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?"

you go ahead and eat. I'm outta

wisely chose not to press

moment she stepped outside, her gaze

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of Paramount Airlines, her

all morning just to bring him this meal," she

did I fail, but I

did Candy come up with this

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. What

I actually bought it.

whipped out her phone, typed a

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Shoving the phone back into

I do this again,

thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it

his food

quit, come by every day and

made Chloe laugh

dare he ask me

fingers moved faster than her brain. She shot

my wife. Do

her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this duty!

sat in the car, watching the scenery blur past, thinking

of marriage, Chloe had

said her food was

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was.

thought, "So all that was just