All Chapters of Wanting Both Worlds, Getting None: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Andy and I were actually really good friends.At least, that was what I'd always believed.Back when I was dating Cindy, I didn't know that the person she had always loved was Andy. Even less did I understand the reason she suddenly confessed her feelings and said she wanted to be with me.It wasn't until the day Andy married her sister, Tracy Kirk, that I suddenly realized with a jolt that Cindy had only been with me to get closer to Andy.At the wedding, Cindy got completely drunk and threw a drunken fit up on the rooftop. No matter who tried to persuade her, no one could talk her down.In the end, it was just one casual remark from Andy that made her obediently come back down.I stood there helplessly watching all of this, while Andy's smug and provocative words rang in my ears."Gary, Cindy is your fiancee. If you can't even keep your own fiancee in check, what good are you?"After that day, Cindy seemed to become a completely different person. She never brought up Andy aga

As Cindy berated me, utterly convinced of her own righteousness, something inside me snapped, and I abruptly burst out laughing. But as the laughter escaped, tears fell right along with it.I was about to speak, but Andy beat me to it."Gary, I know you don't like Kevin and me, but if you have to make things difficult, just take it out on me alone. Kevin's just a kid—he doesn't understand anything."Cindy's expression grew even darker at these words. She held Kevin in her arms, comforting him.Hiding behind her, Andy shot me a taunting and venomous grin. He was getting back at me for refusing to do as I was told earlier.Cindy didn't want to hear my explanation either. She simply grabbed me by the arm and roughly dragged me out of the bakery."Since you can't stand Andy and Kevin, why don't you just get lost and find somewhere else to live?"I could help but let out a cold snort. "Let's just get a divorce then. That way, I can make room for Andy, and he can live with you openly.

The next morning, the police called me down to the station. I was also able to get an official domestic violence report from them.Immediately afterward, I went to the court and filed for divorce.By the time I got home, I found that Cindy had already been released and was back in the house. Andy and Kevin were there too.All three of them glared at me furiously.The moment Cindy thought about what had happened yesterday, she gnashed her teeth in hatred toward me."Gary, you've got some nerve coming back here. You think about what you did yesterday. What kind of vicious husband tries to send his own wife to jail?"Anger flared up in her eyes. Furious beyond control, she hurled the glass tumbler in her hand heavily onto the floor.If it weren't for the warning she'd received at the police station yesterday, she might have aimed the glass tumbler at my head instead of the floor.Andy, full of righteous indignation, also spoke up in her defense."Exactly! Gary, you don't treat Ci

Cindy swayed and stumbled, nearly collapsing to the ground. She desperately tried to rush toward me, but the sight of the cat in my arms made her recoil in fright.I'd always wanted to have a cat. However, Cindy was allergic to cat fur, so it just never happened.After the divorce, the very first thing I did was adopt a cat.Gritting her teeth, Cindy suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist."Gary, please. I can court you all over again. I'll treat you so much better this time," she pleaded pitifully.I was tickled by her words and looked at her mockingly."And how exactly would you prove that? You do have a history of cheating, after all."Cindy froze, then took a deep breath and swore through gritted teeth."If I ever do anything to betray you again, may lightning strike me dead."Taking in her flushed face and rapid breathing, I replied flatly, "That's a bit much. But my cat here doesn't agree to us being together. Sorry, I'll have to politely decline."Cindy stiffened. A