“And you? Will you be waiting for me as well?” asked Shane, who never answered her question.

Natalie blushed and tilted her head down. She lied, “Nope, I won't be waiting for you. I don't care if you come home or not.”

She hung up immediately after.

Shane stared at his phone. The screen had reverted to the home page by then. He chuckled and put his cell phone away before calling Silas in.

“Mr. Shane,” greeted Silas as he stood in front of the desk.

Shane handed a stack of documents over and instructed, “I need you to deal with these issues. I will be heading home earlier today.”

Silas' lips parted when he replied, “Understood.”

Huh, this is the first time Mr. Shane takes a step back and assigns me these tasks. Back then, he would act as if he didn't know if it was his birthday or a public holiday. I knew it. It's different after one gets married and has someone to celebrate the occasion with.

Silas shifted his gaze to the stack of documents he had with him. For the first time in his life, he wondered if he should get a girlfriend.

the other side, Natalie put her cell phone

floor. “Ms. Smith,

into Jacqueline's eyes before pointing out, “I am his wife. Who else would he celebrate

said, “I don't mean

get to decide whether or not I want a divorce. This has nothing to do with you, so why are you being such

acted like she was hurt. She bit her lip a little and said, “Ms. Smith, how could you even think that? Isn't that a little too

play this game, shall we? I know why you're with Jackson. You got into a relationship with him because you want Shane and I to lower our guards when you're around, right? That way, you can hide in the

Her body instinctively trembled

S-She got everything right!

you don't want others to treat you like one. You can lie and hide the truth as much as you want, but the truth will eventually be revealed. You want to replace me? Well, let me

to do the exact opposite. I will remain married to him even if I die, and I will make it so that the thing you want is right in front of you, but will always be out of reach. I hope it sucks to see but never

covered her lips and chuckled

evil b*tch for saying

civil as she

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