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On the day I was discharged, the sky suddenly erupted in a torrential downpour. By the time I returned to Bennet Villa, I was completely soaked.
The moment Aaron saw me, he immediately covered his nose in disgust: “You stink!”
The scent of rainwater mixed with earth wasn’t actually unpleasant.
He was only doing this to amuse Sienna, who was wearing my pajamas.
Sure enough, his exaggerated performance made Sienna cover her mouth and giggle.
She looked at me with eyes full of smugness and provocation.
I chose to ignore it and turned to head upstairs.
Marcus, however, hurried out of the kitchen, frowning at me with disgust in his voice: “Sienna specifically took time off work today to spend time with Aaron. Instead of being grateful, you’re here throwing a tantrum?”
Standing on the steps, I responded coldly: “Well, so I’m giving him to you. Let’s get divorced.”
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Though spoken softly, every word was crystal clear.
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A flash of disdain crossed Marcus’s eyes: “Aubrey, where did you learn this act? Think you can threaten me with divorce? You think that’ll work on me?”
Sienna also stood up, her tone seemingly gentle as she mediated, but actually provocative: “Aubrey, don’t misunderstand. Even though Marcus and I grew up together, he’s a good husband who’s responsible to his family. You should treasure that. How can you threaten him with divorce?”
Her words made Marcus even more disgusted with me.
I nodded indifferently: “You’re right, so I’m giving him to you. Treasure him well.”
With that, I headed upstairs without looking back, ignoring Sienna’s secret delight and Marcus’s darkened expression behind me.
In the bedroom, I packed all my belongings into a suitcase.
I placed the signed divorce papers and the document severing mother–son ties on the vanity.
Finally, I removed the wedding ring from my finger.
Marcus didn’t follow me upstairs. He seemed to think I was just throwing a tantrum, so he returned to the kitchen to continue
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Though he wasn’t skilled at cooking, he was willing to learn for Sienna.
In our six years of marriage, he’d only ever made me oatmeal, and even that was store–bought.
On Instagram, Sienna posted photos of a table full of delicious food, along with Marcus’s figure bustling around for her, captioned: [There’s always someone in the world who will forever remember what you love to eat most.]
Within a minute of posting, Marcus’s mother Ember Bennet and sister Gianna Bennet eagerly liked it.
Ember commented: [Sienna is still so likable, unlike certain people who schemed their way into marriage six years ago and are still so annoying.]
Gianna chimed in: [I’ll just say it straight, Sienna, you should marry my brother already. His current wife is so inadequate!]
I casually liked the post.
When I refreshed, the post had disappeared.
I couldn’t be bothered to care and headed downstairs with my suitcase.
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Seeing me with the luggage, Marcus coldly scolded: “Sienna’s post was just a joke. Do you really need to take it so seriously?”
Sienna also had tears in her eyes, offering a fake apology: “Aubrey, I didn’t know you’d actually get jealous. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have come over today to upset you.”
I looked at Marcus calmly, my tone indifferent: “The divorce papers are on the vanity. See you at the courthouse tomorrow morning.”
With that, the taxi arrived. I turned to leave.
Marcus was about to speak when Aaron stopped him: “Let her go!”
The six–year–old’s face was written with disgust for me.
He spat at me, then tore off the necklace around his neck and threw it at me viciously: “Get lost! Ms. Welch is going to be my new mom from now on.”
I said: “Fine.”
I casually tossed the necklace into the trash can by the door, opened the taxi door, and got in.
I told the driver: “Let’s go.”
The car slowly pulled away, gradually leaving Bennet Villa behind.
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