Gorgeous Couple’s Sweet Love novel Chapter 22

Elysia was more than 20 minutes' drive away from the City Hall.

I thought about a lot of things in these twenty minutes.

In just a few days, Steve and I broke up and divorced, ended our short marriage, and experienced the indifference of colleagues, how my own family didn't understand me, and the teasing of neighbors and bystanders.

I felt like my whole life flashed in front of my eyes.

What happened to me was so dramatic and ridiculous.

But I had to live desperately, desperately struggling.

These days, Benjamin was the only ray of sunshine in my life.

In the long winter, he appeared just in time.

So in time that I was immediately captured by him.

I was not stupid..

When a down- and- out woman met a confident, powerful and omnipotent man, she was sure to be captured by him.

As horrifying as it might sound, it was the only way out.

Maybe it was because it was almost the new year, there were a lot of people in the City Hall. Benjamin and I sat on the bench in the corridor and waited.

Benjamin was a little silent and didn't want to talk. He would give me a perfunctory nod when I said something.

His spirit was not high.

I squeezed my finger, and when it turned white, I asked: "Benjamin, do you regret getting married?"

"Huh?"

He gave another perfunctory reply.

I was very sad, and I couldn't figure out his attitude.

I resisted the tension in my heart and opened my mouth to ask: "From this morning until now, your mood has been very depressed...Do you regret it?"

"Do you think I will regret it?"

Benjamin laughed mockingly. He took out the cigarette in his pocket. But as if remembering that it was a public place, he put it back in and said, "I have never regretted what I decided, so don't think too much."

He leaned on the chair with his shoulders loose, and looked at me with admiration, "Emma, your observation skills are still pretty good."

His eyes were endlessly deep.

"Huh? What do you mean?" I wondered.

"After spending some days with you, I could see that your observation skills are excellent. You can guess something from the facial expressions of people. For example, you just said that I was depressed. Indeed, I was thinking about something."

I asked, "What is it?"

"Company business."

Benjamin's voice suddenly became cold.

He raised his hand and patted my face, stroking it ambiguously for a while, and said: "Emma, we will get married today no matter what. Besides, this decision was my own, and I said that you are with me for a better life. So, don't ask any more stupid questions."

He understood my mind, so he was comforting me.

Benjamin was a very careful man.

Maybe because of his gentleness at the moment, I went further to ask, "Benjamin, do

you want a prenup? Let's stay out of each other's business. I won't ask too much of anything from you, even if you have another woman. But I want to be free to have my own life as well."

Benjamin was a domineering man. Some things needed to be explained to him clearly in advance, such as the issue of personal freedom.

He asked me to not ask to much.

I wanted the same promise from him too.

Benjamin glanced at me inexplicably, "Emma, as long as you don't touch my bottom line, I won't ask too much."

I blurted out: "What is your bottom line?" "Deception, concealment, and betrayal."

What the heck? Deception and concealment?

Then what's the point of "minding our own business"?

He asked me not to ask, why did I have to tell him everything?

I asked, "What about you, would you lie to me?"

Sitting on the opposite bench was a couple who leaned on each other and decided to step into the marriage hall. I heard the girl emphatically said: "You said that you will do all the housework after marriage and you will hand in all your salary to me!"

The man immediately coaxed and said: "Yes, my lady." The tone was pampered.

Actually, I thought that girl was really stupid.

How could she expect his man to do housework?

And the salary. That was just a fantasy she was too obessesed with.

Before Steve got married, he promised me in every possible way, but after marriage, he was completely different. He handed each penny to his mother whereas I had to pay for all the living expenses.

I was never a girl to submit to others so I forced him to do housework.

"A stupid question."

Benjamin suddenly scolded me, and I was astonished.

He said coldly: "Know your place."

Know your place. I was hit right in the face by his words and finally woke up.

It was nothing but a deal between me and Benjamin. I was the one who hoped for too much. In short, I crossed a line.

I pursed my lips with a pale face, lowered my head and refused to say anything. Benjamin didn't say anything else either.

I was so stupid that I forgot the indifferent expression of Benjamin last night when he told me not to ask too much. I forgot what he said about the purpose of marriage!

I laughed at myself as if I was an idiot. Getting married meant nothing. It wouldn't bring me and Benjamin closer to each other, not even an inch.

It was nothing but a deal that I only now realized.

When I arrived at the company, I saw a few young girls in the department gather together. I walked behind them gently and heard their gossiping, "I'm telling you that Emma is gonna get fired for sure this time. She's messed with Mr. Chavier many times before and this time she's got all the bulls*it going on at home."

I knew in my heart that the only reason the so-called "messed with" they referred to was that I was too much better than Chavier at work.

"I wish she would be fire. If she's fired, Charlotte is gonna be in her position. I know that Charlotte is in the wrong this time, but I just can't help feeling happy as soon as I think about that Emma b*tch getting fired, haha."

The girl who said these words was a girl I used to have lunch with at the company.

I didn't expect to hear these words from her mouth!

It was ridiculous how complicated and disgusting the company was.

Suddenly, I didn't want to live so exhaustedly for only money.

"Dear God, if it isn't the charming princess Emma Shears!"

Charlotte's voice came from behind: "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to have a habit of listening to people's conversation."

The several girls who were together quickly dispersed like a frightened flock of birds. I smiled calmly and said, "Well, I'm here to resign."

"You really want to resign?" She was very excited.

I squinted at her, wrote a resignation letter on the desk and went to the office, hoping that he would approve it.

In fact, I knew he would.

The leader glanced at my resignation letter and asked: "I have heard about you, but are you sure you want to resign?"

"Yeah, this is not the place for me after all."

He asked: "Where to go next?"

"I haven't considered it yet." I replied with a smile.

"Your ability is very outstanding." The leader said with my resignation letter, "Actually, I don't want you to leave the company."

He meant it. After all, it was not easy for a company to cultivate a capable employee. Plus, I had so many years of work experience.

I thought about it for a while and said: "Mr. White, I want to change to a working environment, at least a more relaxing environment for me. I want to start again."

"Well, I agree."

"Mr. White..." I hesitated: "Thank you."

In fact, I wanted to expose Charlotte's embezzlement. The amount was small but enough to make her lose her job. But in the end, I didn't.

I didn't want to be the person who whispered into the leader's ears. This was a taboo in the workplace. Although the leader might be grateful for you temporarily.

But later, the leader would think of you as someone not to be sincerely trusted because it was very likely that you would stab him in the back just like you did to others.

Besides, I wanted to let Charlotte go for the time being.

I packed my things one by one in a cardboard box, and when I was about to leave, the colleague who just said bad things about me came to my side and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there."

"And that justified for what you did?" I thought.

I ignored her.