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Maya refused to divorce, refusing to sign the divorce papers.
I hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit.
After that day, I flew back to my hometown.
Instead of wasting my energy on Maya,
I should be home with my parents.
At first, my mom tried to dissuade me from divorcing.
After all, Maya had a pretty good image in front of them.
She was beautiful, highly educated, and from a good family.
But I firmly stated that I would divorce.
They gradually came around to my decision.
Moreover, Maya and Asher also became famous.
Because the video from the bar that night went viral on the dark web.
A married woman sitting on a single man’s lap, feeding each other drinks.
Naturally, public opinion was overwhelmingly against them.
“Holy crap, that husband has incredible patience! If it were me, I’d beat that
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“Two–timing cheaters! She clearly has a husband but still throws herself at other men, and he clearly knows she’s married but still feeds her drinks.
Gross!”
At first, Maya even tried to respond.
It was the same old story about them being like brother and sister, good
friends.
Of course, netizens didn’t buy it and instead ramped up their insults, calling her a manipulative hypocrite.
Netizens even started digging up all their social media accounts.
And the more they dug, the more they found some things I didn’t even
know about.
Like them staying together in a gaming hotel, sharing a bed.
Like them sharing the same bubble tea.
Like Maya even wearing Asher’s hoodie, their fingers intertwined.
Of course, the most outrageous was when several of them shared a private
hot tub at a resort.
Maya, wrapped in a towel, sat among them.
All these things were documented and posted on social media by her “good brothers.”
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Maya went viral.
Her “good brothers” went viral too.
Anyone with a girlfriend broke up with them.
The single ones were ostracized.
Netizens cursed them so much that they all closed their social media
accounts.
Watching all this, I actually felt pretty good inside.
These people with no boundaries finally got their comeuppance.
And I was ready to file for divorce, to escape this misery.
After being on the trending topics for a few days,
The scandal was eventually swept under the rug.
Apparently, Mrs. and Mr. Harrington pulled strings everywhere to delete all the relevant posts.
Those “good brothers” were also influential people; overnight, they deleted all negative comments against them.
They all deactivated their accounts.
Once the storm passed, they would all be respectable young people again!
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But none of that concerned me anymore.
A few more days passed, and Mrs. Harrington came to find me.
She said Maya had attempted suicide and was now in the hospital, making
a dramatic scene about wanting to die.
She had slashed her wrists in the bathtub and was critically unconscious
when found.
The hospital fought for her life all night to save her.
Even when she was barely conscious, she kept muttering my name.
Mrs. Harrington was practically on her knees, begging me.
“Leo, I know it’s all Maya’s fault. It’s a mother’s fault for not teaching her well. Please, for all the years you’ve had together, go see her! I’m begging
you!”
I went to the hospital.
Maya had lost a lot of weight, her face was gaunt and pale, her wrist thickly
bandaged.
When she saw me, a flicker of emotion appeared on her listless face.
I walked over and stopped her from trying to get up.
“Husband…”
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“When are you getting discharged?”
Seeing me actively care about her, a hint of joy flashed across her face.
“Next week! Husband, are you willing to forgive me? I promise, after I’m
discharged, I’ll never go out with them again! I’ll keep my distance from all of
them!”
She rattled off a string of promises.
It irritated me.
I waved my hand, cutting her off directly.
“Okay, good. Once you’re discharged, sign the divorce papers. We were
married, I don’t want to make this messy.”
Watching Maya’s expression shift from hope to pain,
I felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
She reached out and lightly tugged at me, crying and pleading.
“Husband, I didn’t cheat! You know it, that was just harmless fun, just for
show! I promise, I’ll keep my distance from them from now on!”
“Please, Leo… I really can’t live without you, please don’t leave me!”
I gently brushed her hand away. “No need, Maya. It’s too late. My hope and affection for you have been completely eroded.”
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“Take care of yourself. I’m leaving.”
Seeing I was unmoved,
Maya directly rolled off the bed and knelt before me.
She grabbed my pant leg tightly.
The IV drip was yanked, and her wound tore open.
Immediately, the white bandage was stained bright red.
It was messy, brutal.
When had Maya, the pampered princess, ever looked so pathetic?
She came from a good family, she was beautiful.
Since childhood, she’d always had all sorts of men around her.
But now, she was kneeling so miserably before me, begging.
Perhaps I should have been moved.
But I wasn’t.
I was not swayed in my decision to divorce.
I looked down at her, not even wanting to help her up.
“No need. If you don’t agree, I’ll just go through the legal process.”
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My coldness wounded Maya.
She broke down and screamed at me.
“It was Asher and them clinging to me! It’s all their fault! Even if I didn’t
reject them, I never *did* anything with them! Why do you have to cling to this?! Why won’t you forgive me?!”
Her outburst drew Mrs. Harrington, who was outside the door.
Seeing the scene, the situation quickly devolved into chaos.
