Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Wasted Ten Years: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 8

I sat motionless in the living room for the entire night.Overnight, news of Shannon’s new lover had made the entertainment headlines.The internet was flooded with reports about it.There were photos of the yacht Shannon had spent a fortune buying for her new lover, along with footage of the two of them speeding across the river bridge.Even netizens were discussing it.[No matter how much people love each other, it always ends the same way.][How many rich people are actually faithful? Having new lovers is hardly unusual. I just never expected Shannon Jervis to be like this.][I heard she loved Jude Stafford so much back then that everyone knew it. The fireworks on their wedding never stopped.][They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on fireworks every fifteen minutes, and the display lasted for three full days and nights.]It felt as if Shannon had intentionally made sure those news reports reached me.The countless comments made my chest tighten.Back when Shannon’s

The next day was supposed to be the day I was discharged from the hospital.After she left, Shannon called me, but the tenderness that filled her voice over the past few days was gone.“Micah has been suspended. Did you have someone do this? He’s threatening to end his life now. If anything happens to him… don’t blame me for showing no mercy, Jude.”Before I could respond, Shannon hung up.News about Micah spread rapidly, with one viral post after another dominating the trending page.[You keep calling Micah the other man. Where’s your proof? Shannon has clearly wanted to divorce Jude for a long time.][A woman who follows her heart without hesitation is what a true strong female lead looks like. Jude is so petty that he would even target a younger man.][Hasn’t Jude always lived off Shannon? He stayed home as a househusband. Men like that are the most useless.]The entire online narrative had turned against me.However, that was not all. Shannon, who rarely posted anything on

Shannon found herself thinking back to the time she had spent with Jude.After they had achieved success in their careers, the first thing they did was get married. She and Jude had been childhood sweethearts. They had both lost their parents at a young age, and they had supported each other through every hardship to reach where they were today.Jude always remembered everything she liked.He even put her wishes first when it came to having children.“Shannon, if you don’t want kids, we won’t have them.”At that time, neither of them had planned to start a family, and for the first few years of their marriage, they remained childfree.It was not until Shannon was twenty-seven or twenty-eight that she suddenly changed her mind.“When we get older, Jervis Group will need a successor. Otherwise, after everything we’ve worked for, there won’t be anyone to inherit what we’ve built.”That was what she had told Jude back then.Besides, they had never been against having children, s

(Jude’s POV)The next time I saw Shannon was a month later.By then, I had already heard about what happened with Micah.Apparently, Shannon had lost her temper and had ensured that he faced even more serious charges.However, none of that concerned me anymore.At the beginning of the month-long waiting period, I found it incredibly hard to move on.The doctor had forbidden me from drinking, yet I still tried to drown my sorrows in alcohol.I threw up blood several more times, was rushed to the emergency room repeatedly, and came dangerously close to dying on the operating table.When I finally made it through and realized I was still alive, the things I had been unable to let go of slowly faded away.Shannon had been part of my life for twenty years, taking up one-third of my entire existence.For the years I had left, I could finally live for myself.By the time I arrived at the courthouse, Shannon was already waiting for me.“Let’s get the divorce finalized.”Although w