Why was he so hateful? He made her wait when they were getting a marriage certificate, and he was still making her wait now that he was getting a divorce!Silvia thought back to the year when they got their marriage certificate. Their appointment was also at nine o’clock. She’d arrived at half past eight in the morning and had waited for him nervously because she was afraid that she would be late due to traffic on the road. Unexpectedly, she’d waited until ten o’clock but he still did not come. So, she finally mustered the courage to call him to remind him about the appointment. After he answered the call, he seemed to be very confused when she reminded him about getting their marriage certificate. “Marriage certificate?”“Sorry, I forgot about it. I’ll be right there.”She was very sad and angry at that time.He had forgotten about such a big event such as getting their marriage certificate, and yet she’d been positive that she came at half past eight in the morning. She had w
Ryan suddenly opened his eyes and looked outside. He then saw the slim and delicate beauty outside the window.He suddenly felt as if he had returned to the year when he first met her. She looked just as fresh back then.At the time, his father, Greg, had just had a minor surgery because of his poor health. Ryan had come back from a business trip to visit him, and had met her for the first time in his father’s ward. She was talking to his father at the time. Though he did not know about what, she was beaming and could actually make her father who was usually serious, laugh out loud. He later found out that his father and her father had been comrades-in-arms and had served as soldiers in the Northeast. They’d lost contact with each other after they were discharged from the army. Her father was not in good health at the time and was also hospitalized in the same hospital. The two met by accident when they were basking in the sun, evoking a strong comrade-in-arms relationship that was
Ryan saw her cold and indifferent look and was so angry that he could not help but yelled, “Stop!”Silvia did not want to talk to him at first, but she could not stand his attitude. They were divorced, so why was he yelling at her?She thought about annoying him, so she stopped in her tracks, then looked back at him and asked indifferently, “What’s up?”Ryan suppressed his anger and stared at her. “We got divorced as you wished, yet you still can’t talk properly?”What did he mean that she got divorced as she wished? Silvia almost died out of laughter and the tone of his speech was also followed by utmost mockery.“Got divorced as I wished? Isn’t this what you wished for? Isn’t this what you and your sweetheart wished for?”She laughed again. “Mr. Pierce, shouldn’t you hurry up and report back to your sweetheart now that you’ve successfully gotten divorced?”“What’s wrong? Should I report it to her instead?”She said all of this in one breath, seering as she spoke sarcastic
With it, two people could be the most intimate partners and share their joy and sorrows, support each other, and have a love-hate obsession with each other. Without it, two people were effectively strangers. From now on, whether you cry or laugh, or whether you’re doing well or not, has nothing to do with me.Ryan got into the car, glanced at the divorce certificate in his hand, then threw it aside as he answered Julian’s question impatiently. “She doesn’t want anything, so there’s no dispute. Of course it’s quick?”Julian sat in the driver’s seat, started the car, and then sighed emotionally as he said, “Sister-in-law is quite cool. You can be said to be the richest man in Detroit with your wealth. Why didn’t she ask for more? She could have just asked for a house or a car.”For some reason, Ryan felt that Julian’s words were particularly harsh. It was only logical that two parties would have some disputes over property issues during a divorce, not to mention that she was divor
“Silvia, how is it? Are you divorced?”Her mother, who was sitting by the side, chided her father and scolded him for speaking so directly. How could there be anyone else who desperately wanted their daughter to be divorced?Her father retorted, “What’s wrong with me asking this question? I would like her to hurry up and get divorced…”Silvia could not help but laugh when she heard her father and mother quarrel on the other end of the line. She could understand her mother’s thoughts, but she could also understand her father. Her mother still did not want her to get divorced because she might be thinking about Autumn and Silvia’s life after the divorce, but what her father was concerned about was whether Silvia was happy or not right now.Her father and mother had different characters and ideas, but they were both unified when it came to one thing: they both loved her and only wanted the best for her. She interrupted the quarrel between the two with a smile and reported the trut
She was originally determined to join Miya or Jane, but faltered because of her mother’s words. Thinking about it, she had been worrying her parents all these years because she insisted on marrying a man who did not love her and also stayed in a marriage that could break down at any time. She was very unfilial. Now that she was divorced, she only thought about running away and fleeing from this place, but she did not consider her parent’s feelings. How selfish of her.Perhaps she should not be so selfish anymore and keep making her parents worry like this.Her father overheard the conversation between Silvia’s mother and her, then said, “Which big city are you going to? Isn’t it better for you to come back to our small town? There are plenty of job opportunities waiting for you here.”She instantly made a decision. “Mom, I’m sorry, I was being too selfish.” She glanced at her packed suitcase and then said, “I’ll take a break with Miya and Jane first, then I’ll go back and stay
It was ironic, but this wasn’t important to Silvia now.Caleb prepared lunch in the kitchen while Silvia and Wendy sat and chatted in the living room outside. After Wendy’s initial playful banter, she kept staring at Silvia with her bright eyes. Silvia was unnerved by her stare, but she smiled and scolded, “What are you doing?”In fact, Silvia did not know that Wendy was carefully observing her to see whether she was upset but was deliberately concealing it, or whether she had really let go of her marriage with Ryan. “I’m really fine. I’ve complained about everything I should complain about and cried about everything that I should cry about. I’m very calm now.” She analyzed herself with Wendy in this manner, trying to convince Wendy that she had already gotten over it so that she wouldn’t have to worry about her anymore.She was really at peace with herself. It was not as if she was going to die after a divorce, right?Wendy looked at her and suddenly burst into tears. “Silvi
Wendy had no choice but to take out her cell phone to report Silvia’s condition to Miya and Jane.“She’s fine, and she’s divorced. She’s probably actually given up this time.”Miya was the first to reply. “It’s good if she has given up. She should have done so a long time ago.”Jane also replied, “It’s good as long as she’s fine. She’s always been able to mediate herself, right? She was able to make herself happy even when Ryan ignored her like that, so we should also trust in her ability to mediate herself now.”Wendy replied to Jane, “Jane, you’re still as attentive as ever. By the way, since you’re so attentive and quiet, when are you ever going to find yourself a boyfriend?”Jane rolled her eyes, then replied with a simple sentence, “I am going to work.”Wendy was about to mention the topic of having a boyfriend to Miya when Miya changed the topic directly. “Should we tell Ethan about her divorce?”Wendy replied, “It accidentally slipped my mouth so Caleb probably alread