The Last Advice I Ever Gave
I was having my lunch break when someone anonymously messaged my relationship consultation account.
"The system has decided that I only have seven days before my task's deadline is up. What can I do to keep my wife from dying with me before the world itself kills me?"
The text continued, "Will it work if I pretend that I cheated on her to make her hate me?"
The comments below were filled with mockery.
"God, tell your clickbait elsewhere. You're just going to get your arse kicked here."
"Geez, grow some balls and just say you want to get rid of your wife. The world's going to kill you? I swear, these scumbags are getting more creative with their excuses."
I was a relationship-based content creator who had made it really big, so a bit like this was not all that strange to me at all.
I sneered and answered the question, "Cheating's a total cliche. If you want to kill every bit of love she has for you, destroy the memories she holds close to her heart, deny everything she's ever done for you, and make her think she's a complete joke."
I continued, "If you want her to shed not a single tear after you die, you have to drench her very soul in hatred."
The guy answered immediately, "Thank you. It's going to break my heart, but I'll have to do this."
When I got home that night, my husband, who thought of me as his whole world, tossed our photo album into a brazier. That album had been with us for 10 years, and it was a record of our romantic moments.
I stared at his face, but his expression was colder than any winter wind, and my heart nearly stopped beating right then and there.