Sitting on a bench in the park, Rita recalled what had happened along the few months when she stayed with Aaron. She and Aaron had really gone through great storms and dangers all the time, which were full of difficulties and obstacles. Luckily, their relationship had survived in the past challenges. But she was afraid that their marriage would come to an end this time.
She could not face Aaron, and she did not want to face him.
Things related to Kaley had already made her exhausted. Perhaps, it was a good reason to make her leave Aaron.
She really couldn't go on with him hand in hand. She could not face all the difficulties together with him anymore, because this time, it was her who had done something wrong to him, something she could not deny and could not hide.
If the incident that she was found in the bed with Magee last time was called a misunderstanding and rumor, the present incident was a scandalous, shocking and unacceptable fact. She could not really flee from her responsibility.
Perhaps, what Nora was saying about her was right. She felt herself was a bitch by nature! How could she treat Aaron like this when he was so good to her? How could she be so shameless? She would have no face to stand in front of him again.
After thinking for a while, Rita finally plucked up the courage to call her husband to make their relationship come to an end.
Aaron was in a meeting. When he heard from Wendy that Rita was calling him, he hurried to answer his wife's phone, stopped his meeting immediately.
Did she figure it out? Was she going to come back to him and face the problems together? Was she going to come back to their home tonight?
He hadn't seen his woman for a day, and his heart kept aching. He wished he could see her every day. 'No, I mean every minute and second.'
In a hurry, he ran to the next office to answer her phone. "Hello, honey!"
Hearing his voice, Rita's tears fell instantly.
Did he know what she had experienced last night? For her, every second in last night and this morning was a torture. She really didn't know how to face Aaron. She thought she had made up her mind to finish her relationship with Aaron. But when she heard his voice, she felt that she was completely defeated.
"What's wrong, honey? Will you come back home tonight? Should I pick you up? Are you at home now?"
His gentle voice came from the other end of the line. Rita could feel that he had been waiting for her to come back, always.
"Aaron," she said in a rare dry and hoarse voice, "let's divorce." Finally, she said it!
"What? Are you kidding me?" Aaron couldn't believe what he just heard. He was a little flustered. "Riri, stop it. Divorce is not for fun. We have to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to do that. It's autumn now. It's cold outside. Don't go out at this season. Where are you? I will go and find you."
She was sitting on a bench in the park. The park was very cold, and the wind blew on her face, making her shiver. She didn't know what to do or what to say.
"No, you don't have to come to me. We don't need to see each other, right? We will divorce. I insist. I will mail the divorce agreement to you."
"……"
He didn't know what was wrong with his little woman. Was she still angry about the matter of Kaley? Was that matter the reason she wanted to divorce?
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