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?"

go ahead and eat. I'm outta

wisely chose not to press further and simply walked

stepped outside, her gaze

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stepped out of Paramount Airlines, her

to bring

did I fail, but I almost

Candy come up with this

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

I actually bought it.

phone, typed a few lines

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the phone back into her bag, she hailed a cab and

do this again, I must be

phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it and saw a message

his food and added a

quit, come by every

made

ask me to bring him

faster than her brain. She shot back: "Why

duty as my wife. Do your

phone aside, thinking, "Screw this duty! He's

car, watching the scenery blur past,

marriage, Chloe had cooked

Michael never ate it. He said her food was

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was.

just BS! He said it