Chapter 2

Xavier had barely left when Eleanor called me.

"Have you no shame? Hurry up and divorce my son."

"Fine. How much are you willing to pay me?"

Eleanor seemed surprised that I would actually agree to divorce. After all, in her view, I was clinging to Xavier for money.

And I was completely unworthy of her son, so over these years of marriage, she had become my greatest enemy.

From the time we started dating, she'd approached me multiple times to talk. After marriage, she mocked me every time she saw me.

"Some people marry a good man and think they can comfortably settle into being a wealthy wife."

Because she didn't like me, everyone in the wives' social circle treated me coldly too.

At first, for Xavier's sake, I desperately tried to fit into that circle.

When Xavier found out, he said, "Why do you need to fit in with them? They should be the ones trying to please you."

Back then, Xavier's heart and eyes were full of me.

The extreme mismatch in our social status—he completely ignored it.

Even paying my parents' medical bills was something he suggested, not something I demanded.

When Eleanor found out, she went directly to my parents.

She cursed at my parents in front of the neighbors.

My parents' health deteriorated further because of her words.

When Xavier found out, he had a huge fight with Eleanor and declared, "If you target my wife again, our relationship as mother and son is over."

After that, Eleanor's targeting of me became less obvious.

But it only lasted a year. Everything changed.

On our first wedding anniversary, Xavier didn't celebrate with me, using work as an excuse. But I saw him on his assistant's social media.

Xavier, who had no time to celebrate with me, had time to celebrate his assistant's birthday.

I made a huge scene that day, but Xavier was dismissive. "The assistant is Director Lin's daughter. This is business entertainment. Don't be so unreasonable."

But later, seeing I was truly angry, Xavier apologized.

He swore to me there would never be a next time.

But a man's mouth—it's full of lies.

The next time came quickly.

From my initial hysteria, I'd become numb by now.

I understood clearly—people don't rot from the beginning.

Perhaps the current Xavier was the real him.

But I kept remembering how sincere Xavier was when we first got together. His acting was excellent. He deceived me, making me believe I'd met true love, met a man worth spending my life with.

But then he said to me, "You're not even a virgin. You expect me to be faithful to you?"