The Almighty Lord Caspian by Cath Nitfisch

Chapter 2 Ex-Husband

Early the next morning, Caspian and Melanie stood in front of the entrance of their run-down apartment building where they lived.

They waited for the bus by the road.

Caspian gave Melanie one last chance and asked, “Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?”

Without even looking at him, Melanie replied, “There’s no need.”

As she finished speaking, her phone started ringing from inside her new Gucci bag.

Melanie fished out her brand-new iPhone. When she saw the caller ID on the screen, she walked over to a nearby sycamore tree. She answered the call in a gentle tone.

A few months ago, Melanie had spoken to Caspian in such a sweet voice as well. However, her favor now belonged to another man who was on the other end of the call.

Once Caspian was certain that their relationship was over, he didn’t waste time trying to change her mind.

The bus arrived after a while. When the doors opened, Caspian gestured to Melanie, who had just finished her call to get on the bus.

Melanie walked over to the bus and glanced at Caspian. There was a hint of disdain and mockery in her gaze as she stared at Caspian with pity.

“A few months ago, we took the bus to register our marriage. Today, we are also taking the bus to divorce each other. Remember, this is the reason for our divorce.”

The third stop of the bus route was at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Both of them sat in different rows without speaking a word, right behind each other.

Afterward, they arrived at the counter for divorce proceedings at the Civil Affairs Bureau. The staff invited them to sit down and asked for their documents.

As the staff member checked their documents, he asked the both of them, “Have you two considered this thoroughly and divided your joint assets?”

Melanie couldn’t wait to respond, “We have thought this true. Please settle the proceedings quickly. We don’t have many assets. We live in a rental house and we can’t afford a car. The items in the room are all we have.

“Some were bought by me and some by him. I’m leaving everything to him. We also have a small amount in the bank account which I will leave to him as well. It’s probably around 180 dollars. I don’t want anything.”

Although she sounded like a generous person, her look of disdain clearly showed that she thought of it as charity to her ex-husband.

Caspian sensed an urgency in her tone.

The staff member finally stamped their divorce certificates.

After that, he handed them to Caspian and Melanie respectively.

When they registered for marriage, they had to queue up and verify their documents to complete the proceedings.

around half an hour. On

of them walked out of

sky and turned to Melanie with a smile. “Melanie, even though we are divorced now, can we

didn’t even make eye contact with Caspian. She stuffed the divorce certificate into her bag and casually touched up her makeup with a small

I look at you, I am reminded of the time I lived in poverty. The six months of our marriage felt like a nightmare to me. Now that the nightmare is over, I feel

Caspian was taken aback.

never thought that the woman he did his best to love for the past six months would describe their time together as

feelings he felt for

moment, the revving sounds of a sports car approaching

red BMW sports car pulled

the car

with pockmarked skin and

Caspian recognized this man.

Mason, the son of their

only one eye. Although he was ugly, he had a decent family background. His career was

rely on his dad’s connections

remained unmarried for

the car, he walked over

Caspian’s hand and exclaimed with a smug expression, “Although you didn’t do much, thank you so much for taking care of my wife for the past six months! From now on, she’s my woman. I’ll definitely do my best to take

best to give her the best life I can afford. I’ll definitely make her

cheeky words of gratitude toward Caspian did not mask the mocking tone

but stared at

he thought that Melanie could do much better. She should have found a younger, richer, and more successful

Except for being richer than him on the surface, Bobby’s physical

“Did you

her

mustered her courage and

because of Bobby. Bobby has been good to me and will give me

is kind to me. He is also willing to spend time to keep me company. In my eyes, that makes him far superior

that Melanie could convince herself that she wasn’t

hide her feelings of shame toward

Men should be open-minded. Competent men like me must do their best to take care of the woman they love,

condescendingly at Caspian. “There is a kind of love called letting

ignore Bobby and turned to

of disappointment on his face. “Did you abandon me for this handicapped

hit a nerve

BMW. How about you? You take the bus every

the afternoon. You come home every day covered in sweat, but you only make five thousand dollars a month. What do your parents do? They

but you won’t even let them meet me. Are you concerned that they would lose their way in the city, or are

don’t you take a good look at yourself first? You’re worse

and saved all your life, you can’t even afford to buy a car, let alone a BMW sports car.