose?”“Yes.”“Why?”Ethan opened the nightstand drawer, took out his medical record, and flipped to the latest page.“The doctor said I have six months left.”Megan looked at the diagnosis written on the page and could hardly believe her eyes.Several minutes passed before she finally broke down crying.So she did care about me a little after all.Ethan suddenly wanted to cry too.Something hard inside him began to soften.Megan threw herself into his arms and held him tightly.“I’m sorry, honey. I’m so sorry. I didn’t care about you enough.”Ethan’s eyes reddened. They felt dry and sore.“It’s fine.”Things had al

There were a lot of single programmers in the department. For many of them, finding a girlfriend at all was already impressive. No one had expected Ethan to have such a beautiful wife.Ethan put the laptop into his backpack and nodded to his coworkers. He was just about to leave the office when a stranger suddenly appeared in the development department.He wore a white dress shirt, black slacks, and black leather shoes. His hair was combed perfectly into place.When he saw Megan, he froze for a second too.Men all reacted about the same way when they saw a beautiful woman.His gaze soon landed on Ethan.“You’re Ethan Chancer?”Ethan was confused.Who was this guy?Still, he replied politely, “Yes, I’m Ethan Chancer.”“I’m Simon Tanner. The development department had a meeting today. You didn’t attend, did you?”Ethan immediately understood.This was the new head of development.“Hello, Mr. Tanner.”“Do you have a minute? I’d like to discuss why the last project was delaye