Can't Get Away With You novel Chapter 3

On the next day, Joey had a quick breakfast and went straight to the company. Because of the party last night, he had to postpone two meetings, those of which were scheduled today.

Looking at the phone in his hand, Joey frowned in annoyance. "Deal with this," he said to his secretary as he handed his phone to her. It was a message from Lois's lawyer. Apparently, the lawyer wanted to talk to him about the divorce. But right now, Joey had more important matters to attend to.

Having been busy for a whole day, Joey had a bad temper. Therefore, he cancelled his date with Sally Lu and drove home tiredly.

Meanwhile, Lois casually looked around the apartment with a sigh. Although it was a bit small, it had a certain charm about it. There was a bedroom, a living room, kitchen, and even a balcony. Still, there wasn't enough room for her and a small five-year-old girl.

She had only paid for a two-month stay here. By then, she assumed that she and Joey had finally come into terms with the divorce.

'I really need to look for a new place,' she thought. There was no way she was going to let Maggie stay in such a shabby place.

As she sat at the table, Lois started to come up with what her plan would be after she and Joey finally get the divorce.

All of a sudden, her phone rang in her pocket.

"Hello," she greeted.

Joey's frustrated voice came through. "Where have you been?"

Although Lois couldn't see his expression, she knew that he had his face twisted into a mask of anger. Even before, he had always been unfriendly towards her.

"It's late. Where have you ran off to?" he hissed.

Blinking her eyes, Lois forced back her tears. "Has the lawyer contacted you? Since I've already asked for a divorce, there's no need to live together."

There was no reply, and she could only hear Joey's husky breathing. "I've found some place else to stay until this whole thing is over," she continued. "When it's done, I'll go pick up Maggie and that's that."

"That's not for you to decide! You'd better come back right now!"

"Joey, please calm down."

But Joey was burning with so much anger. It turned out that she had already arranged everything. Yesterday, she announced the divorce at a party. Now she had packed her luggage and ran away from home. She also found a lawyer to negotiate with him about the divorce! How dare she!

And she also wanted to take the child away? 'After spending my money and wasting my time, she wants to leave and take my daughter away?! And then what? She'll find some unknown man to act as Maggie's father?! Does she really think that she'll get some kind of happiness ever after?'

At that moment, Joey thought about the midnight snacks Lois used to make for him, the nice, warm breakfasts and even the simple treats she prepared when he was working overtime. Reminiscing these, he gritted his teeth and decided that there was no chance he was going to agree to this divorce. 'Why should I let another man benefit from my wife?'

"It's not up to you to decide the divorce," Joey snarled. "Don't think that you can do whatever you want. More importantly, don't ever think that I'll just let you have Maggie. You chose this life. You married into the Gu family. Whether you're dead or alive, there's no going back from that! Don't even think about it."

Lois looked down at the wedding ring on the coffee table. 'This is just ridiculous,' she thought bitterly. Swallowing the bitterness in her heart, she tried to stay as calm as possible. "What about Sally Lu? Huh?" she finally said.

Joey was shocked and angry. Just when he was about to bark back at her, Lois had already hung up the phone.

Looking down on his phone, Joey got even more infuriated.

With a sigh, Lois looked at the wedding ring in front of her. Joey used to wear the ring all the time, until that woman had thrown it in the trash.