Countdown to My Divorce

Samantha’s face was glum.

William pursed his lips when he heard that, his eyes turning darker

A thought suddenly came to Samantha. “William, my laptop has been crashing on me recently. Could you lend me your notebook, please?”

William hesitated. “I have a lot of documents saved on my laptop.m sure you’ll need it for more than a day or two. Since your laptop keeps crashing, why don’t you just buy a new one?”

“But I haven’t received my salary for the month.” Samantha lowered her head and wrung her hands anxiously.

William put away his documents. “That’s not a problem. Tell me the model and brand you want, and I’ll buy it for you. Take it as an encouragement for the work you’ve done.”

“Really? But William, the laptop I’m looking at is a little expensive. It costs a few thousand dollars,” Samantha said coyly.

“Come on, let’s go to the mall right now and check it out.”

William stood up, grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair, and left the office with Samantha.

When Rachel was about to take the escalator down and head back, she spotted two familiar figures.

man was tall and decked out in a gray suit; he stood next to a woman, a clear height difference between them. The woman

cheerful and lively woman,

stood near the top of the escalator, watching them. It

to buy a laptop, but none to accompany Rachel to

could feel a gaze on her. She looked around and saw Rachel standing right

stood stunned for a moment before flashing

tugging the hem of

she saw Rachel. William instinctively glanced in Rachel’s direction; a look of

only for an instant, and he recovered

other, Rachel thought she should at least go over to say hi.

a step toward Rachel, and took

so I could come over and fetch you? You’re carrying so many things,

head, the corners of her lips curling slightly. “Here to buy a

My laptop keeps giving me problems. Since I’m not very tech–savvy, I asked William to come with me to help

small smile still