Countdown to My Divorce

“You look more like yourself today.”

Tyler sat up, grabbed a cigarette from the nightstand, lit it, and tapped the ash into the ashtray. Since he had just woken up, his voice sounded even deeper and huskier than usual.

Rachel loved hearing him speak in this voice.

She picked up a pearl earring and held it up in front of the mirror. “Your family probably doesn’t like how I usually dress. For the sake of your reputation, I’ve got to at least pretend a little.”

If Tyler hadn’t been treating her decently, she wouldn’t even bother playing along.

She firmly believed that if someone truly liked you, they would like you no matter what you wore or did. If

they didn’t like you, nothing you did would ever be good enough.

“You don’t have to do that. Just be yourself,” Tyler said casually.

That surprised Rachel a little. Tyler was being unusually easygoing.

Still, it was one thing for him to say that. What she actually had to do was another. Basic manners and etiquette still mattered. She didn’t want anyone nitpicking and blaming her parents for not raising her right. She could lose face, fine, but she wouldn’t let Jim and the others get dragged down with her.

Besides, she was already done with her makeup. Tyler’s opinion came a bit late.

Rachel finished applying her lipstick and stood up. She recalled the spending spree from yesterday. At first, she thought Tyler deliberately didn’t mention it, maybe waiting for her to bring it up herself.

After thinking it over, she decided she should be the one to speak up.

had bought those things impulsively after

saw the bill

Tyler nodded. “Yeah. Why?”

needed a tablet. She couldn’t bring herself to buy one, so

answered offhandedly, “It’s fine. It’s

aback. “You’re not mad

buzzed. It looked

ahead and

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took one last drag from his cigarette, stubbed it out in the

to find that Wanda had

and her

room. She exchanged a glance with Wanda, both of

called out, “come have a

“Thank you, Wanda.”

just about to

was a call

She swiped to answer.