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?"

ahead and eat. I'm outta

he was distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to press further and

she stepped outside, her

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stepped out of Paramount Airlines, her smile

all morning just to bring him this meal,"

I fail,

Candy

is through his stomach.

I actually bought it.

angrily whipped out her phone, typed a few lines in

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phone back

thought, "If I do this again, I

lost in thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it

photo of his food and added

Now that you've quit, come by every

tone made

thought, "How dare he ask me to bring him lunch

fingers moved faster than her brain. She shot back:

duty as my wife. Do your job

phone aside, thinking, "Screw

in the car, watching the scenery blur past, thinking Michael had lost his

of marriage, Chloe had

it. He said her

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was.

that was just BS! He said it