that she was not able to hide her emotions well.

should give you as compensation for the past three years." Before she c

nstairs, but her feet seeme

diently, he would still divorce her. He had always been like this. As

he man she had secretly loved for years returned her feelings and wanted to marry her. But on the night of their wedding, she had found ou

k then, she had wondered if he would divorce her once he had achieved his goal. She had comforted herself by thinking that he might fall in love with her by then, but

n thought. After a long while, she stamme

"I will give you ten million dollars as severance pay, as well

ance

ldn't believ

eet the eyes of her husband, who was much taller t

hip? How could he call it severance pay? It

we have an employer-employee relationship. So, I'll pay you your employee remuneration for the past three years. After that, we're don

ured to herself. "You're right. We jus

ly, but Zac didn'

t down on the sofa, picked up the

c finally relaxed and sat down opposite her. "The agreement is very c

h him didn't go unnoticed by Patricia, and

the part of the agreement that involved hand

. We are officially divorced." She polit

ac raised his eyebrows slightly. Of all the ways that he had imagined thi

ith disbelief as he looked at Patricia

, "The Sampson family is not short of money. Since I married y

to admitting that they had only had an employer-

he world if it meant that she could hold onto the ide

tched her pack up her thing

closet and put them into her suitcase, along wi

room for almost three years. In the beginning, she had felt uneasy being by herself, but over the years, she had grow

her suitcase and turned around to leave wit

o had been waiting patiently for

purpose. Every time she felt scared, she would choose to protect herself by acting agg

ficult for her to lift it by herself, but she refused to ask anyone for help. The noise

ry late now." Johnny Reynolds asked, le

Patricia smiled and said, "Uncle Johnny, p

Hearing her address him as "Uncle Johnny," Johnny was

rry her luggage downstai

efore she had mustered up the courage to call him "Dad." Out of all the members of the Reynolds fami

y left the house with her luggage und

upstairs, heard their conversation cl

icia had taken away her things, it looked even more empty

ep bothering him and beg him not to divorce her. But to his surprise, she had accepted it without any resist

each other. So why didn't he feel relaxed now? Instead, he couldn't help but think of their wedding night, when they had to sleep on the sam

re irritated he felt. However, he couldn't stop i

kicked the round wooden table, but the pa

d at the Sampson family's house. All the mem