Todos los capítulos de After Divorce, I’m Thriving In The Apocalypse : Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 4

Charity struggled for breath as the man's hands tightened around her throat.She clawed at his wrists, desperate to pry them loose, but her arms had no strength left in them. After days of hunger and thirst, she had dragged herself home on legs that barely obeyed her, clinging to one fragile hope: that Daniel would open the door and pull her inside to safety.Instead, she had been handed over to a stranger.Her eyes rolled toward Daniel. He stood only a few steps away, close enough to see her struggling, close enough to hear the ragged gasps tearing out of her throat. He did nothing. He simply watched, his face empty of anything resembling love or guilt.Beside him, Vanessa watched the scene unfold with open curiosity. Then she laughed.It was a soft, almost bored little laugh, the kind someone might give at a mildly amusing joke, and it cut into Charity more savagely than the fingers crushing her windpipe.All of this, every second of it, had started over a packet of snacks. There

Daniel stared at his phone long after the call had ended.Charity had actually asked him for a divorce.For a moment, he assumed she was only trying to frighten him. They had argued countless times during their marriage, and every time, she had come back after a while. She had nowhere else to go, and he knew it.He tossed the phone aside and walked into the living room, where his mother was already waiting for him."Well? What did she say?"He dropped onto the sofa with a sigh. "She's still angry. She says she wants a divorce."His mother's frown deepened. She didn't look surprised. She looked worried. "A divorce?" she repeated. "And what happens to our household expenses if she really leaves?"Daniel glanced at her. "What do you mean?""You know exactly what I mean," she said, lowering her voice as though the walls might overhear. "Charity pays for almost everything in this house. The groceries, the electricity, the water. Even the money I spend every month comes from her salary."Sh