A Matter of Wife and Love novel Chapter 1

“Please, Leo, I’m begging you.

Please head home with me,” Amelie Dillion pleaded pathetically, ignoring the scornful gazes surrounding her booth. When her husband, Leo Alston, heard her words, he stood up stiffly and walked out with a grim expression.

However, he did not oblige to her request and took her to another booth.

Then, he took a bank card out of his wallet, threw it on the table in front of her, and said coldly, “I’m not interested in going home with you to celebrate that so-called wedding anniversary.

Here, take this and go shopping on your own!” After finishing his words, he didn’t stay any longer and left the booth.

“Leo!” She grabbed the hem of his shirt in panic.

“Would you believe me if I told you that I didn’t break the promise because of myself?” Hearing her words, he retorted with a sneer, “Would you believe your own words? Are you sure you broke the promise because of me?” It is because of you! If only you remembered what really happened, you would then understand everything.

Sadly, you have forgotten about the past.

Hence, no matter how much I explain it to you, you would only find it ridiculous, thought Amelie as her shoulders dropped in defeat. Ring! At that moment, her phone’s alarm rang, signaling that it was 12.00AM, concluding the day of their wedding anniversary.

It also meant that the time she had set for herself to let everything go was up.

Even so, she still wanted to make the last run for it.

“Leo—” Before she could get her words out, Amelie’s phone cut her off again with a notification.

Then, she looked at her phone and saw a photo of a man and a woman sleeping together.

The man in the photo was Leo, her husband. Huh, Leo cheated on me.

Well, I don’t want a man who cheated! Amelie thought.

In that split second, she finally made up her mind.

“Let’s get a divorce.” As she spoke, she silently let go of the hem of his shirt.

Hearing her words, Leo turned around and looked at her in surprise.

After all, he didn’t believe that she would say such words to him when she had just been begging him to spend their anniversary together. However, he then realized that she was a smart and calculative person.

There was no way she would give up on being Mrs. Alston.

“The password is eight zeros!” After telling her the card’s password, Leo left her alone.

After he left, Amelie looked at the card and smiled bitterly. To think that I have spent four years of my life trying to prove that I love him for who he is, not for his money or the title of Mrs. Alston.

Moreover, I even gave him fifteen days to choose between his family and the one he loves.

In the end, I lost everything! Since I’ve done everything in my power while loving him, I won’t hesitate to move on when the time comes! Thinking about this, she rushed out of the booth and stopped Leo by the elevator.

Then, she gave him the divorce papers and said, “I’m serious about getting a divorce.

I won’t take a single penny from your family and leave without taking anything!” Just as her words fell, she heard a loud bang and saw that the papers had been thrown into the garbage can.

“Know your place before acting like a madwoman!” Leo said in annoyance.

Amelie knew that he was like the Alstons, who thought that she would not be able to survive without him since she was not educated, had no background, and had no job.

“Don’t worry, I know my place very well.” She picked up the papers and dusted the dirt off of them before handing them to him again.

“Since it’s too late to do the procedures today, let’s do it at 9.00AM tomorrow.

Be there or be square.” After finishing her words, she walked past him and left.

When Amelie arrived downstairs, she suddenly deflated and leaned against the wall, gasping for air.

What she had done just now took a toll on her since she was used to being submissive around him. As she thought about it, tears rolled down her cheeks while she wiped them away.

Although she was prompt to cut ties with him, she was still in agony; this was someone whom she had loved for almost ten years, after all. After some time, she sighed and stood up, looking at her reflection mockingly in the mirror. This must be my biggest failure in life by using four years and fifteen days to prove to myself that a man will never be in love with me, she thought.

The next day, Amelie went to the Civil Affairs Bureau early in the morning.

When the clock struck at 11.00AM, Leo was still nowhere to be seen.

In the meantime, she had called him multiple times, but he did not answer his phone.