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.

chose not to press further and simply walked

moment she stepped outside, her

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Airlines, her smile vanishing in an

been cooking all morning just to bring him this meal," she

only did I fail, but I almost got

Candy come

is through

I actually bought it.

her phone,

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smashed the send button. Shoving the phone back into her bag, she hailed a cab and

I do this again,

she was lost in thought, her phone buzzed.

his food and added

good. Now that you've quit, come by

made Chloe laugh in

me to bring him lunch every

than her brain. She shot

as my wife. Do your job

tossed her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this

watching the scenery blur past, thinking Michael had lost

marriage, Chloe

Michael never ate it. He said her food

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was.

"So all that was just BS! He