After Divorcing my Captain Husband

Chapter 33: Duty

"Hey, Lucy asked, "Trouble with Chloe lately? Is that why you look so tired and distracted?""

Michael snapped back to reality. "It's nothing. Just thinking about tomorrow's flight."

Lucy didn't press further, simply asking, "So, you coming to eat?"

Michael glanced at the takeout box and cracked a rare smile.

"No, you go ahead and eat. Chloe brought me some food." Lucy froze.

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She stood frozen for a long moment before taking a deep breath.

"Never mind. It's a bit late for the cafeteria now, and I'm not that hungry anyway. Let's just go over the key points for tomorrow's meeting."

Lucy forced a smile, hoping Michael would notice her silent struggle and sacrifice.

But Michael totally missed her point. "Alright, I'll let everyone know in the work chat later."

Lucy felt really uncomfortable being brushed off like that.

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She hesitated for a moment and said, "Michael, everyone just saw Chloe getting close to you. This is still the office. Chloe shouldn't be doing that."

"I'm worried the colleagues will gossip about you and Chloe. With evaluations coming up, what if this messes up your

assessment?"

and eat. I'm

that he was distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to press

stepped outside, her

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Paramount Airlines,

morning just to bring him this meal,"

fail, but

idea did Candy

a man's heart is through his stomach. What a load of

I actually bought it.

out her phone,

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Michael, and smashed the send button. Shoving the phone back into her bag,

I do this again, I must

lost in thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it

photo of his food

Now that you've quit, come by every day

made Chloe laugh

he ask me to bring him lunch

brain. She

duty as my wife. Do your job

her phone aside, thinking, "Screw

sat in the car, watching the scenery

of marriage,

said her food was as boring as

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was.

thought, "So all that was just BS! He said it and forgot