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.

he stood next to a woman, a clear height difference between them. The woman had on a white pleated skirt with an ordinary short–sleeved shirt, looking youthful and smiling brightly

and lively woman,

the escalator, watching them. It seemed like William

Samantha to buy a laptop, but none to accompany Rachel to buy gifts for their

laptop, she could feel a gaze on her. She looked around and saw Rachel standing right next to the top of the elevator on

stunned for a moment before flashing Rachel

saw Samantha tugging the hem of

probably telling William that she saw Rachel. William instinctively glanced in Rachel’s direction; a look of fright sent ripples across his usual calm

only for an instant, and he recovered very

Rachel thought she should at least go over to say hi. She took the

took a step toward Rachel, and took all the bags in her

over and fetch you?

shook her head, the corners of her lips

laptop keeps giving me problems. Since I’m not very tech–savvy, I

small smile