The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 343

Cassidy and Parker's marriage had started cracking almost immediately after they tied the knot.

The absolute peak of their romance had been the honeymoon phase when he was actively pursuing her.

It was a universal truth that men suppressed their true nature before locking down a commitment.

Parker had always possessed the effortless charm of a classic playboy.

With his lazy smile and wealthy, carefree demeanor, when he focused all his energy on chasing a woman, he made her feel like he would rip the stars from the sky just to place them in her hands.

He monitored her every mood, lighting up whenever she smiled.

He would fiercely compete with his friends just to earn a single word of praise from her.

He would lay his trophies at her feet and declare that everything he owned belonged to her.

He was gorgeous, smooth-talking, fiercely generous, emotionally rock-solid, and relentlessly proactive.

What woman wouldn't fall for that?

But the second the rings were on their fingers, everything changed—except his face.

It wasn't that his redeeming qualities had vanished entirely.

It was just that they no longer belonged to her.

He had already won the prize.

Why would he keep putting in the effort?

Their very first explosive fight as a married couple happened when Cassidy was working late and asked him to pick her up.

Parker bluntly refused, claiming he was out drinking with his friends and didn't have the time.

Back when he was chasing her, Parker had loved it when she worked late. It was the perfect excuse to buy her favorite late-night takeout and wait outside her office, swooping in to offer warmth and comfort precisely when she needed it most.

But the moment they had a marriage certificate, that premium VIP service was instantly revoked.

When Cassidy confronted him, Parker defensively shot back that if she insisted on being a workaholic, that was her problem. What did her overtime have to do with him?

Before they met, hadn't she been perfectly capable of getting herself home?

Why couldn't they just live their own separate lives? Wasn't that a perfectly fine arrangement?

Absolutely not.

They were married!

But so what?

Even after she proved the secretary was trying to seduce her husband, even after she proved her suspicions were justified, the high society elites only mocked her behind her back. They laughed at the pathetic Mrs. Quincy, a woman who spent all her time desperately warring with cheap secretaries.

She had slowly turned herself into a walking punchline.

It took Cassidy a painfully long time to accept the reality that Parker was simply garbage.

She had chosen the wrong man, and she had given her heart to the wrong person.

Only after she brutally killed her feelings for him did she remember the original reason she had agreed to the arranged marriage in the first place.

She was never supposed to fall in love.

Every ounce of her suffering had stemmed from the fatal mistake of caring.

Once she locked her heart away and threw away the key, everything in her life seamlessly fell into place.

She climbed to unprecedented heights in the corporate world, realized the ambitions she had only ever dreamed of, and set her sights on a limitless future.

And now, after all that, Parker had the absolute audacity to suggest wiping the slate clean.